It is just that the fuel costs are usually so high to distill water.  The big
producers use low pressure systems, and cascaded systems to produce more water
per BTU, but a small system just can't do that economically.  This might be a
good application for using a solar oven.

Marshall

Ode Wan Coyote wrote:

>    ##  Sounds like a perfect opportunity for an Englander to set up a small
> distillery and ship on line for a reasonable price.
>   Web site, search engine and link ring?
>   Ken
>
> At 11:02 PM 8/10/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >Dear Kit,
> >I don't think our American friends can possibly
> >understand how difficult it is to acquire even
> >simple components for our CS.
> >
> >I have found Boots pure water good. However,
> >they only keep it at larger stores, and if you are
> >making a good quantity of CS it's going to get
> >expensive. £3.99 for 5litres.
> >
> >We too are looking to distill our own water, so
> >perhaps we could compare notes.
> >
> >Has anyone made a comment on using 20ppm
> >CS. I'm a newbie, and could be entirely wrong,
> >but I had thought a lower ppm would be better,
> >as the particles are smaller. I'm using it directly
> >into my sinuses, but I can't say I know any more.
> >
> >I hope something works swiftly for your little one.
> >
> >On 10 Aug 2000, at 21:22, Sir Richard Beresford-Wylie wrote:
> >
> > > I am resident in England, where it appears
> > > >that distilled water is not so readily
> > > >available as it is in the USA. Are there any
> > > >other UK residents lurking than can
> > > >recommend a good source of distilled water
> > > >for CS generation, or can anybody recommend
> > > >a good tabletop distillation unit?
> >
> >
> >Love and Light
> >Carol
> >
> >
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