The bubbler method is best. You can run it a bit longer to get a heavier TE. Coffee pot hot plates are way too hot. With the bubbler, you shouldn't need to heat at all. Heating does 2 things 1] increases intitial conductivity [already done by seeding] 2] induces thermal stirring currents as the water cools...or, if contiuously heated, induces stiring currents as it heats [all done with the bubbler.
Exceeding 120 deg F is likely to result in a yellow CS, but bubbling is probably keeping the temperature down. You don't need the hot plate. Using cooler water tends to increase the TE. [particle to ion ratio] Ken At 12:26 PM 8/20/02 -0400, you wrote: > >I have been brewing different ways to see which way makes the 'best' CS >solution (for me). I would like some input from the 'experts' here who >have made CS themselves. > >I am using 16 oz. distilled water, 3 nine-volts (which I change to 2 >nine-volts half way thru to lower the current), 2 - .9999 silver wires, a >coffee pot heat plate, and a fish bubbler (plus alligator clips, etc....). >I'm spiking the solution with premade CS (approx. 1/4 of the batch) to >raise initial conductivity of the water. I'm brewing without the bubbler >until I see the yellow wisps start, then I start the bubbler and brew for >another hour, stopping 1/2 way thru to clean the silver wires and >disconnect one of the batteries (to lower the current flow). > >My main question is: > >I notice that when I make CS using the above method the solution is clear. >Is the CS solution I'm making more dissolved silver than colloidal silver? >Does the bubbler make the silver dissolve? I hardly have any Tyndall >effect at all; very very light. And the taste is also light, but still >there. > >I checked to make sure there was current flowing. I don't have a fancy >multimeter, just a little cheepy one. But it does show that there is >current flowing to the silver wires. > >When I do the same as above but DO NOT use the bubbler, the solution is >yellow and the silver wires must be wiped off during the brewing (I wipe >them off when I'm disconnecting one of the batteries - about 30 minutes >into the brew). The solution is much different/stronger in Tyndall, taste, >color, etc. than the bubbler version. > >Which way is the "best?" > >Thanks >Christine > >_____________________________________ > >Christina McCauley >Kaye Scholer LLP >901 15th Street, N.W. >Washington, DC 20005 > >Telephone: 202-682-3556 >Fax: 202-682-3593 >_____________________________________ > >This message may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information >from the law firm Kaye Scholer LLP. If delivered to anyone other than the >intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email or >by telephone (202-682-3500) and delete the message, along with any >attachments, from your computer. Thank you. > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
