Colloidal Gold Systems 103

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You are about to read information that pertains to High Voltage and potentially dangerous electrical components and systems that if miss-used or improperly assembled could result in death.  By reading this you agree to taking your time, reading everything I have to share with you and also doing a little safety research on the side before you get ahead of yourself and get hurt!  You also agree that I have no control over your actions or the actions of others who may not hold me liable for the miss-use of information provided here that results in death or damage or anything else that I could be blamed for.  Use this information wisely and at your own risk!

If you want to key on the most critical aspect of what makes colloidal gold systems useful I would say as I have said many times that the regulation of the gap between the two gold electrodes is the #1 most important issue.

It may not be obvious at first but the regulation of metallic erosion on the electrodes under water is probably one of the most wild and untamed physical processes that one could choose to master.

I am telling you this so that you can prepare yourself for the challenge that auto-regulation truly is.

I shall list now the critical aspects to consider when designing an auto-feed device.

1.  The structure should be of a material or gage that is not fond of flexing or bending even in the smallest imperceptible level.

          I. The value of adjustment required to maintain a consistent gap and therefore a consistent gas plasma between the gap for our purpose of focused heat requires accuracy of a few thousandths of an inch.  Materials for your mechanical works should be able to withstand the stresses of said mechanical systems without allowing  an alteration in the gap itself (a few thousandths of an inch isn't much for most materials to flex under light stress).  It sounds easy but in practice the right material for this falls into other considerations that make this task a tad daunting.

2.  The Materials for construction should be respectively non-conductive as the input voltage is around 500vac.

          II.  This follows the idea that materials are difficult to select at first, recognizing that we require non-conductive materials that flex and give very little.

3.  Materials used must be fairly non-toxic and or non-flame-able.

          III.  Realize this... most plastics when burned create a toxic compound.  At the very least they taste bad.  If you use Plastics (as you most likely shall since it applies to the first 2 conditions in many cases) then you must consider that these plastics are not placed in a position where metallic buildup or general circuit failure may cause a fire.  This problem can be dealt with effectively if you simply examine the placement of the power conduits you use to connect the gold electrode wires to the power source.

4.  You need a regulated advance or actuator.

          IV.  This can be as simple as a food timer, or as elegant as a step motor or some exotic material that can index with a great degree of control.

This is where things get interesting and many various means can be considered to achieve the same result.

5.  It is required to find a means to regulate the feed rate itself.

          V.  This aspect is the most creative part of the entire assembly you shall be looking to build.  Any number of brilliant designs can be developed all hinging on your time and money that you want to spend on materials and tools.  Remember, keep it simple stupid *kiss*.   It is the hallmark of engineers the land over to get overzealous and create machines that are more elaborate than required to achieve the result.  Just keep that in mind as you envision the various possibilities of what such a regulatory adjustment could manifest itself as.

I apologize for the delay in posting more information on this specific page as it deals with array construction.

For lack of the time to get too intimate on the subject on the tutorial level I am posting various array solutions I have made to help inspire you.  At some point I should publish an entire section on Electrode Geometry and Electrode Array- Theory and Practice.

Basic Holder Set (one thing to notice is that the brass rod mount is problematic because it is conductive.

The ideal solution is hard plastic mounts or glass if you can manage it.  The electrical potential here is not something you want to come in contact with so I advise a GOOD insulation strategy when building an array.

Above is the best standard electrode holder I had constructed.  The brass rod, fit to a large screw terminal where the top screw holds the gold wire, the bottom screw holds the glass insulator in place.

This is the 'wire' screw.  In practice both screws should be at least, flat without sharp edges to avoid chewing up your gold electrode wire and to avoid breaking or cracking the glass insulator for the bottom set screw.

Here you can see the standard Point Discharge setup and notice how my working setup uses a glass mount on the left side, a plastic mount on the right for better insulation of the working arc/gap.

The left side is mounted to a variable mount that can index back and forth to alter the gap between the electrodes and the right side is static and in general gets mounted to the batch vessel by a magnetic clamp so it can be easily adjusted but tends to remain constant as a reference point during adjustment.  (you only have to move the glass slightly rather than adjust the static arm)

These photos are of my wooden adjustable setup.. actually the first adjustable machine array I had build.

This is also an example of what looks good but never worked properly.  You must have fine adjustment ability on the fly and the setup you see here simply had too much play to be a useful array/electrode adjustment.

I had advanced the electrode holder to a more refined state with central brass tubes that had an internal pressure point that would hold the gold wire.  The advantage was a better glass insulator around the entire holder only leaving the gold electrode exposed to the water.

In this photo you can see the gold (on the right) and silver (on the left) as part of the colloidal silver arc/vapor setup.

Because of the way these two metals burn, it worked out that 95% of the vapor was silver but treated in the vapor stream with a gold vapor that stabilized the end product.  It made this excellent colloidal silver that was nearly infinite in stability and made a perfect silver particulate.

These holders were mounted on a sliding adjustment that used a food timer to regulate the electrode gap.

You can see how neatly they hold the electrodes.

Below you can see the top spring mounts that clamp the central post inside the holders and on the left of the rig, you can see the timer and adjustment assembly (a small aluminum wedge with an adjustment gets pulled through a roller that alters the distance on the sliding holder side)

There is an aluminum point mounted on the slide that allows you to see the travel in the slide component (forward center of the rig).

Here you can see the Mother of all Point Discharge Arc/Vapor setups.

In the early days before I discovered the working values to the Plasma array this was the only means to increase the output as each channel/circuit had an upwards limit of 40mg of gold vapor per hour. (now we can get any quantity from a single circuit using the plasma arrays)  Back then, the only solution was more circuits.

Just remember that although this is highly refined equipment you are seeing it should not discourage you from making what works.

Do not let the crappy appearance fool you.

In the beginning this (paired with a power supply just like what you will find in the next page, CG Systems 104) this was my work horse setup.  With this I was making a nice 1 liter every 5 hours at 100ppm (or 20mg of gold vapor every hour).

That may not sound like much but even today most of the industry uses a standard Neon Sign Transformer which has an upwards capacity of 2mg per hour.

That is why there are still an abundance of sellers who only provide 10-20ppm colloidal gold at prices that are crazy.

I say crazy prices.. (not to brag but) one bottle of colloidal gold at 100ppm (16oz) has 50mg of gold.

1 bottle of colloidal gold at 10ppm has 5mg of gold.

The standard price for an 8oz bottle of 10ppm Cg is $25.00 USD.

So, that would be $50.00 for a 16oz bottle of 10ppm colloidal gold, Multiply by a factor of 10.

10x$50.00 equals $500.00 to equal just one 16oz bottle of colloidal gold at 100ppm in gold content.

It is the gold not the water you are paying for.. but more importantly you could never take enough gold at those prices.

Not an advert so much as to point out the issues.. that is why I provide this information, to help you create your own setup and avoid paying anything at all other than your gold electrodes, distilled water and the time it takes to make. (which at 20mg an hour is at least 10 times less than it would take if you used a Neon Sign Transformer based system).

Ah.. last tidbit.

I sell 1, 16oz bottle of colloidal gold for $50.00 (sometimes $55 since I include shipping in that price)

Provided the information helps you understand what is involved making decent colloidal gold I hope you agree that my price is based on my labor/parts not supply and demand.

Enjoy!

More to come!

Background photo is a set of glass insulators for 22 gage gold wires from the original proof of concept colloidal gold auto-advance.

All content and photos copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007,2008,2009 Karl Reinhart of The Shekinahguild.