Tip #1:

The silver rod that is attached to the red port of the brewer is where silver is extracted into the water. It will get thinner and thinner after each brew. If you alternate your wires every batch or so, they will get thinner at the same rate. You can either swap the alligator clips around or simply swap which wire is plugged into the red and black ports before brewing.

When they are thin enough that you are worried they will break or if it actually does, simply wrap the thin wire around a new silver rod in a evenly distributed coil. This will allow you to use up the rest of the old rod as you continue to brew.

Tip #2:

Gold colored CS is fine to drink. It just means you brewed a bit too long and now have enough silver in the water to absorb enough blue light to change its color. Try reducing your brew time by 15 to 30m on the next batch. Sometimes you will end a brew with clear CS, but it turns gold by the next day -- a byproduct of aggregation that continues to take place after you stop brewing.

If you continue brewing past gold, it will turn brown and then black. These highly concentrated batches of colloidal silver can still be used. Just dilute to taste -- although the particle size is now much larger than if stopped when still clear. Another use for these batches would be for surface cleaning, pouring some into the toilet tank for disinfection, adding some to potted plants, etc. By all means don't throw it out.

When you brew to gold or darker, it simply means you are eating up your silver rod faster than necessary. This usually happens to most if they take a nap while brewing and can be avoided by simply obtaining a digital outlet timer that you plug the brewer into.

Tip #3:

Filtering is not needed. Any black or grey specks seen in the water is harmless silver oxide. You can filter it out with a coffee filter if you want as some people don't like the idea of drinking it. Most of it will be residue that falls off your silver rod after brewing is finished.

You can minimize how much is left behind by waiting 10 to 15m after shutting off the brewer. You will notice the grey fuzzy silver oxide will condense and turn black on the rod. Now when you pull the rod out of the water it is more likely to remain attached to the silver rod.

Once removed from the water, simply wipe the rod with a soft cloth to remove excess silver oxide. No need to scrub the rod shiny which just waste silver. If you leave it on the rod and rotate your wire, some of the silver oxide will revert back into silver colloids on your next brew.

As to any silver oxide you do collect from the rod, you can save it and add it to aloe vera and make a topical silver gel. As for any silver oxide left in the water, I tend to just shake it up after bottling and disperse it evenly.

Tip #4:

You can pause your brew by shutting off the brewer and pick it back up later. Upon returning to a point where you can monitor the brew, just turn it back on and continue to account for the time brewed.

Tip #5:

Remember to never plug in and switch your brewer on until after you have made all connections. Also, turn it off and unplug before you break down any connections. This will help you prevent shorting the wires and blowing the fuse.

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