Thanks, Dan, That is why I am using a potentiometer instead of a diode, so I can play with the current. I am trying to keep my messing around to just 1 or 2 variables at a time, mostly one, so I can see what happens when I change it. I started out using 4 9V batteries, with no current limiter, and was unsatisfied with the results. I had to watch it carefully, which was fine, but then I decided it would be better to not have the yellow stream of particles floating towards the electrode- to keep it smaller, that is. It does look very cool, though.
I appreciate your explanation. Kathryn ______________________________________________________ If you have current limiting, then the current cannot go above this set value. If you limit the current to a very small amount, it will take longer to get a particular concentration (ppm) of CS for a particular size container, compared to a batch made with a higher current limit setting. The higher the current limit setting, the longer it will take for the reaction to reach the point of the current limit. This is the reason for increasing the voltage, one reason for increasing the electrode area, and the reason for moving the electrodes closer together. Any one of these three changes will make the initial current higher and therefore the cell will reach the current limit point faster. After reaching the current limit point, it will not be able to go any faster. With very low currents like .2 and .3 ma, with the types of electrodes and spacing we usually use, the current level is reached very quickly and there is no way to decrease the amount of time it takes to make the CS without increasing the current limit value. The best way to make the process go faster is to do any or all of these things but especially to increase the current limit setting. You can also spike the initial distilled water with previously made CS as well. The electrode surface area determines how high a value you might want to use for a current limit. Generally your stirring method will relate to how high a current level you will want to use. With really good stirring, you can use much higher currents. Any one of these methods involve certain tradeoffs. Dan bs clayton wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I was making a quart, and the > current varied a little bit between .2 and .3, it > seems to me the average was .23mA- I can't find my > production not __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
