Your electrolyte is too conductive. Make it weaker. With your power supply, limiting the current will cause the voltage to drop (because the electrolyte can use all the current). Ohms law.
@Sanzus2
Ай бұрын
That could easily be tested with an ohm meter! There may be a sweet spot to be found?
@MadScientist267
Ай бұрын
@@Sanzus2Why do that when all one needs to do is observe the current on the power supply while stirring in water...
@adamabele785
15 күн бұрын
That was my thought too. As the blue color is not very strong, I assume that there is a lot of high purity silver nitrate in this bowl. This silver cell operates at something like 25 watt, that creates a lot of heat over time, makes the water warm and evaporate and produce even higher concentrations of the solution.
@Steelythestacker
8 күн бұрын
Increasing the resistance by diluting the electrolyte will decrease the amperage.
@TheZombieSaints
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the update Sreetips. That thing is eating that silver shot up fast now! That little "nest" of silver looked amazing. I'm glad the soldering iron suggestion worked. Looks like you got a lot more holes in the basket now. 👏👍
@ytafshin
Ай бұрын
The problem is the flat bottom of the bowl. Lifting the basket still keeps it closest to the flat bottom. Maybe cover part of the flat bottom with a rubber sheet so the crystals can't form at that part.
@betag24cn
Ай бұрын
or hammer it flat?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket will solve the problem.
@dunravin
Ай бұрын
would have to use something that's both nonconductive and doesn't react with the solution at all and won't scrape off and contaminate the crystal when it's harvested, probably much easier to just raise the basket and leave the bowl alone.
@LexYeen
Ай бұрын
@@dunravinuh... glass exists tho?
@CothranMike
Ай бұрын
@@LexYeen as he says in the video, even and especially with glass bowls, the closest conducting point will react in this fashion. What conductor would you use, where would you place it, how would you deal with overgrowth as in this case... catch it in a fry spider? Clear the area and prevent electrolyte contact to the stainless steel bowl with some antihydroscopic substance? It it ain't wet it will not conduct.
@davidmarshall9160
Ай бұрын
YOUR YEALD IS GOING TO BE OVER THE PAST PREVIOUS RECORDS I CAN TELL, THIS CELL IS A BEAST!!! AWESOME CONTENT SIR!!!🎉🎉🎉
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
It’s a BEAST! I agree
@bt5-eo
Ай бұрын
Maybe the positions of the holes in the basket would have an effect. If there are no holes in the bottom, this will also increase the distance.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
I’ve run silver cells for 14 years, and based on my experience, I’m convinced that increasing the distance from the bottom will solve the problem.
@MadScientist267
Ай бұрын
@@sreetipsRun it in a cylinder instead of a bowl. The shaken down crystals can fall to the bottom while the distance at the top can remain small to keep current up.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket solved it.
@MadScientist267
Ай бұрын
@@sreetips I think you'll find that temporary as a solution at best.
@tba1990
Ай бұрын
something that I do when I want crystals to grow slowly is using a tall plastic container that I get at walmart, it is like a cereal storage container with a lid that creates a vacuum seal when you close it. then a get a long glass tube and feed some silver wire/thread down through the glass tube and make 2-3 loops with the silver thread that are about the size of the bottom of the plastic container, gently heat up the glass tube and wedge it into the corner of the plastic container so that it slightly melts it and holds onto the tube. throw a larger stir bar in and fill with the nitrate solution, do a similar basket set up like you do, connect the power supply to my basket and the silver thread, turn on my magnetic stirrer so that there's a gentle vortex and turn on my power supply setting it to the volts and amps that I want it at so that I don't have to worry about one of them being to high and just let it do its things for awhile, seeing it from the side and how the crystals grow like that is truly a sight to see
@wadebert4458
Ай бұрын
DC voltage requires larger conductors to move current, without a large amount of resistance. Resistance equals heat. Reduce the resistance and you lower your heat. I actually have a 4/0 copper supply, for the Anode and a 4/0 ground, split between two, stainless steel, Cathode bowls. I'm getting minimal heating, and, not burning off the supply from the Cathode. If you increase the size of your supply and ground, you'll be amazed at how much better this will work. It also will not place a burden on your DC converter, (less humming). Direct Current is a completely different beast than Alternating Current. 40 years as a Journeyman Electrician.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
It only heats up at first when current flow is lightest. After a few days it cools to ambient.
