“A fairy tale is a lie, but a hint in it, a lesson for good fellows.” Many generations have heard these words in childhood. They sounded in almost every folk tale. And in the same tales, "living" and "dead" water were often mentioned. And who would have thought that this was not fiction at all. True, living water does not resurrect the dead, but it happens that it will not let die. And getting it is not so difficult, and not at all in small vessels (bottles). And just a little thing is needed - an electroactivator of water.
"Living" and "dead" water
Getting "living" and "dead" water is the process of electrolysis of ordinary tap water. That is, there is no need to go for the source of raw materials to distant lands, you just have to lend a hand.
"Living" (catholyte) - water with a negative potential, having a more alkaline structure. It stimulates biological processes, its main properties are increased dissolving and extracting ability and absorption-chemical activity. And its taste is alkaline, soft, like pure rain. Living water quickly loses its healing properties; it can be stored for no more than seven days in a hermetically sealed container in a dark place. In the body, it stimulates metabolism, improves digestion and appetite, raises blood pressure, heals fresh wounds quickly.
"Dead" (anolyte) - water with a positive potential and acidic structure. It slows down biological processes, therefore it is a powerful antiseptic and preservative. The name of this water should be used in quotation marks. How dead she is, if she fights against microorganisms and fungi, increases the shelf life of vegetables and fruits, lowers blood pressure, reduces joint pain, is an excellent prevention for colds, and helps with fungal skin diseases and intestinal disorders.
The liquid from the tap that has passed through the water’s electric activator (it’s not always possible to call it water) can serve various domestic purposes, for example, to increase the productivity of animals, stimulate the growth of poultry and plants, disinfect seeds and accelerate their germination; control of insects and pests in the house and garden; sanitization, sterilization of dishes, washing clothes of a sick person and much more.
The list of diseases in which activated water helps, if not endless, is very long. Here and tonsillitis, and gastritis, and hepatitis, and burns, and inflammation of the liver and colon, and dysentery, and chronic fistulas, and much more.
Getting "living" water
The first description of the preparation of living water struck, if not the complexity of the preparation, then the stretching of the process in time for sure. At first, ordinary water had to be defended for several hours, then boiled with a “white key”, cooled quickly, preferably in a snowdrift or water with ice, put on a flint for two days, drained without using the lower layer with harmful impurities, frozen in the same pan until received freeze the first ice, which must be removed and discarded, two thirds again, make a hole in the resulting layer, through which water with a high salt content must be drained, ice is thawed. As a result of all the manipulations, live water was obtained.
Now, the AP-1 household electric water activator is doing much faster. True, it is better to clean water first in a reverse osmosis filter or with a distiller. And it’s very good if after that it can be slightly mineralized, insist on mountain quartz and silicon.
Water activator
The AP-1 water electroactivator is a compact, lightweight and easy-to-use device that allows you to get activated water in less than an hour - both "live" (catholyte) and "dead" (anolyte).
For its operation, a household electrical network with a voltage of 220 V and water itself are needed.
Many enterprises produce similar devices, so when buying, you need to make sure that the device is necessarily certified.
The combination of water and electricity requires, in accordance with state standards, high class (not lower than II) protection for electrical safety.
The hygiene safety of the device must also be documented.
Options and specifications
The household electric water activator is a neat small device weighing no more than 2 kg, is sold in a package, which, in addition to the device itself, contains an understandable instruction manual, a fuse (1 A fuse) and a small measure for table salt.
The total power consumed by the device is 70 V / A. In operation, the AP-1 consumes about the same amount of energy as one 40-watt light bulb.
The current strength during electrolysis is from 0.2 to 0.7 A.
At the same time, 300 ml of anolyte and 900 ml of catholyte are prepared. The process should last no more than 40 minutes, since after the indicators of water acidity (pH) do not change, and the power supply and the liquid in the device are heated.
Device device
The AP-1 water electroactivator itself consists of a main tank into which a ceramic cup is inserted, a top cover with electrodes and a power supply.
A container of transparent food-grade plastic is used for the preparation of "living" water. In it, in the process of electrolysis, catholyte is formed. There are marks on the side surface - special directional arrows.
The glass is the diaphragm between the cathode and the anode and serves as a dead water tank. Anolyte is formed in it.
The removable cover at the bottom has a base made of insulating material. Electrodes are installed in it. Two black ones are chemically resistant anodes. Two bright - food-grade stainless steel cathodes. Special materials protect the electrodes during operation from electrochemical destruction.
The top cover is smooth, only a light indicator is installed on top, indicating whether there is voltage on the electrodes, and a fuse holder is located on the side surface, so the directional arrows on it are clearly visible.
The principle of operation of the device
Electrochemical treatment of water (electrolysis) leads to a sharp abnormal change in the catalytic activity and physical structure of water. Under the action of an electric current, highly active metastable particles form in water, and the system of intermolecular interactions changes.
Cathodic electrochemical treatment of a liquid leads to the formation of highly soluble potassium and sodium hydroxides; pH rises; sparingly soluble calcium and magnesium carbonates are formed; ions of heavy metals and iron are converted almost completely into insoluble hydroxides. At the same time, the conductivity and surface tension of water are reduced, and the content of oxygen and nitrogen is reduced in it.
A water electroactivator is a device in which both cathodic and anodic liquid treatment occur simultaneously.
In the process of anodic electrochemical treatment, stable and unstable acids are formed - sulfuric, hydrochloric, hypochlorous - and sulphurous, oxygen-containing chlorine compounds. At the same time, the acidity of water and electrical conductivity increase, the concentration of nitrogen and hydrogen decreases.
