Aquavolta Elegance User manual

AquaVolta® Elégance
Under the Counter Water Ionizer
by Karl Heinz Asenbaum
Manual

2 – What is AquaVolta®?
The brand name Aquavolta ® derives from the latin term for water (aqua)
and the name of the inventor of the battery, Alessandro Volta. It stands for
electro activated water. In Germany one originally spoke of electrolyte-
water, afterwards of “activated water”. In English it is often referred to as
„reduced“ or „ionized“ water. Electro-activated water is made with a water
ionizer with so-called diaphragm-electrolysis.
The characteristic of AquaVolta® is that a negative electrical tension with a
measurement electrode shows a so-called negative redox potential. The
lower the redox potential, the higher the willingness water has of giving off
electrons. Per 0,018 Volt (18 Millivolt) lower redox potential does the
willingness double. AquaVolta® has an about 400 to 800 Millivolt lower
redox potential than tap water or mineral water from a bottle.
Because of its high willingness to give off electrons, AquaVolta® is also
described as antioxidant water. It is not only used by doctors for
therapeutic use, it has also established itself because of its good taste as a
modern day to day drink. Responsible for the antioxidant power of
AquaVolta® according to the current scientific view is the content of
dissolved hydrogen, or DH2. As well as that is the pH-value of the drinking
water raised and is therefor called “alkaline activated water”.

3 – Hydrogen – The fundamental concepts
„I run on Hydrogen“. To see Hydrogen cars, out of which no emissions are emitted and only clear water
drips out, is still seldom in our smog-laden cities. Yet there is no doubt that Hydrogen gas presents the
most interesting form of alternative energies of the future. For 1 kg of Hydrogen brings 33,33 kWh/kg
onto the road. Neither petrol (12 kWh/kg) nor natural gas (max. 13,1 kWh/kg) can keep up. Hydrogen,
with the H symbol that stands for Hydrogenium (“The Water Producer”) is the most common element in
the universe. It makes up 75% of the total mass of our solar system. Yet on our planet Earth it is more of a
scarce good. Only 0.12% of the total mass consists of Hydrogen. Most of it is H2O which has bonded as
“energy-less” water in our oceans. Water, H2O, is Hydrogen gas H2which has been combusted by
oxygen. This occurs, for example, with sugar which is converted from food into energy. So Hydrogen
doesn’t only provide energy for fuel cells for cars, but also for the cells in the body. The H Hydrogen
atom is made up of one positively charged nucleus, the proton, which is orbited by a negatively charged
electron. The smallest of all atoms is also called “nascent” Hydrogen: That means “hydrogen in its birth
phase”, for an H-atom does not stay alone for long, it bonds with a second H-atom to make what we
usually call Hydrogen, H2… A further description for this Hydrogen atom is “Hydrogen radical”.
Often Hydrogen gas H2 is confused with the Hydrogen ion H+. This corresponds to an H-atom without an
electron, in short it is a single proton. Positively charged Hydrogen ions are the measure of “acidity”.
They occur by the splitting off of a hydroxide ion (OH-) from water (H2O). If there are more hydroxide ions
in an aqueous solution, it is alkaline, if there are more H+ ions (protons), then it is acidic.
Negatively charged Hydrogen ions (Hydride ions) theoretically also exist. Yet they are so unstable that
they only occur as compounds.

4 – What does theAquaVolta ® Elégance provide?
Molecular hydrogen is, next to the alkaline pH value, the most interesting
point when producing alkaline activated water. Yet this gas molecule does not
like to dissolve in water.!
Nevertheless do 1,6mg/Liter have room in the water under normal
atmospheric pressure conditions. This is significant because from 0,5mg do
international researchers claim it is “therapeutic”.
For a desired level of 0,5 to 1,3 mg/Liter, to reach already with a flow speed of
1-2 Liters per minute does the AquaVolta® Elégance water ionizer produce
substantially more hydrogen than what can be dissolved in water in such a
short time. It produces a pressure which speeds up the dissolving of gases in
the water. One can see, for example with the hydrogen bubbles that,
especially with higher water temperatures, bubble up and gas out of the water
shortly after filling the glass. Yet it is the invisible rest that bonds with the
water.
This bond is, for example when shaking the water, very sensitive and
dependant of environmental factors such as temperature and atmospheric
pressure. This can be easier understood if you think about a similar bond,
which we all know from everyday life: Also fizzy water enriched with carbon
dioxide quickly gases out and tastes flat if you leave it open for too long.
For that reason it is good to drink alkaline activated water soon after having
poured it into a glass or a bottle. Tips for storing you will find on page 19.

5 – Chapter overview
•06 - General safety instructions
•07 – Overview
•08 – Over the counter faucet
•09 – Faucet connections
•12 – Accessories
•10 – The operating modes - alkaline/acidic/purified
•11 – The interior filter
•12 – Filter exchange
•13 – Installation overview for installers
•14 – Preparation of the device
•15 – Fitting the faucet
•16 – Installation for the water supply
•17 – pH-measuring and water flow setting
•18 – Manual descaling
•19 – Storing alkaline activated water
•20 – Troubleshooting
•21 – External cleaning / storage. Technical data
•22 – Hydrogen water – not just for drinking!
•23 – Legal disclosure
•24 – Service and guarantee