@jameslangridge5878
Ай бұрын
It'd be interesting to see a timelapse of the silver shot being consumed in the filter basket, those crystals are amazing!
@SILVERBROTHER72
Ай бұрын
That new 6L is gobbling up the impure silver shot now time to make another dual silver cells 😊
@slashdevslashzero
Ай бұрын
It's possible that reducing/eliminating the bottom holes in the filter basket could achieve similar results by making a more difficult path to the bottom of the bowl.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raise it up solves the problem
@deanfranklin6870
Ай бұрын
I liked the idea of insulating the bottom of the bowl. What won't the silver crystal attach to? Glad you spaced the basket up. That was one solution I had thought would help.
@markh5781
Ай бұрын
The concept is simple. The current flow is part of the "problem". The higher the current flow, the faster the crystals will grow. While not bad overall, the portions of the bowl that are closest will grow faster due to their proximity to the basket, eventually growing fast enough to reach the basket in a very short time, a characteristic you just discovered and requires too much monitoring. A uniform distance from the basket will reduce the current, as you discovered by raising the basket, which increased the electrical resistance with the increased distance between the cathode and anode. To solve the rapid growth situation, either reduce the current, or increase the distance and make that distance uniform in all directions.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Agree
@mnelson10000
Ай бұрын
Thanks for taking us on this journey of getting her tuned!! Maybe you'd have the best of both worlds if you burn the holes higher up the basket instead of raising it up? You'd have more shot submerged and yet the electrical connection to the solution is still further from the bottom.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket solved the problem.
@Ellis157
Ай бұрын
that's like a piece of art some one might pay very good money for that kind of thing
@ExtractingMetals
Ай бұрын
I like how well that helped control the current. I read somewhere that the voltage and current can impact the type of crystals that grow. Explains the thin needles.
@scrapman502
Ай бұрын
Maybe the current is so high because the silver electrolyte is too concentrated.
@jawright2878
Ай бұрын
Hey Steetips! Long time viewer! All your videos are awesome! I was thinking... If you used something deeper, like a stainless steel pot for example, you could increase the distance between the bottom of the cell and the impure silver shot dish in the lid. The current may increase due to the larger volume like you're seeing on your 6 quart bowl, but the pure silver crystal harvest would be even greater. And you have plenty of cement silver to keep an even larger silver cell going!
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket should solve it.
@thebarryman
Ай бұрын
I agree, something cylindrical like a large stock pot would be ideal for making the surfaces of the cell more equidistant to the anode basket.
@jawright2878
Ай бұрын
@thebarryman The silver crystal formation at the bottom of the bowl is caused by the higher current due to closer proximity between the bowl and the anode basket. Good call. Increasing the distance would also distribute current through the cell more evenly, and crystal growth would be more even as well, like in Sreetips silver cell before the upgrade. I did like the decreased current after removing the other silver bars from the anode basket. There was better conductivity between the anode and cathode. Raising the anode basket did make a difference.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Another factor; in a glass silver cell, I can observe what looks like a waterfall within the electrolyte coming from the bottom of the anode filter basket. The more dense silver laden fluid, coming down out of the anode filter, is a highly concentrated stream of silver. Its density (silver concentration) is much greater than the surrounding electrolyte. It falls straight down and hits the floor of the silver cell directly beneath the anode filter. And I believe this contributes to faster silver crystal formation on the floor of the cell directly under the basket. I’m thinking of building a device that will sweep back and forth (like the machine gun in the final scene of breaking bad) with an acid resistance paddle of some sort to keep the electrolyte stirred up, and to continuously knock down any needle like silver crystals that form down in that silver ion-rich area.
@jawright2878
Ай бұрын
That sounds very fascinating to witness!!
@Capitaine.Albator
Ай бұрын
Since stainless isn’t magnetic would it work to put a magnetic stirring bar in the bottom at low speed to stir the crystals? One other suggestion is to make the cell from a old aquarium at one end put the anode basket and the other side the cathode stainless strip. That way you could do time lapse of silver crystals growing and have a visual on it without lifting the basket… another one would be a bigger cell made out of a stainless deep fryer or an old beer keg (they are made of stainless) but it would be a pain to clean the crystal… anyway keep up the production. It’s always informative and I am pretty sure people got into refining because of your passion. 👍🏻✌🏻🇨🇦
@reesav11
Ай бұрын
You would need a hell lot of electrolyte for a aquarium size cell
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
I may design an auto stir bar that sweeps back and forth below the anode filter basket.
