Hi "Ole Bob", Thanks for the reply. I tried washing the electrodes with hot water but that didn't do the trick. I had to scrub them as usual. I must be making the "silver peroxide" stuff. I like to run the batch until I see a small particle cloud forming and then drop the voltage down real fast. 48 hours is just too long for me to wait. If I can make 16 ounces in an hour or two, I'm happy. I'm probably going on the misguided belief that fresh is best.
I'm concerned about your stirring apparatus. Do you have exposed copper wire between the two silver electrodes? If so, can this induce copper or other unwanted contaminants from the insulation to go into the solution? The shoelace is also a concern. Since I drink the stuff, I'm concerned about putting anything into the brew vessel that isn't DW and pure silver. As always, thank you for your time. Andy From: Robert Berger Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 16:09:16 Hi Andy, If it is silver oxide it will dissolve with hot water from the faucet. With my squirrel cage anode setup I have used it about 48 hours at 1.19,5,9,12,&18 volts and it is as bright and shiny as when I started. I intend to continue this study at 27v and 37 volts. there is something very strange about the very narrow spacing, so far the CS's have had very, very weak T.E. and the pH is close to neutral. When I used the curved plate at 2" spacing and 37 volts it became dark but it was not silver oxide but rather silver peroxide that has to be removed with a scrubby. I generally put a shoe lace on the cathode to trap most of the sludge. For stirring I use a Radio Shack 11/2" volt motor with 3 ohms in one lead of a "D" battery to slow it down so it doesn't throw water everywhere. I personally prefer a rapid stir with cavitations at the stirrer. If I don't then the metering during the run is way off track. The actual stirrer is a 3" piece of #14 house wire where I have removed about 1/4" of copper from one end and that end will push on to the motor. The other end has a 15 deg bend about 3/4" from the end. Cheap and simple. Glue the motor to the cell lid. "Ole Bob"
