I really want to do this one day, it looks so cool and fun. The science itself is pretty rad, but making sweet precious metals as well is just a bonus. I love that you show the whole process.
You remind me of those war veterans who are stuck in some abandoned bunker and write updates about each day they are passing in it in a diary. "Day five. I am still stuck in the basement. Mrs. Sreetips won't let me out unless i get a kilo of silver crystals for her jewelry collection. She won't even feed me my favorite snack." 😂 But seriously good work team.
Thanks for keeping us informed in this refining,plus I like the way you utilize your work area with ordinary household items for your processing, I too use “what I have on hand “.
Just for wine and giggles, try tapping lightly on the silver silver before you add a silver shot, and the crust of the reaction should jump your amps up a bit. Just an educated guess, but I got $5, which says it will make a little difference. I never miss an episode and have learned quite a bit from you, good sir.
I’m very much looking forward to watching the process of harvesting and melting all that silver crystal once this refining is complete! I know it will yield some huge, spectacular bars of fine silver.
G'Day Sreetips! The three silver-cells have been awesome to follow along with, and see them produce so much pure silver. Looks really-really good! Quick question for you: Do you reuse the filter bags? Like, can the slimes in used ones be washed out easy enough? If so, would you do it with water or a solvent, or acid or something? Sorry, am not a chemist, so apologise for not knowing. My line is electronics, and electricity. Anyway, I have been subscribed to the channel for ages and ages, and love all the videos! Thanks mate, and keep up the good work!
Yes, it is possible to rinse the silver and slimes from the dacron fabric and if the fabric was expensive it might be worth doing. But a bolt of fine dacron is cheap. Dacron is a trade name for PET (polyethylene terephthalate) the same stuff baggies, sandwhich wraps, etc. are made from. In the US milk bottles, drink bottles and other items are made from this source of plastic. Not only is it cheap enough to toss when it is rinsed but it should be as it is recyclable. Less than 5% of our plastics get recycled, this one does since it is so ubiquitous in all it's uses, rugs, men's ties, jackets, comforter fill, cigarette filters, roof insulation (under the shingle as well as in the shingle) amazing stuff isn't it. These are just a few of the hundreds of uses for PET, PETE.
I'm really loving this day by day diary of the silver cells side by side. Is there a way to monitor the condition of the electrolyte? Maybe PH, or conductivity, resistance perhaps. Keep up the good show 👍
An idea @sreetips, how about you make that silver forest, drain all the liquid and replace it with transparent resin. I'd bet it would look amazing once cured! Or any other way you can come up to capture the pure silver crystal trees structures in resin, maybe a few trees you manage to fish out without crumbling.
The only thing I can think of that would slow one of these cells down is resistance, as you are using exactly the same electrolyte for all 3, it has to be in the hardware. That narrows it down to the connection to the cathode, the cathode to the metal bowl, corrosion on the inside of the bow, slimes in the anode basket, or a faulty connection in the anode. You can try swapping anodes on 1 and 2 to see if that does anything. My guess is the cathode connection. You did show some patina on one of these cathodes.
There may be patina on the copper band on cell 2 that's impeding current flow a bit. A little lemon juice and salt with a scotch brite pad will take that off no sweat. Having a blast taking this trip with you.
Awesome stuff Sreetips!! On another note, my mom was cleaning up some stuff and found some of my old Navy things. USS Semmes coffee cup and Zippo !!! Pretty cool to see it again. Hope you are doing well shipmate 🫡
We pulled in to Portsmouth and tied up next to a Royal Navy Ship. They had a bar on the ship! They found out I had just made Chief and got me real drunk.
It looks magical ✨️ I could watch a 24-hour feed of this lol. I'm no expert here, but would it work faster if the granules were smaller? Not that it's slow or anything. Thanks for sharing 😀 👍
Streetips, an easy way to get some diagnostic information on cells #1 & #2 is to switch the tops of the cells. If the voltage doesn't change, then there is a problem within the circuit, from the cell basin to the power supply. Since #2 uses a tarnished and smaller piece of copper, that would be the first thing to clean or replace. if there is a change in the voltage, then there is a problem with the filter baskets, conductor anode or shot. Swapping the anode would be the easiest switch, then swapping the filter baskets. If it is the shot, not much you van do about that. I hope this helps.
