Silvertron Elite Colloidal Silver Generators - Why No Longer Sold?
Hi, I've watch your videos about this machine in the past and found it very helpful. I wanted to make some more but I was curious as to what happened to the company and if the machine is still safe to use? Do you know anything about why the owner stopped producing the device and if it had anything to do with the machine itself? Any info on this would be great! Thank you!
Earth Clinic
05/25/2022
Hi Darrin,
Yes, I do know. The amazing owner/manufacturer of the Silvertron Elite colloidal silver generators had some health issues crop up a couple of summers back and has been unable to make the colloidal silver generators or run the Colloidal Gold Colloidal Silver forum that he founded in 2008 since then. Very unfortunate.
Absolutely nothing wrong with the machine. It should last you many years!
Darrin,
The machine is safe to use and very precise in its adjustability features. You can make batch sizes from 250 ml up to 4 liters or one cup up to one gallon by just inputting your desired batch size on the soft touch screen. With a different acrylic lid the batch sizes can be increased up to 5 gallons if needed. It can make a liter of 20 ppm yellow colloidal silver in about 30 minutes or clear and colorless ionic silver in about 25 minutes when running at 15 milliamps.
You can make 5 parts per million up to 320 parts per million or higher if needed just by selecting the desired ppm on the soft touch screen.
The current can be adjusted from 1 milliamp up to 15 milliamps and the current is electronically controlled to be very stable and is constantly viewable on the display.
The voltage can be adjusted in a functional operating range of 10 to 20 volts which shows constantly on the display. All adjustments are made via the soft touch screen.
It has an alarm to let you know when the batch is done and the current stops automatically when the batch is done to help insure the accuracy of the batch. There is a progress meter to show where the batch is at any point during the process. If you have to go somewhere in the middle of the batch, you can pause the unit and when you get back you can restart exactly where you stopped so your batch stays accurate to what you set the unit to make in the first place.
It is a shame that the designer of this unit can no longer make them because it is a very impressive unit compared to other silver generators on the market under $800 and I can say that it is very reliable and very easy to use after years of use.
Art
NJ
10/12/2024
Hi John,
Since you are specifically inquiring about 320 ppm silver nanoparticles, I am assuming you have a SilverTron Elite silver nanoparticle generator which includes a 320 ppm setting for making 320 ppm AgNPs which produces batches of 320 ppm that are approximately the color of black coffee.
Here are the directions you asked for using a hot plate stirrer which is also required for making 320 ppm AgNPs. These are directions for making a quantity of 250 ml. You can adjust your SilverTron selection accordingly to make larger batch sizes at a time.
320 PPM / 250 ml
1. Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon of Knox Gelatin onto a 250 ml beaker of distilled water. Allow the gelatin to "bloom" for a few minutes and then put in microwave for 1.5 minutes. When done, the gelatin should be fully dissolved and the water should be clear and colorless again.
2. Set beaker on hot plate stirrer and insert magnet in beaker. Set stir speed at lower to medium speed setting. Set temperature of plate at approximately two thirds of maximum. You want the water temperature to be just below boiling.
3. Add reducer at 10 drops. I use a 50/50 mix of 50% light Karo syrup and 50% vodka or 50 % gin to prevent mold growth in the reducer.
4. Add electrolyte (sodium carbonate solution) at 10 drops.
5. Place the silver anode in lid and attach red lead to it so it is very well introduced into the water but not touching the bottom of the beaker.
6. Set cathode (copper or silver) in lid at a depth that will produce about 15 volts on the built in volt gauge (approximately 1/4" penetration of the water surface).
7. Set SilverTron settings at 15 ma., 250 ml, 320 ppm and signal on.
8. Start the run and make sure the cathode is set to approximately 15 volts.
9. At 50% done, hit the pause run selection to fire clean anode and wipe cathode clean with a clean cloth.
10. Resume run for the remaining 50% duration.
11. The total production time should be roughly 90 minutes for the 250 ml/320 ppm batch.
12. Fire clean anode, wipe clean cathode, clean beaker with distilled water and make sure it is completely clean for next use.
13. If you want to dilute your 320 ppm to 20 ppm with distilled water, it will make approximately a gallon and will be a shade of amber at 20ppm. It is a bit darker than had you made a 20 ppm batch which is normally "baby shampoo yellow" because the gelatin has capped the AgNPs slightly darkening the batch. The gelatin is needed as a capping agent to prevent agglomeration and improve batch integrity and shelf life when making high PPM batches but not needed when making just 20 ppm batches. In that case the reducer acts as a mild capping agent.
This is what I do when making 320 ppm/250 ml. I hope it is what you were looking for.
Art
