url : http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m59998.html Re: CS>Re: $$$ perpectives From: Arnold Beland Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 00:56:42
> Mike, > Thanks for making a substantial contribution to the art. Your > results using very low current densities and a long "brew" time > parallel my own. I, however, make a gallon at a time using currant > limiting with as much as 1500 volts. I can't see why the > "potential gradient" can have any effect on the end result. I'm > not saying it doesn't, I just don't see why it should. What am I > missing here? > Arnold Thanks Arnold. Many people have used low current before. I am perhaps the first one to have a residual Shingles infection and noticed the cs made with very low current killed it, where the stuff made with high current had no effect. Regardless of how the current is generated, silver ions leave the positive electrode and diffuse towards the negative electrode. The ions clouds form at each electrode. If the current density is too high, it increases the ion density and promotes the formation of particles. 1,500 Volts is certainly ambitious. To run at 300 uA, you would need a 5 megohm resistor in series! I just taught my Mom how to solder a 33k resistor to the positive post of an ordinary 9V batttery connector. (She is 84, and I'm surprised how quickly she picked up the concepts.) In the connector I use, there are two slots in the fibre material that hold the connector posts. I showed her how to put the cut end of Radio Shack alligator lead through the slot and solder it to the negative post. Repeat for the other end of the 33k resistor. The alligator leads come in different colors. I showed her how to use warm colors (red, yellow, white) for the positive lead, and cold colors (black, blue, green) for the negative lead. Some battery connectors may be made of inferior material. I showed her how to listen for two distinct clicks when the connector is put on the battery. I showed her how to install the connector on a 9V battery and cover the leads with hot glue. This seals the open leads so they cannot corrode in harsh environments, and prevents shorting against keys if the battery is put in a purse. The alligator leads are cut to different lengths so the clips have less opportunity to touch each other and drain the battery. Finish by holding the leads against the battery and wrapping with ordinary plastic electrical tape to provide strain relief. She went back to Victoria Harbor to show all her friends how to make a simple cs unit using "W" shaped electrodes. Here is a typical run with 3.85 sq. in. wetted area: Wed Jun 04, 2003, 01:00:57 pm Started run on 9V, 33k series resistor. Battery Voltage = 8.39V Wed Jun 04, 2003, 01:01:35 pm 1.715V 196uA Wed Jun 04, 2003, 04:22:41 pm 1.155V 213uA Wed Jun 04, 2003, 05:06:06 pm 1.045V 216uA Wed Jun 04, 2003, 05:51:35 pm 0.9927 218uA Wed Jun 04, 2003, 06:12:32 pm 0.9626 218uA Wed Jun 04, 2003, 07:40:11 pm 0.8565 221uA Wed Jun 04, 2003, 08:10:43 pm 0.8491 221uA Wed Jun 04, 2003, 08:34:13 pm 0.8348 222uA Wed Jun 04, 2003, 08:42:21 pm 0.8040 222uA 7.75 * 3600 * 220e-6 = 6.138 Coulombs My apologies for not having the time to write a simple program to convert the hours and minutes to seconds. It's really not too important. What counts is the current variation from start to finish is only about 13%, which is good enough. A typical alkaline has over 500 milliamper/hour capacity. This is 1,800 Coulombs. If each run draws 6 Coulombs, the battery should last 300 runs. That's almost one year. The discharge curve for Alkaline is flat at 8.5V for most of the battery life. This means no current regulation is needed, and the finish time for a six hour run is easy to calculate in your head. Just mentally place the little hand on the opposite side of the clock circle:) Best Regards, Mike Monett -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