@altafrahman2254
Ай бұрын
The better solution to your problem of "crystal growth under the filter basket" is to modify your Stainless Steel vessel. Instead of a round bottom vessel, you can take a deep bottom vessel just like your drum for making silver shots. The more the depth of the vessel, the more it takes the silver to grow before touching the bottom of the filter basket.
@JacobCanote
Ай бұрын
The purity is high! Beautiful. A joy to see.
@Sanzus2
Ай бұрын
I'm thinking slotted spoon and just grab that silver birds nest and get it out of the way!
@johnhunt1725
Ай бұрын
Ideally, your filter basket should be the same shape as the bowl, so that everything is equal distance.
@ArneDalbakk-ns2mw
Ай бұрын
By the way..... stunning shine silver crystal 🌺
@Antonowskyfly
Ай бұрын
You are welcome. Bubble bubble toil and trouble? Maybe we can add Fiddle fiddle adjust and jiggle. Keeping on top of the situation is good lubricant for keeping the turning gears sharp. Thank you Sir!👍👍🤟
@TrumpedUp888
Ай бұрын
Those silver crystals in the blue electrolyte looks amazing on my smart wide-screen TV. Great video. Thank you for sharing 👌👍
@timsmith9645
Ай бұрын
Awesome video nice silver crystal silver cell looking beautiful thanks for sharing sreetips
@mrtank1967
Ай бұрын
Again always learning as a watch you. Very fascinating to see this process, it really never gets old. 👍
@JamesAnderson-nz1ro
Ай бұрын
absolutely beautiful Sreetips love it . that nest is amazing. 😮😮
@bryanperry592
Ай бұрын
Streetips thank you so much for the awesome content!! You ought to think about getting an old beer keg. They are stainless steel. Just cut it down to where it is as tall as it is wide on exception of leaving it a bit long due to the height of the basket. Boom! Huge cathode and a massive silver crystal haul. Might be worth tossing around the idea :) if it works it would be truly epic!!!
@jasonmeachen4187
Ай бұрын
I would also try a new anode basket without holes on the bottom only on the side? Could redirect the crystal growth from bottom up to side to side try for my edification
@josephcormier5974
Ай бұрын
Thank you sir for sharing this update video with us when you get this on point it's going to be awesome six stars sir
@GlassEyedDetectives
Ай бұрын
Its looking amazing!
@justinredman4389
Ай бұрын
With your "spacer" mod of putting holes in the plastic with a soldering iron, because the impure silver basket is raised up, couldn't you just cut the entire bottom off the spacer instead of making holes using the "spacer" more along the lines of a bushing? That would allow for more electrolyte into the basket. Just a thought
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Yes
@eddieoweis2233
Ай бұрын
In addition to lifting the basket, less or no holes in the bottom would force the flow out the sides and away from the bottom. Path of least resistance may steer the ions to the sides of the bowl.
@SilverTreasures
Ай бұрын
The problem is still present. It will still eventually reach the basket. A remedy will be an automated agitator (like how you knock the silver down with your glass rod) maybe a small bubbler or something to swirl the electrolyte like the magnetic stirrer.
@MadScientist267
Ай бұрын
The crystals will always try to find the shortest path. So it doesn't matter what is done with the basket geometry, they will simply follow the field and find them.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Another factor; in a glass silver cell, I can observe what looks like a waterfall within the electrolyte coming from the bottom of the anode filter basket. The more dense silver laden fluid, coming down out of the anode filter, is a highly concentrated stream of silver. Its density (silver concentration) is much greater than the surrounding electrolyte. It falls straight down and hits the floor of the silver cell directly beneath the anode filter. And I believe this contributes to faster silver crystal formation on the floor of the cell directly under the basket. I’m thinking of building a device that will sweep back and forth (like the machine gun in the final scene of breaking bad) with an acid resistance paddle of some sort to keep the electrolyte stirred up, and to continuously knock down any needle like silver crystals that form down in that silver ion-rich area.
@SephBane
Ай бұрын
Maybe putting a disk of heavy rubber or something similar on the bottom of the bowl would help discourage the crystal growth at the bottom towards the basket so quickly. The loss in current should be minimal since the bowl has so much surface area.
@SephBane
Ай бұрын
Also not putting holes in the bottom of the spacer would make the effective distance between the silver and the bowl longer. The actual distance is not what matters it is the distance the current has to travel through the electrolyte that matters. So a more convoluted path is the same as increasing the distance.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Not necessary, increased distance will solve the problem.
