I've usually got 3 x 1200ml glass containers in storage. Whilst drawing from one for my daily morning ritual, by the time I get through to the last container it's probly taken a couple of months or more @ approx 30ml a day. I just wondered about that polarity reversal thing. Not saying anything negative about auto polarity reversal I hope everyone understands, just wondering about the chemistry if electrodes are never removed during production process? No matter how minute the oxides or whatever develop on electrodes between that polarity switching, it must end up in the solution on reversal when it is automatically 'removed?' from those electrodes? If nothing is observable with that solution over time, then some chemistry action must be occurring during each polarity reversal which has an impact on the Ag+ ions within that solution whilst brewing. My way of explanation: No matter what one does, there will always be some oxides or whatever develop on the electrodes, this is what we normally remove from the electrodes when we wipe them clean at regular timed intervals on a non auto polarity reversal unit, now because we cannot prevent those oxides etc from developing the aforesaid must go somewhere no matter how minute it might be. If that doesn't have some effect on the Ag+ ions in solution encouraging larger particles as the solution stabilises over time, or result in a thin film of silver on the surface, then I'm just curious to understand the chemistry behind it?
Simple Example: Let's say it takes 1 1/2 hours to brew a solution to an individuals desired ppm, now if those electrodes were not to be removed for that length of time there would be a considerable amount of oxides or whatever appear on that electrode as the deposition of silver into the water increases to desired ppm level. On an auto polarity reversal unit those electrodes are not 'physically' removed to be cleaned, so whatever appears {not visible to naked eye perhaps} on the electrode must be removed and returned to the water upon each reversal of polarity? If that doesn't result in *some?* settling or sediment, or produce a fine layer of silver on the surface of the solution becoming evident over time in storage, then some chemistry must be taking place with those Ag+ ions already in existence in that solution, combined with those oxides whilst in the brewing process? Those Ag+ ions increase exponentially over brewing time until desired ppm level is attained. If that minute amount of oxides or whatever are introduced into the water at each polarity reversal, then why does that not promote larger particles for gravity to pull out or a fine silver layer to appear on the surface after being in storage for any length of time, I'm just curious as to know why? Perhaps one needs a very good grounding in chemistry to understand what's going on? I certainly haven't got that! Not sure if anyone sees where I'm going with this in my non chemistry explanations? <g>. N. From: h.godav...@shaw.ca To: silver-list@eskimo.com Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:38:21 -0500 Subject: Re: RE: CS> Dark oxides in forming in CS You braught up an interesting point. Next time I brew some CS , i will watch the process and storage bit.Until recently i made enough for a few weeks of irregular usage and did not have to think about storing for long times. Thanks for the idea. regards hg ----- Original Message ----- From: Neville Munn <one.red...@hotmail.com> Date: Friday, October 12, 2012 7:09 am Subject: RE: CS> Dark oxides in forming in CS To: "silver-list@eskimo.com" <silver-list@eskimo.com> > > > >