oh my goodness. you don't have to go through all that to make this stuff. I make it with 3 9volt batteries. and you can buy the pure .999 wire online from people who deal in precious metals. I think I got some 14ga wire from a place called CCSilver. they had a minimum order of 20 bucks and that's all I spent. I must've gotten almost 6 feet of wire for that. and that'll be enough for me to make Colloidal Silver for probably the rest of my life. goto the NEWS section at www.quantumbalancing.com . they have quite a few articles on Colloidal Silver as well as information on how to make it with the 9volt batteries.