I also have the SG-6, and I make mine in 2 qt. pickle jar, so we're pretty much on the same track.
I think the reason you get better results with the bubbler is that it simply does a better job of stirring in that large container. The little stirring device was intended for a 1 pt. jar, and IMHO is not really very good even at that since it just thrashes around without creating a flow through the DW from top to bottom. I use a piece of polyethelene tubing that goes about halfway down the jar and split the end and shaped it into a propeller shape like a ceiling fan. You can shape the tubing by dipping it in boiling water to soften it and then hold it in the shape you want while it cools under the cold water faucet. It will retain its shape. I get almost no sludge on my cathode, after several hours of operation. I found that I lose about 40% of my initial calculated ppm in the first 24 hours. After, that it seems to be pretty stable at about 5-6 ppm, and the Tyndall Effect is very, very slight I also have been getting a lot of crystal "sparklies". Not sure what to do about that, if anything. I just let it settle and siphon off the cs. If anyone has any thoughts about that, chime in. Al Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie" <wufn...@stargate.net> To: "silver- list" <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 4:47 PM Subject: CS>questions: stir vs. bubble > > I have the SG6-very happy with my generator. > I have done some experiementing with the way I make my CS. > > I would like to compare my brew with stirring vs. bubbling and please > comments as too the differences. > > I use a 64 fl. oz. coffee creamer container to make my CS. > > Some days...using the stir....it seems to take longer. Not observant enough > to say why one day is different vs. another. > > Here are the comparisons of the last two batches made: > > --First brew: > Stirred batch. > Seeded, ppm per Hanna PWT 4ppm. > I cleaned electrodes (with heavy build up) 3 x's during the brew. > > After 36 hours of generation...the ppm per Hanna was about 18ppm. Indicator > light, indicating that the brew had not reached 20pppm (as dialed) was still > on. > My stirred CS ALWAYS reads a lower number the next day, when retested. Often > I will turn the generator back on, let it run again until the indicator > light goes off. > > Allowed the brew to sit overnight. A lot of precipitate in the container. > Did not bother to retest the ppm. ( I expected it to be lower than what > measured the night before) > I gave up on that brew...used it in the bathwater.... > > --Second brew: > Bubbled batch-stirrer removed. > > Seeded DW ppm at start 4ppm. > 10 hrs. later: indicator light off. > I did not clean the electrodes at all. > I shut down the generator. > Did not test the ppm. > left til this AM, testing ppm with Hanna, the ppm is 26ppm. (set at 20ppm) > > Some, but little precipitate....electrodes with little build up. > > > My observed main points > > -bubbled CS consistently more stable after brew sits (ppm's do not fall from > one day to the next) > -bubbled CS consistently has less build up on the electrodes, less > precipitate in the container. > -bubbled CS consistently able to achieve higher ppm (per Hanna) > -occassionally will get pale yellow CS with stir, never with bubbled > -consistently stirred CS will turn ashen with even minimal exposure to > light, bubbled does not seem to (I have not specifically ''tested'' this.) > -brew time for higher ppm's consistenly quicker with bubbler. (this case 36 > hours for less than 20ppm stirred vs. 10 hrs. for 26ppm bubbled) > > I have no clue why such a difference. I know Ole Bob you do not like the > bubbler, I believe also Trem that you prefer stir.... > > Could someone explain some of these differences for me...in terms I could > understand.... > and if bubbling is not good, why....when it appears to make a better > product? > > TIA > Connie > > > > > > > -- > 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: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
