Your distiller looks to be very similar to mine. I never had the instructions to mine so I use it the same way you would use a still. First, you want to get rid of the impurities that have a lower boiling point than water. You can either discard the first half oz or oz of distilled water or you can boil the water in a pan for a few minutes before adding to the distiller. I do the latter since it also speeds up the distilling process. Then at the end, you want to discard the last oz or so of water. I simply stop the distiller with a little water left in the distiller and discard the undistilled residue. You may have rust deposits or minerals form in the pot. Just clean them out. They should not affect your distilled water if you do as described above. Some people have had really poor water that requires distilling the water twice. I have not. If your pot is the same as mine, the inside pot is stainless steel and the residue may be from iron dissolved in the water. I wouldnm't worry about rust - just clean it out. To improve the taste of distilled water for drinking purposes, most people filter the water through an activated charcoal filter after distillation. - Steve N
________________________________ From: dingyun...@att.net [mailto:dingyun...@att.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 1:23 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CS>water distiller question Hi, group This is my first time buying water distiller. I got it from whioe sale water distiller costs 248.00. The output water has metal smell and often I need to wash the pot because there are lots brown color rust sittomg at bottom of the pot. Does my water have comtamination due to the material of pot? I dare not use this water making CS. Can I continue drinking this kind of water? What is the better quality brand if mine is quesitonable? Thanks for your timly advice. Helen
