Distilled water will take much much longer than boiled water as the initial conductivity of the distilled is much less. ken
At 07:16 PM 1/19/02 +1300, you wrote: >My mother and I made our first batches of CS today. ( I had made >a trial batch using boiled water last week but only got my distilled >water yesterday - and Mum had to wait till yesterday for me to get >the generator that I made for her to her) > >I was very happy with mine - after about 15 mins one rod had >bubbles rising from it and the other had the finest wisps coming off >it so I timed it 5 mins from then. I plan on drinking 40mls a day, >more if I feel myself "coming down with something". > >My mothers batch, even after an hour she could not see "wisps" >tho she had the rising bubbles and the "tarnished" rods. Can we >assume that she has made CS? Yes, she did use distilled water >at room temperature. She is 65 and her eyes are not as good as >they once were. Maybe there is a possibility that she just didnt >"see" the wisps as they were so fine. I would be grateful for any >opinion here. What indication does one get when the batteries are >going flat? > >Also, what is the shelf life of CS? I was wondering about putting >some in a small bottle and keeping it in my handbag for any >eventuality. Does anyone else do this? Is it adviseable? > >Alison >in New Zealand > > >-- >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> > >