@dunravin
Ай бұрын
and when the rubber or something reacts with the silver nitrate and dissolves then what?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket solved it.
@mattjewett4473
Ай бұрын
Could you place a small glass bowl in the center bottom of the ss bowl to direct crystal growth on a wider trajectory so the don't/can't go straight towards the filter basket?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Yes
@cougarhunter33
Ай бұрын
I'll repeat my previous thought to prevent this: no holes in the bottom of the basket, only around the sides. It would have to grow quite a ways up to get to a viable contact point from the bottom, and chances are its own weight would make it fall off before it could get contact from the sides. Almost want to make one myself just to test my theory.
@Steelythestacker
8 күн бұрын
I have a couple ideas that may be worth a try. I noticed you are having a fair amount of corrosion where your copper wire meets the silver annode. Most likely this is due to dissimilar metals. The same reason car battery terminals corrode. NOCO makes a product as I'm sure other companies do as well that you treat your battery terminals with and it works a treat at keeping that corrosion from forming. It's sold in the automotive section in a very small spray can at WalMart, and I imagine many other department stores or auto parts stores. Another idea I had is basically tinning the wire with silver. Dip the wire in molten silver maybe even a few times so that you have a nice coating of silver on the copper preventing oxygen from getting to the copper wire. Afterwards just make the bar as you normally do. Anyways, just my two cents, might be worth trying. Hope you and Mrs Sreetips have a great day.
@sreetips
7 күн бұрын
Two great ideas, thank you
@SpartanONegative
Ай бұрын
Modified ✨ Thanks for the alchemy lesson Sreetips 🤠 God Bless 🙏
@DavidDavis-fishing
Ай бұрын
Gooooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great afternoon!
@bradleyj.fortner2203
Ай бұрын
Hillsborough County here.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Goooood afternoon!
@tuckinthemuffin1906
Ай бұрын
@@bradleyj.fortner2203 heck yea brother
@deanfranklin6870
Ай бұрын
North Florida here
@pokerplayer6495
Ай бұрын
Use the power supply to limit the current. Set the limit.
@mbykhanov
Ай бұрын
His power supply allows to do that
@vinnycordeiro
Ай бұрын
He just did that in the previous video, the voltage dropped below the range for silver refining.
@minibikemadman
Ай бұрын
what's the voltage needed to refine sliver
@vinnycordeiro
Ай бұрын
@@minibikemadman Between 3.3V and 3.5V, as mr. Sreetips said many times on this video and the previous one as well.
@minibikemadman
Ай бұрын
awesome I am juat starting to getting into refining sliver..thank you very much.
@ArielleViking
Ай бұрын
Wow, that nest of silver crystals was stunning. 👍🏻
@Cabiotube
Ай бұрын
Maybe a rubber or vinyl piece cut in a circle placed in the bottom of the cell under the anode would help alleviate the growth of that silver nest. My concern would be contamination, but I'm sure some non conducting impervious non-reactive material could be found!
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket solves the problem.
@NEON-001
Ай бұрын
Goodday Mr Sreetips. I enjoy watching your videos. Maybe it’s idea cut up some pvc pipe in rings to make some spacers In different heights to heighten the Anote basket so you can adjust it at any point in time. keep up the good work.
@almadeckard8360
Ай бұрын
I would use the shallow Rubbermaid sandwich container instead of the deep soup liquid one. This would allow you more time before the nest of silver spines comes in contact with the filter basket.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
I’ll look into that
@PopeyeFPV
Ай бұрын
Thank you for correcting your audio Mr. Sreetips.! I love your videos as they are always interesting. Have a great day.
@charliewoods7670
Ай бұрын
Mr Sreetips you have been working so hard! Thank you so sincerely for all of the videos, Gold and Silver are indeed God’s money and a beautiful thing. Your videos inspire me to get into refining and I am building up a collection of rolled and carat scrap for my first go. Taking lots of notes too
@jimlower1842
Ай бұрын
Love your vids. Wanted to mention that the KZitem auto captions say anal instead of anode. Gives me a chuckle every time. :)
@richardpittman5291
Ай бұрын
I can hear you perfectly
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Excellent, thank you.
@ArneDalbakk-ns2mw
Ай бұрын
Hello again Sir. Smart ti raise the basket higher.🔥
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
It worked
@Der0Nibelung
Ай бұрын
Wifey "What are you watching that makes you moan so much?!?!"
