Black = too much current
 I made a gallon batch last week at 8ma that turned black. [experimenting
with long electrodes and gallon batches]  backing off on the current did
the trick
ken

At 10:09 PM 10/10/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Try the same thing for 30 minutes and see what happens.
>You're definitely in the ballpark.
>45 minutes would have been my absolute maximum.
>                                                       Chuck
>There are more ways of killing a cat than buttering it with parsnips!
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>On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:01:06 -0700, Ed Kasper <edkas...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>>I heated eight ounces of distilled water in a microwave for five minutes
>>(pretty hot) and used my 3-nine volt batteries for 45 minutes and the water
>>turned very golden. I disconnected the wires and set the CS aside and within
>>an hour it turned very dark. It tasted very metallic. I had cleaned (with a
>>clean towel) the silver leads, and I did not see any large metal flakes, the
>>liquid was clear just very dark.
>>
>>
>>ed
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