Nice one indeed. - It's true and its been said before, that the utter brilliance and sparkle of freshly made silver crystals is just super-spectacular. Cameras just can't convey how it looks, one needs to see it in person... - I notice the Ag cells are on an open bench, is there any extraction, or is it okay to have them operate albeit being warm, without giving off much fumes? I've always had my cell set up in a fume cupboard, but if its okay, a bench setup would be far easier...
It would be interesting to see if switching over the anode basket between cells 1 and 2 made a difference to the current flow. Could potentially narrow down the causes
The second cell has been consistent with one thing,low amperage, its the non variable you have to check,somewhere it's creating a bad circuit, so dirty or burnt contact points somewhere... your voltage is 3.5 but your amps are your draw..
Hiya, can you have a go at diagnosing the issue with cell 2 please? Maybe take the copper band off and give it a clean with steal wool? And redo all the electrical connections? That would really help me with my OCD issues :) Love what you do!!! :)
Why do you only run one cell which is the size of The Beast? Is it because you need to use a stronger power source for cells the size of The Beast? Thanks for the great video as always. Hope you have a nice thanksgiving.
Also, is the limiting factor for this kind of operation surface area? I wonder if you couldn’t speed up the growth by somehow increasing the surface area. Would be interesting to see.
The lower apmerage of the cell 2 could be caused by the silver electrode, maybe oxided, or from a "cold soldering of it to the feeding wire. I would try to polish the anode electrode and check the impedace of the unit wire-electrode, with a good instrument. A 25% difference between the two small cells seems me to be too high, having the same cathode belt and bowl and the same electrolyte.
Hey Kevin, have you ever played around with the voltage with the specific intent of very dense mono-crystal growths? I know right now you're going for speed/quantity, but I would be curious to see a cell that's intentionally cranked down to see just how the crystals form at a low voltage. Could be a fun experiment when you get a slow week or two...
As the impure silver dissolve in the anode basket, the slimes tend to decrease current flow. This reduction in current flow, in constant voltage mode, is when I notice big fat silver crystal beginning to form.
@sreetips That makes sense, that's pretty much what I was thinking. I know sometimes you send crystals through your cell a second time for ultra purity. You could do that but crank the voltage really low, in an attempt to grow REALLY chunky crystals. Food for thought...
You should check the current on the silver cell number 2 see what is actually coming out of the power supply and going into the cell. Never trust the dial or the dugital reading. Number 1 and 2 have the same power supply. It doesn't make sense why they have different currents... Unless there's something internally wrong with one or heavy resistance in the cell.
That's what I was thinking. No 2 looks like it only has 4 / 5 holes Not got any idea if more holes or less holes makes a difference in current flow into the electrolyte though ?
Thank you for such a quick response. I have one more question you estimate you are approximately 160 oz troy out of a possible 299 oz troy it seems there is a lost but I am sure that the full amount may change when harvesting my guess is only a rough guess from 8.5kgs of impure silver
You may need a larger gage power cord going to your power supplies I don't think that whatever your powering it with home electrical would be failing with that little different but if you think about it the br air is only rated at 15 amps and then take in to consider the small wires drought the wall and all that jazz try unplugging one or swapping them around I'm perplexed with the amp differince
I think the electrolyte is more concentrated in the first cell it has been running stronger than the other one since you started either that or the power supply is just working harder do you have them pluged in to a power strip or do they have there own plug? If it's playing second fiddle on the strip it could be getting less power
I know I'm a box of questions but does it build more crystals where you have knocked them down maybe like it has more leads going to the aniod basket so it would have more places to build them
@sreetips and that increases the size of those crystals I imagine since there is less distance for the ions to cross and make contact with an electon source which then allows then to turn into elemental silver, funny isn't it, that a single electron can make such a difference to a metal holding solution. And the solution rebounds by dissolving another atom from the impure alloy of silver and copper with trace amounts of PGM (platinum group metals) and whatever other traces it may contain of other precious metals from all the reactions before it was cemented with copper from the various solutions which all together combined at that point in your silver waste streams. Edited for spelling, typos, and clarity
Does the presence of slimes decrease the amperage? I'm wondering if the shot used in cell 1 had some higher level of impurities that would create a problem for conductivity. If so, would changing out the filter in the basket make a difference?
Do the cells capacity for silver diminish as the electrolyte consumes the impure shot? such as getting saturated with copper and loosing the silver concentration within it. Is there a test beyond level that could be used on the electrolyte to identify the makeup and concentration of it.