Instructions for preparing activated water
Preparing “living” and “dead” water in the activator is simple and quick. A ceramic glass is installed in the center of the main container, then water is poured: into the glass to the top, and into the container by a finger below the edge of the glass.
The top lid is installed so that the marks (arrows) are combined on the side surfaces of the container and the lid itself. If the cup is installed accurately and the cap is put on correctly, then the anodes (black electrodes) are lowered inward, and the cathodes (light electrodes) are outside the cup.
The cover should be put on tightly, all the way. The plug is plugged in, and the start time of the device is detected. At the same time, the indicator starts to glow, and through the transparent wall of the container, gas bubbles formed on the cathodes can be seen.
The electric activator of water AP-1 should work for at least 10 minutes. The longer it works, the higher the concentration of the resulting solution.
After the activation time is over, the device disconnects from the outlet, the lid is carefully removed from it (it cannot be turned over), a glass with anolyte is taken out of the container. Then, from a glass and from a container, “living” and “dead” water is poured into the prepared dishes. That's all.
The measuring spoon for table salt is not involved in this process. It is used when it is necessary to increase the level of mineralization of a liquid to increase the current of electroactivation. In this case, a weak solution of sodium chloride is poured into the glass, which is obtained by dissolving 1 g of finely ground table salt in a liter of water.
So that the activation current is not excessively large, mineral or salted water can only be poured into a glass.
Activated Water Use
Attached to such a device as an electric activator of water AP-1, the instruction describes in sufficient detail not only the principle of the device and the procedure for operation and maintenance, but also explains what the pH value is, how to obtain its desired values and how to use catholyte and anolyte correctly .
Water as a feedstock varies in its composition and degree of mineralization. The instrument manual contains tables of the concentration (pH) versus the time of preparation of solutions. But it is clarified at the same time that the data are given on the basis that the pH is 7.7 for the initial liquid.
For "dead" water, the pH value of pH varies from 3 to 5.5, and for "living" from 8.5 to 10 units. Moreover, the longer the operating time of the device, the lower the pH for anolyte and higher for catholyte.
DIY water activator
There are a lot of options for self-production of a water activator.
The main element of any home appliance is food stainless steel electrodes. Yes, and the power supply, of course.
In one version, a piece of canvas fire hose is used as a dividing membrane or anolyte cup, which is inserted into a liter glass jar, which plays the role of a container for catholyte.
Mains voltage is supplied through the diode bridge to the electrodes, one of which is lowered into a bag of tarpaulin, and the second is directly into a jar filled with water. That's the whole water electroactivator. The scheme is simple: a liter can, in it there is a bag with a diameter of about 70 mm and a height of 200 millimeters, and electrodes up to 1 mm thick with dimensions of about 40 × 160 mm, fixed in a piece of plastic at a distance of 40 mm.
On the same piece of plastic, which should be larger than the neck of the can, a diode bridge is installed (diode on the anode).
Such a homemade device should work no more than 5-15 minutes. And you can’t leave the resulting solutions in it, you must pour it immediately so that the "dead" water does not leak through the joints in the bag into the jar.
If instead of a can and a bag, we take two separate containers with an even cut, and place the electrodes in each of them - in one cathode, in the other anode, then, firstly, the liquids will not mix, and secondly, their volume may be the same. Only between the tanks you need to install a connecting electric bridge for ions. This can be a cotton tow wrapped with gauze in several layers, tied with a thread and moistened with water. He bends in the middle, and its ends fall into the water in each jar. The electrolysis process in such a device lasts about half an hour.
"Dead" water can be distinguished by color - it is slightly yellowish in color.
Whatever device is invented, you need to remember the safety precautions and perform all actions for filling with water and draining solutions only by disconnecting the device from the network.
The starting fluid also needs to be prepared. At least let ordinary tap water stand for at least five hours. The scum from the walls of the cans must be removed, as with a conventional kettle. Dishes should be clean.
Reviews about the AP-1
The Belarusian water-activator AP-1 in three versions differs only in details, which, according to users, do not reflect too much on the quality of its work.
The main differences of this device are the optimum ratio of price and quality and ceramic glasses. In other models, they are plastic, therefore, wear out faster. Even ceramics are not eternal, and those who use the device constantly had to buy new ones. However, this is not a problem, judging by the reviews.
And further. If the influence of regular intake of “living” water on the body can be attributed to blind faith in miracles or suggestibility of a person, then stunted indoor plants in the full sense come to life only after a week of watering with “living” water.
These are the wonders of the AP-1 electric water activator. Reviews about him are only positive. No, of course, you can find negative ones, but in the end it turns out that caring for the device was insufficient, if at all. The instructions must be read carefully, the source water must be properly prepared, and the cathode and the walls of the ceramic glass must be cleaned of stiffness salts in a timely manner.
Perplexity is caused only by the saturation indicator. Almost all users agree on the fact that you need to purchase an activator model with it. But there are rational suggestions: in order not to monitor the intensity of the glow and not to guess about changes in the electrolysis current, instead of such an indicator, you can install a sensor that shows the real value of the hydrogen potentials of the pH of the solutions.
Finally
The benefits of "living" and "dead" water have been spoken for more than a dozen years. And they argue just as much whether she helps or charlatans use the trust of the people. But those who, for one reason or another, purchased an electroactivator of water, leave positive feedback about their physical condition. They acquire it primarily to solve their own health problems, and then flowers are watered with this water, aphids are destroyed on them and the seeds are soaked in it.