In a message dated 9/10/2009 10:55:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
[email protected] writes:

There  has to be a way to set up a small distillation unit.  Years ago I 
saw  
a couple of long forgotten small homemade distillers in attic that I was  
insulating.  Relics from the prohibition era.  The only problem  would be 
to 
fit the condensing coil to the container that you were  evaporating your 
water in.    Bob  Smith



I can remember Mom distilling water using the tea  kettle. She had it set 
so the steam & water vapor would come out of the  spout & hit { I think it 
was the top of a stainless steel milk pail--the  small 2 quart size... } & 
then it would drip down into a jar.. I was  just a kid & I'm not even sure what 
she used the water for. Possibly one of  the animals on the farm was 
injured  { or even one of us kids}...I do  remember that when she was through 
she 
would clean the kettle with  vinegar.  I'm not sure if the water vapor would 
be clean enough to use for  EIS...The steam would be...Lois