Mr. eletrowining. If the metallized material contains copper, silver and gold. Will the gold remain on the filter paper and the silver fall into the silver cell?
So the silver grows on the stainless bowl, and the electrolyte turns blue as it absorbs copper? Is that copper I solution waste or are you able to cost effectively recover that too?
I know you use some of the pure bar of silver to make anode bars and you sell a little bit of the crystal but what else do you use the pure silver for (other than saving for it’s value)? Imagine if those trees could be fused somehow to make jewelry like a pendant 😮. They be spectacular. Too bad they are so fragile
@@sreetipsI know this will not sit well with you, Kevin, but please allow up to 4 ounces of your silver trees to be used by your jeweler friend to create this artwork. Protect it with spray on (something) to prevent tarnish and to assist in structural support, have some mounted for necklaces and others made into cabochons for wearing in other places than just the neck, some could be bound into acrylic or epoxy for preservation and structural support. In other words, something which can be inherited after the fact so as to preserve trees, crystals and artistic aesthetics. What you have in these chunks of silver is somewhat rare, seldom seen outside of videos like these. The value to others is greater than the spot price of the weight of silver and the beauty of these can be enjoyed by many long after you and I move along in this life.
Today's Question: Do you make up a batch of electrolyte per each cell on an as needed basis, or do you have a big tub of it you pre-mix and then use as needed?
In one of the other videos you mentioned it being a lot of work to process all of the cement silver. Why don't you just use the impure silver shot in your gold refining instead of melting more sterling silver each time?
Nitric is $458 for six 2.5 liter bottles. My light bill last month was $115. Mrs sreetips found 7.5 pounds (3.4 kilos) of unmarked silver at an estate sale for $65 about two weeks ago. But none of that matters. All the silver I produce goes into my savings for my retirement. It will be here sooner than you think.
@@sreetipsDere fortjener å pensjonere dere❤Men samtidig vil det bli et ufattelig savn å ikke kunne se på kanalen som har gitt meg så mye. Gud velsigne dere🙏
Arne, I can’t retire. If I quit working on my refining I’d go nuts. The only way I’ll be able to retire is when I can’t get up and go to work due to old age.
@@sreetips Ja. Det er vel det fine med en slik hobby at din passion vil holde deg i gang så lenge du er fysisk i stand til det 🙂 Både din kone og du virker veldig sterke begge to. Men vi får vel alle noe som begrenser oss med årene. Fint å vite at du ikke gir deg med det første.
@sreetips. That's really cool. I'm in the market for a women's gold chain necklace with a cross for a Christmas present for my mom. Do you have a website ? I'm not sure where you are located , I'm in Lititz PA.
I'm sure the camera doesn't do justice to the true beauty of these silver crystals. So beautiful to see them grow. 👍🏻
I"M sure the camera doesn't convey the beauty of those trees. Great progress, looking amazing man!
Thank you for inviting us into your life!!
Can you buy silver nitrate solution to start a silver cell
I think so but I’ve never done that because I make my own silver nitrate.
If you don't have the proper equipment it's probably safer to buy it.
Love you taking us on this ride. Its been great! I've learned so much from you.
Silver crystals are gorgeous.
I really want to do this one day, it looks so cool and fun. The science itself is pretty rad, but making sweet precious metals as well is just a bonus. I love that you show the whole process.
the silver trees sure are awesome, thanks for sharing all of this knowledge! I am salivating over here!
The last variable is your cathode on #2. You remarked in a previous video that you wanted to change it out. Great videos!
Something soothing about watching you perform all these chemical processes to make fine silver and gold. Appreciate it 👍😁
Wow! Is so nice, can't wait to see you harvesting all this silver.
Man them things are kicking out some Crystals!! Your going to have one huge harvest. 😮
You are welcome. If that ain’t art I don’t know what is. Looking forward to seeing the rinsed and dried product. Thank you Sir!👍👍🤟
Me too. I wish I could snap my fingers and the pure silver, rinsed and dried, was already in the storage container.
Ooowee I hope you've got some sunshine in a couple days for a shot of the bounty! Loving the regular updates
You remind me of those war veterans who are stuck in some abandoned bunker and write updates about each day they are passing in it in a diary.
