No prob man! Welcome aboard! Feel free to chime in if you have any comments/questions/suggestions.
Actually, I didn't think of using an unbleached filter. Good idea. Gotta go pick up a pack that'll last next to forever lol.
The higher charge might cause more of the silver to clump up around the wires, , but it was clear maybe a tiny bit cloudy when it was freshly made and strained. I read that higher voltage doesn't cause particels to break off in bigger pieces, but I also didn't clean the wires so they got covered in like 1/3" diameter of gunk which was floating around a little bit too. Had I cleaned them every hour for the first two hours and then taken it out it would probably still havehit 15-17ppm. Also, the jar it was made in wasn't completely cleaned. It was washed, but it had some thin silver on the bottom and silver discoloration on the entire glass from the previous two batches that. That prob affectedit as well. Didn't have anything else to make it in at that point. Next time it is going to be made straight in a clean mason jar and then decanted/strained into another one for storage. Quart mason jars are slightly bigger than the current jar it was made in.
As for keeping the wires farther apart, can they be bent into right angles, because the wires fit into two little holes on the generator that cant be moved. It said to keep the wires an equal distance apart from each other the whole time but does thatonly count for the underwater parts? The book also said to submerge liek 80% at least or somethign like that. I did read online that higher voltage is ok as long as you have more surface area of silver underwater to conduct it, but personally, I have no idea how accurate that is lol.
No point throwing it away though because it isn't burning the plant at all, so if it ends up reversing it, then there was no negatives to the amber color. I have a bottle that I left for a while that only turned grey and then turned a dark amber color like very dark amber. Going to strain it again becaus eit had a bunch of black sivler particles on the bottom formthe wires, and then i may test it on a random plant sometime in the near future if i get a successful batch of fem seeds.. not going to use it on an important plant tho since it is the weirdest colored batch
you cant believe everything you read
ive seen articles done by professionally trained chemists that contradict each other , some saying higher voltage is good some saying it is bad
when reading/learning it is easy to understand that the higher voltage is in fact bad
you want less then 12 volts and 1 amp , preferably 6 volt 600 mA , ive done 1 pint to 1 gallon batches with a power supply matching those numbers
i credit your extreme color to the high voltage
and yes , of course you can bend/manipulate the wires to have them further apart once they enter the water
keeping the wires clean is very important , it greatly helps keep the particles small
dark coloring is mainly due to light degenerating the solution
always store it in the dark at room temp , and make it in a dimly lit room with lights off when not inspecting it or cleaning wires , i made some in my veg room once , it was a dark grey almost black , we are working with "silver" not grey and especially not dark grey
peace
p.s. go back to my c.s. tutorial thread and re-read the first few posts again , its all spelled out , following those instructions will get you great results , yes some of it i dont completely agree with and or have improved on , but doing exactly what cabron said will get you success every time
