SOTA Instruments Inc. - What's New in 1997?

December 11, 1997: They're here! The new GOLD Probe Cords have arrived and are shipping as we speak! After an unfortunate (but unavoidable) delay, these top quality, heavy GOLD plated Probe Cords (for use on the Silver Pulser unit) promise less irritation, excellent electrical conductivity, durability, and best of all very little corrosion. The Probes are 80 microns of GOLD over SILVER over COPPER. They are being introduced at a very special price of $10 USD or $13 CDN until February 28, 1998. After the end of February, 1998 they will sell for their regular price of $17 USD or $22 CDN. Of course, The Silver Pulser will ship with these new probe cords from now on. Hope you enjoy them...sorry 'bout the delay!
November 22, 1997: New testimonials for November! Please feel free to check them out by clicking HERE.
November 22, 1997: "The Water Ozonator" Model # WOZ2 is now shipping! We have priced the "The Water Ozonator" Model # WOZ2 at a price of $225 USD or $295 CDN. Shipping included, of course. At this incredibly low price, we can all benefit from the positive effects of Ozonated Water. Remember, "The Water Ozonator" Model # WOZ2 is intended for water ozonation, and NOT for inhalation of Ozone Gas (which is damaging to sensitive lung tissues).
November 22, 1997: The GOLD Probes for the Silver Pulser unit should be available by next week. Look for a special introductory price!
October 31, 1997: BOO! The ozone generator is completed! The actual product will be called "The Water Ozonator" Model # WOZ1. We have completed our search for the air stone, and have happily chosen a great little unit which is completely ozone friendly. It is manufactured by Novalex and carries the brand name of Kordon. We specified in their medium porosity airstone. It is made from ceramic glass beads and produces a very nice bubble pattern. As for the remainder of The Water Ozonator unit, all parts have been fully tested and passed our quality checks. The Water Ozonator unit will have an option for full battery operation by utilizing a Battery Powered Air Pump. All parts have now been ordered, and we expect to ship within 2-3 weeks. I'll soon be building a website featuring The Water Ozonator unit including full specifications and colour photos.
October 8, 1997: There's GOLD in them thar hills! What's this all about? Well, as some of you are aware, the Stainless Steel Probes used in the Silver Pulser will eventually corrode. Unfortunately, there is little we (or anyone!) can do about this (except Mother Nature herself) since we simply create the worst possible conditions for corrosion. Salt water, natural oils, and electricity all combined = CORROSION. This has been an on-going concern for us from day one. We've looked into and tried many different metals.
The best is titanium, but it is toxic, extremely hard to solder to and very expensive. Stainless is the best economic choice for anti-corrosive properties, but it is also extremely hard to solder to. No-holds bar solution then is gold. It too is expensive (but reasonable when applied as a plating rather than a solid rod), and adheres to solder very well. Problem is to plate it on, you must have the proper base metals for adhesion. This can get costly. SOTA has committed itself to bringing you the best. This is our solution: We start with a base of COPPER (Cu) for the rod, flash 10 microns of SILVER (Ag) over the COPPER, and then plate 80 microns of GOLD (Au) over the SILVER. Then we drill a tiny pilot hole in one end of the rod for soldering and crimping of the wire to the rod for a superior electrical connection. Finally, custom molded PVC jackets cover the rod. Additionally, we increased the size of the wire conductor for longer life and durability. This is our own proprietary design. Still, we will get some corrosion! Amazing isn't it? Good news is we found the level of corrosion is far far less than with the stainless-steel, and it seems to not create as much irritation, and the cotton sleeves hardly need replacing or cleaning. These new probe cords will be available by the end of November if all goes well. Good news is the replacement price for these gold probe cords will only be slightly higher than the stainless ones. Of course, all Silver Pulsers will come with the new gold probes as a standard option. Yea!
October 8, 1997: OZONE (O3) Update: After much work, we have finally found our new Ozone Generator. It is a beautifully built unit that outputs 25mg/Hr O3. The unit is a little bigger than the size of 2 deck of cards stacked and is incredibly light. It has a replaceable stainless-steel ozone chamber (good for 2 years of continuous use!), and best of all it is powered by a Wall Adaptor (which means it will run off a 12VDC battery). We've been testing the unit for about 1 month now, and we're very impressed. In addition, we've specified in a UL Approved aquarium air pump with a 4 PSI output. A very reliable and quiet operating pump that is the same small size as the ozone generator. The last leg now is a suitable ozone-safe bubble stone. One we tried works very well and is built quite nicely. We are waiting for samples to arrive for a possibly superior stone that produces extremely fine bubbles. Stay tuned! We're almost ready for prime time...