"Day five. I am still stuck in the basement. Mrs. Sreetips won't let me out unless i get a kilo of silver crystals for her jewelry collection. She won't even feed me my favorite snack." 😂
But seriously good work team.
😂
@Abaddon_09 👍
@@StefanShorko now that's some funny stuff right there! 😂😅😆
Thanks for keeping us informed in this refining,plus I like the way you utilize your work area with ordinary household items for your processing, I too use “what I have on hand “.
That's going to be a lot of Silver Sreetips 🐉 Thanks for sharing with us 🙏 God Bless
Just for wine and giggles, try tapping lightly on the silver silver before you add a silver shot, and the crust of the reaction should jump your amps up a bit. Just an educated guess, but I got $5, which says it will make a little difference. I never miss an episode and have learned quite a bit from you, good sir.
All aboard the Silver Train!
Gooooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great afternoon!
Goooood afternoon!
Kjære venn. Håper du får en strålende weekend med dine kjære ❤
@@Arne-ns2mw Hello Arne! 👋
@DavidDavis-fishing Hello David. Hope all is well my friend 🙂
Sir you did say some times ago that you had 5 gallon buckets full of cemented silver that you needed to process. Now Mass production level unlocked.
I’m very much looking forward to watching the process of harvesting and melting all that silver crystal once this refining is complete! I know it will yield some huge, spectacular bars of fine silver.
It's fun to watch it progress.
G'Day Sreetips! The three silver-cells have been awesome to follow along with, and see them produce so much pure silver. Looks really-really good!
Quick question for you: Do you reuse the filter bags? Like, can the slimes in used ones be washed out easy enough? If so, would you do it with water or a solvent, or acid or something? Sorry, am not a chemist, so apologise for not knowing. My line is electronics, and electricity. Anyway, I have been subscribed to the channel for ages and ages, and love all the videos!
Thanks mate, and keep up the good work!
Yes, it is possible to rinse the silver and slimes from the dacron fabric and if the fabric was expensive it might be worth doing. But a bolt of fine dacron is cheap. Dacron is a trade name for PET (polyethylene terephthalate) the same stuff baggies, sandwhich wraps, etc. are made from. In the US milk bottles, drink bottles and other items are made from this source of plastic. Not only is it cheap enough to toss when it is rinsed but it should be as it is recyclable. Less than 5% of our plastics get recycled, this one does since it is so ubiquitous in all it's uses, rugs, men's ties, jackets, comforter fill, cigarette filters, roof insulation (under the shingle as well as in the shingle) amazing stuff isn't it. These are just a few of the hundreds of uses for PET, PETE.
I'm really loving this day by day diary of the silver cells side by side.
Is there a way to monitor the condition of the electrolyte?
Maybe PH, or conductivity, resistance perhaps.
Keep up the good show 👍
The silver content can be titrated. The copper can be measured with a spectrophotometer.
An idea @sreetips, how about you make that silver forest, drain all the liquid and replace it with transparent resin. I'd bet it would look amazing once cured! Or any other way you can come up to capture the pure silver crystal trees structures in resin, maybe a few trees you manage to fish out without crumbling.
Thank would look awesome.
Sreetips, are you planning on a super-bar or just doing crystal packaging? I gotta admit, your big bar pouring videos are so awesome!
The only thing I can think of that would slow one of these cells down is resistance, as you are using exactly the same electrolyte for all 3, it has to be in the hardware. That narrows it down to the connection to the cathode, the cathode to the metal bowl, corrosion on the inside of the bow, slimes in the anode basket, or a faulty connection in the anode. You can try swapping anodes on 1 and 2 to see if that does anything. My guess is the cathode connection. You did show some patina on one of these cathodes.
Hi Ya & best wishes. Thanks for work. Be Happy. Sevastopol/Crimea!!!
Thanks Crimea.
Good evening, Mrs. and Mr Sreetips from beautiful night in beautiful Dubai. God bless you all 🙏🌹
Good evening Dubai
Hello my friend in Dubai.
God bless you and your family 🙏🙂🙏
👍's up sreetips thank you for sharing 🤗
Stuff like this is awesome. Thanks for the videos 👍
There may be patina on the copper band on cell 2 that's impeding current flow a bit. A little lemon juice and salt with a scotch brite pad will take that off no sweat. Having a blast taking this trip with you.
Awesome stuff Sreetips!!
