A high voltage helps push current through highly resistive distilled water but the water becomes less resistive with process time and the current draw increases. You can start with many nine volt batteries at first but should reduce the voltage as the process goes to keep the current draw down. Ending up with one battery is good. Starting out with one battery is OK but can take a very long time. Any voltage over 3v [I think] will work. Ivan can tell you what the absolute minimum is. ken
At 09:08 AM 11/27/01 -0500, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:00 AM >Subject: CS>newbie question > > >> OK-I got my first set of silver rods, my three 9 volt batteries and my >> alligator clips. I've made umpteen 2 cup batches using 4 different brands >of >> DW,(the first batch was yellow, all others were clear and it all has a >> slightly bitter taste.) Now, I want to know, what do I have to do to >increase >> the amount I make in each batch? I'm brewing it, according to my >directions, >> for 1 hour,(I wipe off the rods and stir the water after the first 30 >> minutes,)-if I want to make double or quadruple the amount, or even a >gallon, >> do I need more power? How much more? Longer brewing time? I'm thinking of >> getting a small fish tank to make it in-would the bubbles be a good idea? >> (Sort of like stirring. . .) Sorry if these questions seem SOOOO >elementary >> to some of you, but I've just started :-) > >I don't have any answers for Kathryn, but would like to add more questions >to this. >After many moons of using my trusty CS generators, I am getting ready to do >the homemade alligator clip routine (I bought some lovely silver that I'm >itching to use). > >1) What is the advantage to using many 9 volt batteries in a row, as opposed >to one? > >2) Also, is one 12 volt battery okay to use instead of a 9 volt? > >Thanks. >Colloid > > >-- >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]> > >
