Thanks for the info John. I have more time than money, so if process is slower it wouldn't be a problem. I have a small 25 volt adapter so think I will try it with 60 cycle line as source.
Somewhere in my cob-webbed memory is something about a multivibrator circuit that would produce positive and negative square waves with with a desired frequency. This was before solid state devices came along, and I can barely turn a TV on nowadays. Would like to hear more about your experimental circuit. Opa Sent from my iPad > On Mar 3, 2015, at 11:04 AM, John Popelish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 03/03/2015 11:13 AM, Reece Maxey wrote: >> Has anyone used a low, ie 25 volts, AC power source for a CS generator? >> Any ideas about posslble success if using? Seems to me it would compare >> with the swapping DC method. Thanks. >> Opa > > The experimental circuit, I am working with, > has an optional mode that averages > almost zero volts > (voltage times time, in one direction > is almost balanced by > voltage times time, in the other direction, > about 100 times per second) > though the voltages are very unsymmetrical. > (low voltage in one direction, for a longer time, > followed by higher voltage for a much shorter time, > in the other direction). > > But even this approximation of pure AC > really slows the production of silver ions > in the water. > > It takes a week to produce a quart of silver water, > instead of a day, > when the reverse voltage is blocked. > > Evidently, if you reverse the voltage > faster than the silver can get away from the anode, > most of the ions just turn around and go back > to where they came from, each cycle. > > I suspect, if the solution is being well stirred, > the reversals could come faster > without the production rate going down so severely. > > But I am guessing. > > By the way, the mode with rapid reversals > does keep the electrodes much cleaner > than the unidirectional pulse mode does. > So, if I can figure out how to speed it up, > its lower electrical efficiency > may be worth while. > > -- > Regards, > > John Popelish > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > >
