Hi Wayne, I think I've got you slightly confused, which is understandable the way the topic has wandered among several threads.
My design is for a flow-through device, but it's set up for the water the rancher uses for mixing the daily feed mash, not the distributed watering system. Terry reported that the 160 gallon tank fills in about 15 minutes, for a flow rate of about 10 gallons per minute. Between Dan and me, we calculated that *ANY* arrangement of silver electrodes that will pass 6 amps for 15 minutes will, by the faraday equation, dump enough silver into the water to make 10 ppm. So this device would only run for 15 minutes per day at 6 amps, putting 6 or 7 grams of silver into the 160 gallon tank. Terry only has to set up a current controlled power supply that will push 6A at whatever voltage is required to keep the current constant. Actually, just about any well designed bench power supply with current and voltage control would do as long as it puts out the voltage needed to drive the cell. He will have to experiment to find out how much he needs with water flowing. To set up the supply, start the water flowing, ramp the voltage up to where the current exceeds 6 amps by some percentage, then adjust the current control to the 6 amp setpoint. It'll then self regulate over a decent range of flow rates, temperatures and initial water conductivity. As long as the total fill time stays constant, the same amount of silver will be in each batch, with reasonable accuracy. Hell, if he puts a timer on it and slows the flow rate down or increases the amperage a bit, he could force a controlled amount of silver into the 160 gallons of water independent of the exact amount of time it takes to fill the tank, as long as it's more than the timer runs for. Then, even if the flow rate varies from day to day, the same amount of silver is in the same size tank for each batch. It's an interesting project. Hope it provides some benefit. Be well, Mike D. > Evening Mike, > > >> At 08:05 AM 11/18/2006, you wrote: > > Do you plan for the full flow rate to move thru this chamber? > > Have you made any effort to calculate the stream velocity thru the > chamber? > > Some may think this to be of no significance. > > I still have lots of questions about the water system. > Hopefully Terry can answer some of them. > > The water system is, to a large degree, dictating the design. > > Wayne > > > > -- > 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: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ]