On another note, my mom was cleaning up some stuff and found some of my old Navy things. USS Semmes coffee cup and Zippo !!!
Pretty cool to see it again. Hope you are doing well shipmate 🫡
I made Chief on Semmes. She was a good ship. Made three six month deployments on her.
@@sreetips 🫡.
I was a WREN (girl sailor) in the British Royal Navy. Thank you both for defending freedom.
That’s awesome and same to you. I sailed with a British ship while doing a NATO cruise. Love the UK!!
We pulled in to Portsmouth and tied up next to a Royal Navy Ship. They had a bar on the ship! They found out I had just made Chief and got me real drunk.
@@sreetips😂❤
Enjoying this series very much. When do you plan on harvesting? Looking forward to some silver bullion! Keep up the great work!
At day ten or twelve. Or maybe later if the silver growth behaves.
*_People who stumble by your channel must get so confused._*
It looks magical ✨️ I could watch a 24-hour feed of this lol. I'm no expert here, but would it work faster if the granules were smaller? Not that it's slow or anything. Thanks for sharing 😀 👍
Small would increase surface area but there’s a trade off. The cell gets full of slimes faster and clogs up quicker.
@sreetips okay thanks 😊
Awesome video sir thank you for sharing this with us six stars
First😂❤😂Have a lovely weekend Mrs and Mr Sreetips ❤Locks spectacular Sir🔥
Ya beat me lol 🎉
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You have been first so many time my friend🙂@@mattlevesque5927
I can confirm, Arne, you are indeed first!
@@sreetips Thank you. My first ever 😂
As an information technology specialist It's the power supply!
Streetips, an easy way to get some diagnostic information on cells #1 & #2 is to switch the tops of the cells. If the voltage doesn't change, then there is a problem within the circuit, from the cell basin to the power supply. Since #2 uses a tarnished and smaller piece of copper, that would be the first thing to clean or replace.
if there is a change in the voltage, then there is a problem with the filter baskets, conductor anode or shot. Swapping the anode would be the easiest switch, then swapping the filter baskets. If it is the shot, not much you van do about that.
I hope this helps.
Very nice results sir, very nice.
Thank you
I don't know about u guys I'm happy with watching 28 days of sreetips.! Not the Christmas one ..😂
Nice one indeed. - It's true and its been said before, that the utter brilliance and sparkle of freshly made silver crystals is just super-spectacular. Cameras just can't convey how it looks, one needs to see it in person... - I notice the Ag cells are on an open bench, is there any extraction, or is it okay to have them operate albeit being warm, without giving off much fumes? I've always had my cell set up in a fume cupboard, but if its okay, a bench setup would be far easier...
No fumes noted.
Am I the only one getting impatient to see you clean those babies out.
I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning.🎅
Patience
@@randywoodworth4022 yep!
The Tree's of Silver starting to Look Like Forrest!¡!; )
It would be interesting to see if switching over the anode basket between cells 1 and 2 made a difference to the current flow. Could potentially narrow down the causes
The second cell has been consistent with one thing,low amperage, its the non variable you have to check,somewhere it's creating a bad circuit, so dirty or burnt contact points somewhere... your voltage is 3.5 but your amps are your draw..
sreet the differences could be in the wire quality the copper ground strap the stainless bowl so many variables
Hiya, can you have a go at diagnosing the issue with cell 2 please? Maybe take the copper band off and give it a clean with steal wool? And redo all the electrical connections? That would really help me with my OCD issues :)
Love what you do!!! :)
Love this series
Why do you only run one cell which is the size of The Beast? Is it because you need to use a stronger power source for cells the size of The Beast?
Thanks for the great video as always. Hope you have a nice thanksgiving.
Also, is the limiting factor for this kind of operation surface area? I wonder if you couldn’t speed up the growth by somehow increasing the surface area. Would be interesting to see.
I only have one 6 liter stainless bowl.
The lower apmerage of the cell 2 could be caused by the silver electrode, maybe oxided, or from a "cold soldering of it to the feeding wire. I would try to polish the anode electrode and check the impedace of the unit wire-electrode, with a good instrument. A 25% difference between the two small cells seems me to be too high, having the same cathode belt and bowl and the same electrolyte.
Hey Kevin, have you ever played around with the voltage with the specific intent of very dense mono-crystal growths? I know right now you're going for speed/quantity, but I would be curious to see a cell that's intentionally cranked down to see just how the crystals form at a low voltage.
