Another way to reduce stirring is to make the stirrer very short and have it just tickle the water at a fairly high speed. Ken
At 11:57 AM 6/12/01 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Larry et al, > >The stirrer is a 2" to 3" piece of insulation from a #14 copper house wire. >Some have stripped the copper out and just used the insulation which is a >nice push on to the motor shaft. > >I have used straigthened piece of #14 cu insulated wire 3" long with a 15 >deg bend on the outboard end to stir a cylinder >4 1/4" dia x 11" as well as a 16 oz SOLO beverage cup. > >As for speed, I can't measure it but the runnng voltagae is about 0.80 >volts. a full 1/2 volt throws water everywhere. > >I like to mount the motor in the center of the lid of my brew cell. That >allows me to space the wires about 1 1/2" to 2" apart. >I like about 5" wet length on the #14 ga. silver wires. > >If one uses constant voltage but a meter in one line to measure the cu >rrent, and shut-off at about 3 to 4 ma. The time will depend on the volume >of DW. For 14 oz I use a pair of #14 ga silver wires. If I go with more DW >then I like to increas the >silver electrode area by the same ratio i.e. 28 oz use two wires or go to >sheet stock,etc. > >The conductivity increases with brew time, as does the PPM. > >Any more questions. > >"Ole Bob" > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
