I have never researched about the best voltages for CS production. Most equipment use 30V or three 9V batteries connected in series. The amperage of the adapter seems not to matter. It is the conductivity of the water you use. Conductivity is the opposite of resistance. If you use pure water it is almost non conductive, so the resistance is high and as current is voltage divided by resistance the current will be low. Suppose the water resistance is 1 Kilo ohm and you are using 30V the current will be 30 divided by 1000 or 30 mA. It does not matter whether your adapter is 100 mA, 1A or 100A. Of course the less the current the smaller the particles. Which is why you see a white cloud (big particles) when you use water with high conductivity (low resistance) like tap or sea water. As a rule of thumb use the purest water you can find. I use distilled water. In the store (Canada, Toronto) it usually costs 99 cs per gallon. It will take longer but will give smaller particles which are more efficient. At least that's what I think. Like you I am not an electronician.
________________________________ From: Lou Kraft <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:25 PM Subject: Re: CS> Maple Leaf coins / Printer adapter ?? The research I have done suggests that the lower voltage with an AC/DC converter (between 9V and 14V) is best. But, the important measurement on the converter is the milliamps (mA). Use the premise that Voltage is the size of the river as mA is the speed of river. The lower the Voltage and mA the slower and smaller the particale creation. Now, I like previous poster am a novice to electricity and conductivity, but it just seems to make sense. I can make a 10ppm batch in 30 min. using a 30V 1.5A (1500mA) converter. It takes me 1hr.30min. to do the same with a 9V 350mA. Using my logic the latter will be the better quality CS with the smallest particle. Consider, the 9V batteries are rated below app. 30mA and if my research is correct mA's do not increase like voltage does when wired in series. I welcome corrections to this idea. Lou On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >In a message dated 10/21/2012 8:22:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: >use 2 maple leaf coins too. Instead of batteries I use a printer adapter. It >has 12V and 30V DC outlet. I buy these adapters in the thrift stores, usually >around 2 dollars. >> >How do you use a printer adapter ??? I can take a 350 chevy engine apart. & fix it but-- when it comes to electricity I'm dumb as a post....{scared of it ever since lightening hit the straw stack beside the barn & blew it up smothering the cows that were hiding under the edge... I was in the barn. " Yikes" } :-0