@lylestavast7652
Ай бұрын
It seems like they're always jumping from the bottom of the cell up to the basket. Can you put something non-conductive that is round directly on the bottom so the crystals end up growing on the sides and not so directly to the basket ? maybe a disk of plastic about 4" around ? Just a thought.
@LexYeen
Ай бұрын
Glass may be a better idea, it's generally far less reactive and far more dense than plastics.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Yes
@Madlintelf
Ай бұрын
By no means am I a chemist, but if those needle like crystals are undesireable, couldn't you inhibit the growth by placing something inert under the basket in the stainless bowl. First thought was a piece of lab glass, circular and the crystals would form around the edges and stay on the sides of the bowl. I like the spacers idea, but don't want you spending every minute minding the cell. Thanks for the update and good luck
@richardwarnock2789
Ай бұрын
It's looking great now!
@xcvsdxvsx
Ай бұрын
You know... If you had a deep cylinder instead of a hemisphere the crystals wouldn't grow up from the bottom at all. It would be too far away. They would grow in from the sides but probably fracture and fall to the bottom under their own weight. But even if they didn't you could just do a quick 360 with a stirring rod and knock everything down to the bottom where the crystals could collect indefinitely until you felt the electrolyte solution had become too compromised. Also you could have a deep filter basket.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket solved the problem
@obiwanbenobi4943
Ай бұрын
For the amount of time you are using that stirring rod to knock back those crystals you could use a metal slotted spoon to scoop them right out of there... Have fun! :)
@james35124
Ай бұрын
Please make sure you got some rubber floor mats and stuff to help limit Murphys chances of stuff... 10amps is getting scary
@alanpecherer5705
Ай бұрын
Ehhh, it's only 3.5 volts. It will spark but not electrocute.
@LexYeen
Ай бұрын
@@alanpecherer5705son, regardless of the voltage, it's not worth the risk at that amperage.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Floor mats are a good idea that I hadn’t thought of.
@bigguix
Ай бұрын
check the "mono" checkbox when you edit when you only have 1 sound channel. wrong cable ? not plugged all the way in ?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Will do
@chuckheahfort1399
Ай бұрын
It’s the design of the bowl. Deeper is better. Conductivity should be the same. 👊🇺🇸🧂
@CothranMike
Ай бұрын
If the copper wire is not annealed from when you cast it then it is brittle. Working copper with heat, motion, or just rubbing requires the work to be annealed to my memory from the early days of my brazing journey in the late 60s to early 70s. It might be that pasting electricity through the silver in most intimate contact with the copper might also require periodic annealing on some schedule. I was never in the high current, and voltage areas of the plant though and someone from back then might know since they worked with mixed metal anodes and cathodes.
@jasonodonnell5177
Ай бұрын
Ah, you had a different approach to solving your crystal growth problem than the suggestion I made in the prior video. 😀 Your solution doesn't complicate the growing surface like mine would have. Nice!! As I would guess, raising the anode puts it more equidistant from the bottom and sides?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Correct
@Slow810
Ай бұрын
I have no suggestion you have it well in hand. I do have a question, I am thinking of taking up this hobby as well. Your last run, I believe you had a fuse to help protect the cell ,and it did its job. I was wondering why there is no fuse for this run? What was the thinking that resulted in discontinuing its use?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Current was too high, I don’t have a fuse for that amount of current flow.
@Enjoymentboy
Ай бұрын
I had an issue with crystals forming far to quickly on the bottom of the last cell I made and the solution was to not have holes on the bottom of the basket, only on the sides. Granted my cell was nowhere near the volume of yours and I was doing things on a much smaller scale but if only changing the basket helps it might be worth the try.
@ZoonCrypticon
Ай бұрын
Could you attach a second plastic plate underneath the plastic bowel in a specific distance, so that the vertical crystal growth would get hindered and the crystals growing in from the side would break off automatically due to their weight ?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Moving the basket up solves the problem
@hotrod47944
Ай бұрын
Curious why you don’t use a filter basket that is larger in diameter but shallower in depth to keep it farther away from the bottom but allow more impure shot to have contact with the electrolyte ??? Just a thought…
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Didn’t think of it.
