"Ole Bob" wrote: ============== Hi Marv, If you are using the HVAC ARC method and not using a CO2 ambient then you are generating NO3. One person the list tested his HVAC ARC cs with the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. test kit #LR1800, which is available at any aquarium supply store.
The HVAC cone method and the parallel plate method also generate NO3 but to a lessor extent. To measure NO requires a spectrophotometer. I also have found very small amounts of NO3 in LVDC, generally 1 PPM or less. ============== "Ole Bob", Thank you for your help with this. The equipment I am using was very well made by Utopia Silver, and is based on a 9,000 volt 30 milliamp Neon Sign Transformer, where both secondary leads connect directly to the electrodes. One electrode is a coil of 14 gage silver wire about 1 inch diameter by four inches long with a pitch of about 3/4", which is buried about 1.5 inches below the surface of the DW in a 2+ gallon jar. The other lead connects to two 14 gage silver rods, about 2 inches apart; that are buried about 1/10th inch below the surface of the DW (measured at no power), the tips of which are about 2 inches from the outside diameter of the coil. The process calls for 5 each, one hour runs, by virtue of a timer-switch, with cooling back to ambient between each run. The depth of the silver rods is verified/adjusted with power off after each of the first four runs. This process yields a bit over two gallons of CS at about 10 PPM. I will buy the #LR1800 test kit you suggested, and I will inform you of the test results. Over time, chlorine will escape from an open container of chlorinated water, so I am told. Would NO3 and/or NO content be reduced by leaving the jar of CS open for a few days? Supposing that the above will not work, is there a way to kill the NO3 and NO that would be reasonable? Since I am not setup to test for NO, is there a rule-of-thumb relationship between the NO3 and NO, that this process creates, so that it could be used to estimate content of NO, once the NO3 is known? Do you think that it would be possible to estimate the NO3/NO content by measuring the change in pH? ZERO NO3/NO is the ideal. Where would I find the specs. on safe limits (or what do you consider acceptable levels)? What is the cost of a spectrophotometer like the one that you have? Thank you very much for taking the time to help keep me out of trouble (and the folks that I give CS to). Best regards, :) Marv -- 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>