September 22, 1997: We now accept Discover Card.
September 22, 1997: New Zapper! The Zapper just got a facelift, and improved circuitry. It now has all the controls on the end panel for easy slippin'-in-the-pocket. Also, I've upgraded the circuitry so the battery (which is now included!) will last even longer. In addition, the toggle switch has been upgraded to a more reliable version. We hope you will enjoy these newer features. The best news for you: the cost of The Zapper stays the same!
September 22, 1997: We will no longer carry The Ionizer Plus Unit, because of the high price tag of the unit. We will continue to recommend this product though.
September 8, 1997: I have been making steady, albeit slow progress on our Ozone Generator System. The biggest challenge is putting together a system that is lightweight, compact, and can run off a 12 VDC battery so you're not tied to the 110 VAC grid. Stay tuned....it's getting closer!
June 21, 1997: As many of our customers know, there is a new protocol based on bubbling ozone (O3) through water for the purposes of using the oxidating properties of ozone. SOTA has been working on a new product that will ultimately allow one to produce ozone saturated water...safely! Please keep checking back; we are making great progress on this.
April 14, 1997: MPG Update: After spending many days testing the MPG unit and the minor bugs we have encountered, we've found a rather simple solution for those units that shutdown prematurely. The problem is that the internal heat generated by the unit was interfering with the setpoint of the safety shutdown. The solution is we've drilled some 80 vent holes on the bottom of the MPG to release the heat. Did it help? Well, we tested an MPG that only worked for 14 minutes then shut itself down, and with the addition of the new vent holes the same unit ran for several hours. Thank-you all for your patience with this "growing pain"!
April 9, 1997: A minor change. We have decided to remove the exclamation point at the end of our product names! (there I go again!). The reason is, a customer wrote in requesting to be removed from our mailing list because she will not buy a product that has an exclamation point referring to it. At first we thought this was an odd request, but then we got thinking about it. Why did we have that exclamation point? It was added the the original Zapper. The exclamation point was intended to provide a descriptive for the zapping process. It then innocently made its way into most of our other product names. But this customer's point is well taken. It is and will always be our policy to try and present new products in the most unbiased way possible. We have no hidden agendas. We wish to be a company you can trust explicitly. That trust is earned. So, as not to unintentionally or subliminally bias or direct your decision in any way towards purchasing goods from us, we have decided to remove the exclamation point from all of our product names! (sorry about that "!", must be a habit :). So, thank-you for that letter. It allows us to take another step forward.
February 5, 1997: The Magnetic Pulser ships! Thank-you all who waited patiently for this gem. Expect to see your new MPG in the mail by week's end.
January 19, 1997: Quality, quality, quality! We really do continually strive to maintain the highest quality possible. Two areas that have concerned us have been resolved:

1) We have now new Stimulator probes. Our original design made use of a crimped fitting onto high grade stainless-steel pins. We found over time that some of these probes would corrode slightly, and lose the electrical connection. Our new design involves the use of solid stainless steel rods soldered with food-grade (completely non-toxic) solder.
Recall! Return your present probe set for a FREE upgrade to the new ends!

2) The Colloidal Silver light bulb sometimes gets broken in shipping, or the unit gets bumped during normal use and the delicate bulb is damaged. This will prevent the unit from making colloidal silver. We now have included a socket for the bulb, which makes for easy replacement. We will replace your broken bulb for FREE and include with the replacement the new socket for easy fixin' in the future! Thank-you all for your patience in these matters. We are here to serve you the very best we can.
January 19, 1997: The BT5 website is now up and running! Check it out by clicking HERE.

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