@nonshock
Ай бұрын
A couple guys wrote that a magnetic stirrer would be a great idea if the bowl is non magnetic, they have 304 and 316 non-magnetic stainless steel bowls most have a taller wall not as wide which would work for this but then you might have to move up to a 10 quart, but hey go big for this project then you only need one silver cell of maybe just look for a nice 25 quart! the Silver nest was Wonderful by the way!
@87bwadman
Ай бұрын
Keep the basket full. The greater the distance between the anode and the electrolyte, and the more silver in-between, the greater the resistance to current flow in the basket. Less amps
@wadebert4458
19 күн бұрын
That makes complete sense! Thank you again Gunny! I probably would have made 5 gallons of electrolyte and tried it! My Linda tells me every day, " Stay on Task! You're following SREETIPS so FOLLOW HIM"! She gives wise counsel!
@sreetips
19 күн бұрын
Same here, my wife is usually right. If I’d listened to her earlier on, we would have been in better shape,
@wadebert4458
18 күн бұрын
They always are, aren't they? If I wouldn't have had to deal with Chemo and Radiation therapy, I'd be much further along than I am. I'm just relieved that my Linda, through listening to you, now is invested in conversion of our funds to Precious Metals. Honestly? It only makes sense. With the world in the shape it's in; and, all the incredible nonsense, like Crypto Currency,(?), that has become so prolific in society, being able to put away hard currency, is really the only safe, reasonable and profitable means of investment. I don't know of any other financial format that is able to offer the returns that Precious Metals do.
@wadebert4458
18 күн бұрын
Especially when you purchase $75.00 worth of Karate Gold and turn it into several thousand dollars of fine Gold. It's beginning to catch on though. I've noticed an uptic in people looking for the, "Holy Grail", at sales. Mostly they go for the Sterling; but, some, the gold jewelry also. Time to buy is now! That is for certain!
@golder70
Ай бұрын
I recommend lowering the electrolyte concentration for current control. The current rose after the last topping off with e'lyte. The temp of the solution is warm enough to evaporate more water than used to be. This let the conc rise and with eah refilling you add more ions wich results in more current. I would like to encurage again of making a 1liter gold cell🙏
@FloodGold
Ай бұрын
How about using a round plastic inner colander to keep the silver from reaching the electrodes? Also, have you ever considered using a wireless endoscope or Borescope to view and record the growth without having to open the lid?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
No on the bore scope. Raise the basket solves it.
@subliminalvibes
Ай бұрын
Even the new anode basket is too deep. As Mrs Sreetips for her finest flat Tupperware. 👍😎🇦🇺
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket solved it.
@theallseeingmaster
Ай бұрын
Would sticking a piece of rubber or plastic onto the center of your bowl ameliorated the problem of the nest of silver growing towards your filter basket? You would lose a few square inches of area.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Not necessary, increase the distance will solve the problem.
@kirkjones9827
Ай бұрын
If you melt the holes on the sides only on the spacer then it would give you more time to check it. A suggestion only.
@nhprasad
Ай бұрын
Would it solve to have no holes at the bottom, just to the sides ? So that larger crystals just break and the smaller crystals can grow anywhere?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Yes
@H3110NU
Ай бұрын
The power supply hookups being reversed from each other would absolutely make me mess up and reverse the polarity
@CothranMike
Ай бұрын
It's the colors that most look to for guidance, but I too would check myself if I didn't use color code.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
I almost hooked to the wrong pole initially (edited out).
@mcplthivierge
Ай бұрын
How about a basket with fewer holes in the bottom, and more on the sides ?
@ntobergta
Ай бұрын
Wider basket to spread it across a larger surface area?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raise the basket, problem solved.
@wedgetailleather
Ай бұрын
3:33 I acknowledge up from that it would be a waste of good silver… but it would be cool to take some good specimens of that crystal and put them in a mould, fill them in epoxy to be observed for all time.
@damienperry5758
Ай бұрын
Woohoo! It worked! I’m officially a KZitem refining expert 😆 Glad to see my idea works so maybe I can troubleshoot my own issues when I finally start my own lab
@StefanShorko
Ай бұрын
The color of the electrolyte reminds me of blueberry soda. If only it was blueberry soda, id drink it right away and then you would be mad. "Nooooo! My silver!"
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
I’d be calling the ambulance.
@StefanShorko
Ай бұрын
@@sreetips I said if it was soda, hahaha of course I wouldn't touch the electrolyte. It's just a pretty blue colour.
