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Making Your Own Colloidal Silver Generator
In the early 1900s, colloidal silver was very expensive, but in recent years a physicist (Bob
Beck) came up with a simple method for making it. A modern colloidal silver generator is
about as complex as a flashlight. Making colloidal silver simply involves placing a DC voltage
across two chunks of pure silver (a cathode and an anode) immersed in pure water. Supposedly,
33 volts is the optimum voltage, but 27 volts from three 9-volt batteries works fine. If these are
not available, you could get by with two 12-volt solar panels wired in series for a total output
of 24 volts. This setup would generate colloidal silver at a slower rate.
See
figure 6-1
for a sketch of how to hook up your own colloidal silver generator. Connect
three 9-volt transistor-radio batteries in series (+ terminal to - terminal to + terminal, etc.) us-
ing readily available 9-volt battery clip-on terminals. Wire a 24-volt lightbulb in series with the
batteries, then connect it to a mini-jack for easy use. The lightbulb performs two functions.
First, it is your battery indicator, which should shine brightly when you touch the two alligator
clips or silver wires to each other (if it does not light at all, or very dimly, when you touch the
clips to each other, then you should replace your batteries). Second, it provides a load to the
batteries, so you don't drain them dead after a minute or two if the silver wires are accidentally
touching while making the solution. Connect one wire from your battery pack and one from the
light bulb to a mini-jack socket. Tape your battery pack together and mount your lamp, battery
pack, and mini-jack socket into an appropriate box. Split the wires from the mini-jack plug and
connect them to two alligator clips. Cut two 6-inch lengths of 99.99 percent pure silver wire
(14 or 16 gauge works well) and bend the ends into ½-inch hooks for hanging over the edge of
a glass. Purchase the electrical materials at Radio Shack, Walmart, Intertan, and so on. Silver
wire of 99.9 percent purity is available from jewelry supply stores and some craft stores, or you
may purchase the pure silver wire, silver generator kits, and complete silver generators from
Sota Instruments at
www.sota.com
.
