In a message dated 4/23/2005 3:59:41 AM Central Standard Time, 
rainelov...@sbcglobal.net writes:
Raine: Sadly, I'm completely ignorant on the qulaity of the distilled water 
I'm using. Is there a specific brand, that's tested well, which I can rely on?
I've been real happy with the distilled water that I get from Walmart.  
Walgreen's Drug Store also sells good DW but at twice the price of Walmart's.  
Others on the list have reported good results with both of these company's 
products.

Raine: My intent wasn't to speed up the process, though that's what seems to 
have happened. I was simply interested in stirring.

Some of the folks on the list place a value on that -- I haven't found it 
necessary.  I have used a three-battery unit, an electrical transformer unit 
and 
a Colloid Master.  All three made good CS without heating, stirring, etc.  The 
problem with using a tealight to create stirring is that you're also creating 
heat.  Heating an 8 oz. quantity would create the runaway situation described 
by Ode.

Raine: I do have silver bars. So there's a possibility that the spacing is 
incorrect? Please advise.

The spacing that works well for me is the width of the neck of a Mason jar -- 
about 2".  I just always do well using a one-quart Mason jar.  And I think I 
gave you a bad steer in my previous post -- I was thinking that a quart was 16 
ozs. and it's 32 ozs.  That's what you started with, right?  There's nothing 
at all wrong with your set-up -- you just need to give it more time than your 
original try at 1 hour.  If you skip the heating, you'll have an easier time 
of controlling the situation.  What you want at the end of brewing is a clear 
colloid, slightly metallic in taste and if you can afford an inexpensive laser 
penlight and you shine it into the colloid, you should see the light *beam*, 
not an entire lighted up jar of water.  There's no telling how many ppms you 
will have produced -- anywhere from 5 to 15 will be my guess -- and it's all 
good.  That's about it.  I don't know why I've got this large font all of a 
sudden -- sorry.     MA