Use the search terms "conductivity meter" "Total Dissolved solids meter" "PPM meter" No meter has been made to test CS, so the term CS is not needed.
Heating the water increases it's initial conductivity so the process starts faster in its early stages. When using a timer, this will result in higher PPM. But, heating the water too much makes particles collide and you'll get larger particle CS faster. The threshold seems to be about 120 deg F. As warm water cools, it produces a thermal convection stirring current that can prevent large particle formation. The water close to the outside of the container cools and drops, forcing the water in the center to rise. But that effect lasts only as long as the water temperature is different from the room temperature. They will equalize fairly quickly. You can get the best of both worlds by placing a very small heat source directly under the electrodes...enough to create a good thermal updraft but not enough to heat the water very much. Everything goes in the same direction for opposite reasons but doesn't stop. Using a centered thermal updraft also sends ions to where the discharge rate of the electrode is lowest, accelerating ion dischage there while reducing edge discharge on the ends of the electrodes that tends to sharpen and shorten the electrode over time. Another way to induce thermal stir currents is to simply place a desk lamp next to one side of your generating container. The updraft won't be centered but it'll stir. A coffee maker heater is too hot. I've heard of people using a heating pad with success. If you have a gas stove with a pilot light, placing the generator on that warm spot might do. Mechanical stirring is good and I use it, but has a few oddities. It sends ions and particles past the electrodes perpendicular to the electrodes where they tend to stick to the hydrogen bubbles that also grow there. If the stir rate is too fast, a fuzzy buildup of particles grow on the electrode in the direction of the water current. If the particle/bubble formation gets too thick, it acts as an insulator and slows the ion generation process. [and tends to fall off into the water when the electrodes are removed] At some point ion production and particle buildup equalize and the generator goes into a loop that doesn't place any more silver into the water. The buildup just grows and grows forever. Stirring with air bubbles seems like a good idea..sorta clunky to package but probably works quite well. Stirring of any sort will prevent ion buildup between the electrodes. Ion buildup in an uncontrolled generator setup will accelerate runaway by drastically increasing conductivity in a localized area right where it does the most harm. The whole container of water runs away slower than the portion of the water that 'stands' between the electrodes. Stirring of any sort is a good idea in any generator for that reason alone. [There are others] No generator "sees" anything that's not between the electrodes. http://silverpuppy.com/thermal%20stir%20sequence.html ken At 10:42 PM 12/15/02 -0600, you wrote: >Hi Joe: > >I heat the water because I read that I get higher ppm's that way when I >bought my first generator. I bought my ppm meter from ebay for 20.00 I >believe. I'll have to look up the name of the person I bought it from >because ebay seems to have banned any reference to cs. If I haven't found >the name within 24 hours please remind me and I'll get it to you asap. > >Jessica >"Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies" --Honore de Balzac > > >-- >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: silver-list@eskimo.com > >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
