If you see a 'golden' whisps coming off your electrodes, you're getting
agglomeration 'right now' from too much current as compared to your
electrode size. Another indication of too much current are weak fuzzy
oxide buildups [black stuff]. Black stuff is unavoidable but shouldn't be
so fuzzy as to fall off the electrode and the current shouldn't get so high
as to form oxides away from the electrode.
Making CS too strong with too much current can actually make the CS go
black over time in storage or even as it's being made and that black stuff
[oxides again] will settle to the bottom. The CS will have a darkish grey
cast to it at first if that's not hidden by the yellow color.
If you have a deep yellow CS, [CS made too strong with too much
current] the yellow color will stick to the glass in storage after some
time, though I've never heard of it sinking.
Basically, if your generator has no controls, you'll have to stop the
process at around or under 10 PPM.
There are a few tricks to make it work better.
Set up a stirring system
and/or
Put a potentiometer in series with one electrode and give it a tweek every
now and then to slowly reduce the current by dropping the voltage manually.
Slowly moving the electrodes apart as you generate does pretty much the
same thing but you'll probably run out of room if you're going for fairly
strong CS
Get a digital ammeter [multimeter] so you can observe the current draw
and don't let it exceed a couple of milliamps. [preferably not exceed one
milliamp]
If you are using wires and alligator clips to hold the electrodes, you can
put them on a couple of parallel chopsticks on a wide container and
gradually move them apart according to what the ammeter says. You can even
calibrate the chop sticks by distance increments for PPM with a bit of work
and observation.
A current controlled generator does all that for you automatically.
ken
At 08:38 AM 4/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
ode coyote,
I'm not sure I follow what your saying.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ode Coyote
Slow your reaction down. [a lot]
Stop it earlier.
Ken
At 01:35 AM 4/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>usually when I make my CS I make then drink it but if I let it sit I get
>black clumps that sank to the bottom. I guess I have good distilled water.
>the water jug says it's UV light micron filtered, distilled and ozonated.
>lead, sodium, nitrate, and arsenic are all non-detectable. sounds good.
>got it from Wal Mart. should I filter my CS or drink it all?
>
>
>pat wrote:
>
>
> >every time I make my CS I get the black fuzzy stuff which I use a coffee
> filter to get out. but at the bottom of my glass I get this yellowish
> gold stuff that collects at the bottom and when I pour the CS from one
> cup to another to filter the black stuff that yellow stuff sticks to the
> bottom of the original glass. do I want that or not? what is it?
>
>Dean wrote:
>
>
>The black fuzzy stuff (if it's black, not brownish) is silver oxide.
>If you have some brownish stuff that drops to the bottom when you're
>making CS, it's sub-microscopic particles of silver surrounding tiny
>bits of hydrogen. You might also be talking about "floaties," which
>are microscopic particles of silver that are clumped together with
>some oxygen bubbles to help them float (if the oxygen bubbles are
>released, then they'll sink to the bottom).
>
>Assuming you use good distilled water and .999 (or better) fine silver
>*with no additives to help it go faster,* then none of the black,
>brown or "gold stuff" will hurt you. They're all just silver in
>different physical forms and are non-toxic.
>
>-- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF
>
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