Could be a fun experiment when you get a slow week or two...
As the impure silver dissolve in the anode basket, the slimes tend to decrease current flow. This reduction in current flow, in constant voltage mode, is when I notice big fat silver crystal beginning to form.
@sreetips That makes sense, that's pretty much what I was thinking. I know sometimes you send crystals through your cell a second time for ultra purity. You could do that but crank the voltage really low, in an attempt to grow REALLY chunky crystals. Food for thought...
You changed the spoons!
Yes, those sterling spoons look much better.
You should check the current on the silver cell number 2 see what is actually coming out of the power supply and going into the cell. Never trust the dial or the dugital reading. Number 1 and 2 have the same power supply. It doesn't make sense why they have different currents... Unless there's something internally wrong with one or heavy resistance in the cell.
are there more holes in basket no. 1 than in no. 2? therefore higher amp ?
That's what I was thinking. No 2 looks like it only has 4 / 5 holes Not got any idea if more holes or less holes makes a difference in current flow into the electrolyte though ?
I don’t think that would make that big of a difference. But never know.
I forsee them all becoming beast models. Eventually.
Me too
Thank you for such a quick response. I have one more question you estimate you are approximately 160 oz troy out of a possible 299 oz troy it seems there is a lost but I am sure that the full amount may change when harvesting my guess is only a rough guess from 8.5kgs of impure silver
Good point, I may be off in my estimation. Plus some of it is left in the anode filters that I changed.
You may need a larger gage power cord going to your power supplies I don't think that whatever your powering it with home electrical would be failing with that little different but if you think about it the br air is only rated at 15 amps and then take in to consider the small wires drought the wall and all that jazz try unplugging one or swapping them around I'm perplexed with the amp differince
I’ve got the BEAST and cell 2 plugged into a twenty amp dedicated breaker. Cell 1 is in a normal 15 amp breaker.
Have you manually checked the current yourself with a multi metre? The power supply readings could be a bit off of each other.
Not yet
Check you leed wires on cell two one of them wires may contain aluminum.
cool! how profitable is this (generally) when you factor in the cost of the electrical bill?
I refine the silver then put it away. The silver is my profit. My electric bill last month was $115
I think the electrolyte is more concentrated in the first cell it has been running stronger than the other one since you started either that or the power supply is just working harder do you have them pluged in to a power strip or do they have there own plug? If it's playing second fiddle on the strip it could be getting less power
I know I'm a box of questions but does it build more crystals where you have knocked them down maybe like it has more leads going to the aniod basket so it would have more places to build them
The silver deposits on the crystals that I knocked down.
@sreetips and that increases the size of those crystals I imagine since there is less distance for the ions to cross and make contact with an electon source which then allows then to turn into elemental silver, funny isn't it, that a single electron can make such a difference to a metal holding solution. And the solution rebounds by dissolving another atom from the impure alloy of silver and copper with trace amounts of PGM (platinum group metals) and whatever other traces it may contain of other precious metals from all the reactions before it was cemented with copper from the various solutions which all together combined at that point in your silver waste streams.
Edited for spelling, typos, and clarity
Someone needs to make more silvershot
Correct, I need to get to it. Bummer.
Does the presence of slimes decrease the amperage? I'm wondering if the shot used in cell 1 had some higher level of impurities that would create a problem for conductivity.
If so, would changing out the filter in the basket make a difference?
The slimes building up in the filter creates resistance and the amps will decline.
What is the difference on the underside of the anode for 1&2 ?
You should swap basket 1 for basket 2 and see if the amperage difference follows the basket
Do the cells capacity for silver diminish as the electrolyte consumes the impure shot? such as getting saturated with copper and loosing the silver concentration within it. Is there a test beyond level that could be used on the electrolyte to identify the makeup and concentration of it.
Yes, and yes
@@sreetips i was curious if that saturation could be why the different results from the cells after the amount of time.
Mr. eletrowining. If the metallized material contains copper, silver and gold. Will the gold remain on the filter paper and the silver fall into the silver cell?
Yes
@sreetips thanks
Silver Cell #2 has a corroded copper ring on the bowl. Could that be the reason for the difference in amps?
Possibly
So the silver grows on the stainless bowl, and the electrolyte turns blue as it absorbs copper? Is that copper I solution waste or are you able to cost effectively recover that too?
