Hi Dan. If your referring to the - electrode as to the anode, thats what Ive been doing with good results. Ole Bob shared that info with me awhile back and Ive been experimenting with this as time provides. This might be my next brewing set up as Im now using 1 oz silver bars as my electrodes.
Sam --- On Sun 11/13, Dan Nave < na...@comcast.net > wrote: From: Dan Nave [mailto: na...@comcast.net] To: silver-list@eskimo.com Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:52:15 -0600 Subject: Re: CS >Square or round wires? I always felt that someone using a wide flat anode should use two cathodes - one on each side of the flat anode.DanSubject:Re: CS>Square or round wires?From:Ode Coyote <odecoy...@alltel.net>Date:Sun, 13 Nov 2005 07:02:59 -0500To:silver-l...@eskimo.comwhere ion discharge is concerned, the area presented does not discharge ions in direct proportion to the area presented.On wide flat electrodes, the center does very little while the edges discharge the greater proportion of the ions. It's visibly obvious that there's a big difference while observing how electrodes wear away.The back sides do virtually no ion discharging.Corners and edges disappear first, corners faster than edges, till finally you have a "U" that looks much like "V" with a rounded tip instead of a rectangle.The newer electroplating electrodes are made in a "D" shape with the rounded side being the side not facing. This shortens the pathways from the back, eliminates the secondary backside edge that a block has and evens out the actual discharge area some.Round shapes have no backsides, ineffective side facing flat centers, corners or edges, except for the end.... which will sharpen with the disproportionate discharge occurring there.Distance counts.The front of a round will go away a 'little' faster, [Which is why modern electrodes aren't 'round cylinders'] but swapping their positions between batches makes the former back the front and a piece of wire doesn't have the front/back distance differences that a 20 pound cylinder of copper has and the size/distance relationships aren't linear. ie, the smaller the diameter, the less the effect.[but also less surface area]Bending the very tips away from each other a bit will prevent tip erosion to a great degree..or..don't put the ends in the water in the first place.A round wire has ..almost.. twice the 'effective' discharge area than a flat rectangular electrode with the same surface area.A square wire run with flats parallel will become a rounded wire...more "D" shaped, actually, with the rounded part facing as the leading edges do most of the work.Ode [ex electroplater]-- No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11/11/2005--The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver.Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.orgTo post, address your message to: silver-l...@eskimo.comsilver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.htmlAddress Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.comot Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.htmlList maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com
