The quality of any silver solution begins with its most important ingredient: the water. While tap water and filtered water are perfectly fine for drinking, they contain dissolved minerals and impurities that can cause significant problems during an electrolytic process. This article will explain the difference and show why pure, steam-distilled water is the only choice for creating a high-quality solution with your generator.
What Exactly is Distilled Water?
In simple terms, distilled water is water that has been boiled into a vapour and then condensed back into a liquid in a separate container. This process leaves all the minerals, salts, and other impurities behind. The result is scientifically pure H₂O. Because it is free from dissolved solids, it is electrically neutral, making it the perfect, clean starting point for electrolysis.
The Problem with Tap, Spring, and Filtered Water
All other types of water contain what are known as "Total Dissolved Solids" (TDS). These are minerals and salts like calcium, magnesium, and chlorides. Even high-quality jug filters or reverse osmosis systems can leave some of these dissolved solids behind. While harmless for drinking, these minerals drastically interfere with the function of a silver generator.
Why Your Generator Needs Distilled Water
Your Silver Lab generator is designed to pass a precise, low-voltage electrical current through pure water. This current is what allows microscopic particles to be released from the 99.99% pure silver electrodes. If other minerals are present in the water, the electricity will react with them instead of (or in addition to) the silver. This can create unwanted chemical compounds, such as silver chloride, which results in a cloudy, impure, and ineffective solution. This process also causes a rapid build-up of dark residue on your silver rods, reducing their efficiency and lifespan.
Conclusion
For the purest results and the longest life for your generator, the science is clear: **always** use steam-distilled water. This guarantees that the only thing in your final solution is pure silver and pure water.
This commitment to purity is why we use a multi-stage, steam-distilled process for every bottle of our ready-to-use Premium Silver Solution.
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