I started seriously getting some things done this weekend.
I re-batteried one of my old units, turned it on and it went Phoot! And that
was all she wrote. I scavenged that one as merely a battery container for my
next project.
I re-batteried another one and it worked good. It's been maybe two years
since I did wrist electrification. I used a brand new set of stainless
cotter pin electrodes, wrapped in teeshirt cloth and BE'd for about 4-6
hours Saturday night using contact lens sterile saline and some glycerin as
the wetting agent. I wore it on my right wrist. I slept like a hammer while
I did this.
I awoke Sunday much refreshed but the wrist itch hit at 4:45 pm. Sigh.
I finally finished my new project Sunday:
The old unit scavenged as a battery box holds 4-9v's. It's connected to
another box which has an industrial DPDT timing relay powered by a 24vac
wallwart, and the relay is set for 5 minute polarity reversal. The battery
current is run through a 12v DPDT relay that shuts the power off to the
electrodes when the timing relay current is shut off. The timing relay
current is controlled by a master on/off switch and a 2 hour clock timer.
The electrodes are 12 gauge silver, soldered to copper lead wire, wrapped in
jersey, wetted same as above. Initial power at wetted electrode was .38ma.
It was not comfortable on my left wrist, but I took it for about an hour +
45 minutes before I woke up and removed it.
Monday afternoon the left wrist started itching but not as bad as the right.
Sigh. So much for the idea of the itch being caused by stainless steel; it's
the electricity.
Monday night I added resistance to get the power down to .23ma at wetted
electrodes. On my left wrist I was only able to take it for about 15
minutes. Sigh.
I'm going to add resistance until I can get power down to about .15ma or
lower. I have reason to believe that even such low power will have good
effects if used long term.
Daddybob