D,

I also use the 3 nine volt batteries....I was wondering what ppm you are making 
your collodial silver???   I have read alot on the internet, and having been 
making mine 3-5 ppm....Also, do you heat the water????  Dr. Beck has a film out 
where he shows a travel cs maker with one 9volt battery....so we did make a set 
this way, but it seemed to take too much time...so back to the 3 nine 
volt....do not know anything about the 30 volt...but I would think that the 
wires would get blacker quicker....hope to hear back from you...Becky in 
Kentucky
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Toscano <tosca...@ix.netcom.com>
    To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com>
    Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 7:41 PM
    Subject: CS>Optimizing voltage on simple homemade generator
    
    
    First of all I'd like to tip my hat as someone who rarely posts but loves 
to read all the messages here. Thanks to all for insightful and intelligent 
info, it is much appreciated even by those of us who don't frequently make 
ourselves known.
    
    I have been making CS for a few years now using a simple homemade apparatus 
I learned about here way back when I started. It is three 9V alkaline batteries 
wired in series and terminating in a positive and negative alligator clip on 
each end. However I remember reading somewhere that the ideal voltage to use 
for such a simple setup would be 30V (mine being 27V with three 9V 
batteries)...first of all is this correct? Anyhow, I went to Rat Shack and got 
a two-AAA battery holder and wired it in series to make a total of 30V. I have 
made three batches of CS in this manner and find the reaction starts sooner 
than it did with 27V but other than that nothing seems different. Is it worth 
my while to keep using the 30V setup? If not, what is the ideal voltage I could 
utilize here? 
    
    Thanks!
    
    D. Toscano