@dominictrifiletti630
Ай бұрын
@ Sreetips >> Is it not possible to use a "magnetic stirrer", where your stainless steel bowl, sits on top of ? Checking Amazon, or other Google searches, I could see several search results, that I would expect would both support the weight, but also the benefit of the stirring rod. I think this would support your need to keep the silver from reaching up in the center, and also have a benefit of moving the liquid inside the bowl.
@Ealdain
Ай бұрын
you could try a flat shallow filter basket rather than narrow and deep.
@jonpierce8342
Ай бұрын
Would it be possible to separate the anode basket into a smaller container of electrolyte, and connect the two halves of the cell using a salt bridge between the containers?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
I don’t know
@johnsonaung9634
Ай бұрын
Thank God bless you
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@goldsilverjunkie
Ай бұрын
Trials and error 101 Always learning
@danlindey7368
Ай бұрын
Instead of the 6 litter mixing bowl could you go with a 3 gal. stainless stock pot. Much greater depth that would hold the basket farther away from the crystal growth. Just a thought
@furnitureman8212
Ай бұрын
How about a stirring rod down through the lid?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
My thoughts, something that sweeps, like in the last scene of Breaking Bad.
@MiguelSierra
Ай бұрын
Excelente.
@jameslovell1887
Ай бұрын
I'm a bit new to power supplies. What kind of settings do you use ...ie, constant current, or what? I set mine to 3.5 volts because my bowl is only 4 liters. No matter what I do the power supply chooses the voltage , apparently based on the conductivity it can make between all the different variables. I also now think my filter basket is too large and I'm letting it go too deep into the electrolyte. It still produces some perfectly pure crystal silver but it takes twice as long as what you're doing because the best I've been able to get on the power supply is 1.8 volts and the corresponding amperage which is always higher than the voltage. Any ideas? Thanks.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
On my power supply, I turn the amps knob full up and it switches to CV (constant voltage) mode. Then I use the voltage knob to set the volts where ever I want and they stay where I set them.
@jameslovell1887
Ай бұрын
Thank you thank you...the manual I received with my power supply is basically useless. That helps so much I'll give it a go. You're the man!! Love your channel.
@MultiGangus
Ай бұрын
Maybe use a larger more shallow anode basket, should spread the growth out?
@Jimdandymetals
Ай бұрын
Make a new basket with no holes on bottom and only higher holes on sides melt holes with a hot wire or nail so it makes a thick spot making the holes stronger it will change the distance to the bottom making the sides closer
@tazanteflight8670
Ай бұрын
What if you put painters tape on the center bottom of the bowl, before you start. Center growth is the greatest risk of contact with the anode basket.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket solved it.
@alanpecherer5705
Ай бұрын
Maybe you just need to remake the plastic tub that forms your anode basket to have more side holes and fewer bottom holes. In my estimation, as long as you are running double the current of your older type silver cell, you should expect double the crystal growth. I mean, that silver will grow atom for atom with the current passing through the cell, will it not?
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Yes
@stevemoore445
Ай бұрын
Try just holes in the side of the basket. Can always add more
@emoshawn77
Ай бұрын
What if you cut a hole in the center stainless bowl and placed the bowl into a plastic bucket. Then you could scrape the crystal down the hole and grow on the outside of the bowl as well… just a thought. The electricity is lazy so it might not grow on the backside of the bowl.
@elbybrook9466
Ай бұрын
Awesome. You took my suggestion. 😁
@Ferd414
Ай бұрын
What about some sort of vibrator for the cell to sit on/against? Seems to me that you could "rattle" it enough to keep the crystals from climbing high enough to hit the basket?
@alanpecherer5705
Ай бұрын
You could also just drop a small saucer into the stainless bowl and more or less block off the bottom. The glass top of a "Ball" preserves jar maybe 4" in diameter is probably about right.
@sreetips
Ай бұрын
Raising the basket solves it.
@looweeg4229
Ай бұрын
That thing is a monster. The distance between the cathode and basket must be as even as possible all around to promote even growth. I'm sure you already know this. So the buttom was closer than the rest. Silver is as lazy as we are and will take the path of least resistance to reach the cathode. Adding a rubber at the buttom ot the cathode would prevent growth there, but that's not what we want I think. If you grow crystal in a tall metalic cylinder, I'm sure the crystal will grow on the sides of the cylinder before they grow at the buttom of it. If it's growing to fast at the button, you need to raise the basket away from the buttom. I'm sure you did the right thing (as "almost" always).
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