Ready to Buy SilverTron Elite V3 Help appreciated

[kephra]

Cher, The holes are drilled for 12 gauge wire.  (2mm)

[Art]

Thanks Art, I did have a question about the copper wire you mentioned. Do you know what gage will work for the lid for the generator?

Yes, 14 gauge wire is fine.
Art

[Cher Sherwood]

Thank you so much! I just got home from a week away visiting family and my generator is here! I'm so excited! Will have to re-read the beginning steps to make sure I am doing everything right before I start. I can't wait to get started!

I am going to go out right now and grab some copper wire. A plain over-the-counter copper wire spool should be good to just unroll and use right? Or are some of them coated and need treated?

[kephra]

Why don't you want to use the silver one supplied with your kit?

[Dean]

[Cher Sherwood]

OH! I thought I needed to get copper wire, I didn't realize I could use one of the silver wires lol I haven't completely opened my package up to see what is in the yellow envelope. My husband is leaving tomorrow for 3 weeks for work, so I will be able to focus on it once he's gone, starting with reading all the files again from the beginning

[Art]

I didn't mean to confuse you, Cher, that is just what I use, a #14 piece of copper wire because I had it laying around and it would only have cost pennies had I actually bought. Actually you can use other metals also, not just silver and copper.

Art

[Neofizz]

Cher,
The copper wire is a lot cheaper than the silver wire. That is the reason everyone uses a copper wire. The silver wire is good in the beginning to avoid the problems of a possible polarity mix up (I did this once) when you hook it all up. If you are using a copper wire and happen to accidentally reverse the polarity, then you would be putting copper into the water instead of silver. Something you don't want.