I reduce the copper out of the solution with iron.
I know you use some of the pure bar of silver to make anode bars and you sell a little bit of the crystal but what else do you use the pure silver for (other than saving for it’s value)?
Imagine if those trees could be fused somehow to make jewelry like a pendant 😮. They be spectacular. Too bad they are so fragile
It goes straight into my bank account for retirement.
@@sreetipsI know this will not sit well with you, Kevin, but please allow up to 4 ounces of your silver trees to be used by your jeweler friend to create this artwork.
Protect it with spray on (something) to prevent tarnish and to assist in structural support, have some mounted for necklaces and others made into cabochons for wearing in other places than just the neck, some could be bound into acrylic or epoxy for preservation and structural support. In other words, something which can be inherited after the fact so as to preserve trees, crystals and artistic aesthetics. What you have in these chunks of silver is somewhat rare, seldom seen outside of videos like these. The value to others is greater than the spot price of the weight of silver and the beauty of these can be enjoyed by many long after you and I move along in this life.
Those would look very nice.
Possibly different wire lengths. But knowing sreetips very doubtful.
Is there any chance of watching you harvest and weigh all three silver cells when this is complete?
Absolutely. If I didn’t do that would be like who shot JR
The difference between cell 1 and 2 is perplexing did you by any chance change the fuse back to a 3 amp fuse
Yes, both have 3amp fuses reinstalled.
I wish I could do that just because it's so interesting.
This is so cool
Today's Question:
Do you make up a batch of electrolyte per each cell on an as needed basis, or do you have a big tub of it you pre-mix and then use as needed?
I make it as I need it.
@sreetips that leads me to wonder if this might have some effect on the performance of each cell...
In one of the other videos you mentioned it being a lot of work to process all of the cement silver. Why don't you just use the impure silver shot in your gold refining instead of melting more sterling silver each time?
Because it takes more copper to cement it back out. And PGMs follow the silver and build up in the silver.
Would it be worth swapping the anode bars between 1 & 2 to see if that's the difference between the current the cells are drawing?
Possibly
You have a 5amp on one and a 3amp on the other. Potentially affecting the silver consumption.
@brucegallagher6430 pretty sure he did switch both. Just to play it safe. Think it was 2 videos ago.
It was when he cleaned the filters. Or I mean swapped the filters out.
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Are you going to keep it as crystal or pour an ingot?
Probably just keep the crystal.
Input costs and returns? I would like to know how viable it is.
Nitric is $458 for six 2.5 liter bottles. My light bill last month was $115. Mrs sreetips found 7.5 pounds (3.4 kilos) of unmarked silver at an estate sale for $65 about two weeks ago. But none of that matters. All the silver I produce goes into my savings for my retirement. It will be here sooner than you think.
@@sreetipsDere fortjener å pensjonere dere❤Men samtidig vil det bli et ufattelig savn å ikke kunne se på kanalen som har gitt meg så mye. Gud velsigne dere🙏
Arne, I can’t retire. If I quit working on my refining I’d go nuts. The only way I’ll be able to retire is when I can’t get up and go to work due to old age.
@@sreetips Ja. Det er vel det fine med en slik hobby at din passion vil holde deg i gang så lenge du er fysisk i stand til det 🙂 Både din kone og du virker veldig sterke begge to. Men vi får vel alle noe som begrenser oss med årene. Fint å vite at du ikke gir deg med det første.
Shalom!!!
@@anatolykosychenko8038 SHALOM 🙏🙂🙏
Shalom
How do you know when they're done ?
When they get so full of silver that there’s no more room in the cell
@sreetips. That's really cool. I'm in the market for a women's gold chain necklace with a cross for a Christmas present for my mom. Do you have a website ? I'm not sure where you are located , I'm in Lititz PA.
My try raising the power box so they are not in line .
First like 👍 😂
@@youssefzouine8191 I think i was first 😂❤️😂
@@Arne-ns2mw No problem. The important thing is that we benefit from the professor ♥️
@youssefzouine8191 Thank you buddy 🙂
Have a nice weekend. God bless you 🙏
Жмякни 'Лайк' под видео сейчас!!!
Thank you!
Where can I buy some of that blue liquid with silver in it?😂😂
That’s silver nitrate with copper in it to turn it blue. I don’t buy it. I make it myself.
👋🤜🤛🤝👏💥!!!