Silver in water tanks

[Sy-Revolution]

In the 'old days' silver coins were placed in barrels of water to stop it going off, colloidal silver is still used to kill bacteria both topically and internally, does anyone put silver in their water tanks and does it work?

I use colloidal silver as an anti bacterial and can vouch for it's uses on the body.......

May be worth a try........

Jon.

 

[Sinbad2222]

Much cheaper and more effective to use a 2% solution of household bleach!

 

[eyehavit]

In the 'old' days, typhoid and cholera to name a few were rampant and I reckon desperate folks would have tried just about anything.
Apparently, silver does kill bacteria, and doesn't discriminate between good and bad.
My 2 cents worth is to not to lace water intended for drinking with a heavy metal.

 

[tross]

There was a artical in Yachting Monthly where Andrew Simpson I think, was testing a product that consisted of a bag of silver impregnated balls in a bag (no puns please!) that you drop into your tank – I seem to remember he recommended them – They where from a place in Southampton but I can’t remember where.

 

[VicS]

[ QUOTE ]
use a 2% solution of household bleach!

[/ QUOTE ] If you are suggesting that 2ml should be used to treat 100ml of water that seems a very high concentration. By comparison Milton recommend only 2.5ml per 5 litres. Given that Milton has only about half the hypochlorite concentration of domestic bleaches (or less) that means you are suggesting a dose rate about 80 or more times what Milton are.

What are you taking the effective chlorine concentration of bleach to be, and what chlorine concentration are you aiming for in the water?

Goodyer, in his paper in The Pharmaceutical Journal in Jan 2000, suggests 1 or 2 drops of bleach be used per litre but qualifies this suggestion by saying it should only be used if free of disinfectants and additives and then reserved for emergency situations. He states that bleach contains 4 to 6% of available chlorine (a bit high in my opinion). 1 or 2 drops in a litre will give a chlorine dose of about 5ppm but used at the rate 2% will give a chlorine dose of 1000ppm...No thanks!

BTW Goodyer also briefly mentions the use of Ketadyne silver tablets.

(You will find the entire text of Goodyers paper in a recent thread HERE )

Maybe a Google search for Ketadyne will find some more recent info.

 

[Mirelle]

I recall reading, in a parish magazine, many years ago, that the use of a silver communion cup was effective in preventing cross infection.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

There's a new type of toothbrush being marketed and the TV commercials claim that silver fibres that are included within the brush head are very effective at destroying bacteria and preventing caries.

It must have some truth, otherwise they would not be allowed to make that claim on a commercial.

Similarly, it cannot do any harm to the body as otherwise it would -at least - need to carry a health warning.

Me? I will simply settle for water tanks fabricated from sheets of silver, .925 grade will do, of course.



When I wake up to find that I can afford it, of course. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[lille_bee]

Silver does have recognised antibacterial properties, which is why it is being incorporated into certain advanced wound dressings like Aquacel-Ag and urgotul SSD; you can even get elastoplasts with silver.
If I'm not mistaken, Silver is the active ingredient in Micropur water purification tablets.

 

[Sy-Revolution]

I think I'd rather ingest a minute amount of silver than bleach. Silver was at one time used commonly as a bactericide but in tablet form which caused agiria if taken in large doses (and large particle size). Each tablet contained around 20mg of silver, huge amounts compared to colloidal silver (10ppm). The silver content that would be found in water tanks with silver anodes in them would be much less even than this. One day we'll probably all be familiar with silver as a bactericide, especially if we go on the way we are with anti-biotics.

 

[billcowan]

The army use boxer shorts and jock straps with silver threads in, prevents bollock rot aparrently.

Mmm, the girlie soldiers have to wear them too. The mind boggles.