>Figuring the whole thing out will be quite a chore. If you view the cost >of the tap water as trivial and look at the still itself as sunk cost, I >figured that my machine at my electricity rates is costing about 0.25 US >[Dare I call them "dollars?"] per gallon. It is 1300 watts and makes 8 g. >in 24 hrs and cost 900 frog pelts. I have had it several years and the >only maintenance has been cleaning the lime out of the pot, and vacuuming > the dust off of the condenser fins. It is providing drinking/cooking > water for three small households; the water I use for CS is only a small >part of it's output. It would probably last 10 years or more if just used >for making personal CS. > >Is there anyone out there who has a handy formula for total life cycle >costs of a process so we don't have to try and reinvent that particular >wheel? A little program that we could just plug the data into? > >JOH
Hi All; Just want to share a thought with you. Many years ago I looked into water purification as I was on "city" water. I bought a book (Consumer Reports) dedicated to evaluate various systems. I concluded I would be best off with a small unit that fit on the end of the faucet. Think it was Puralator with the lead removal added feature. Cost about $5 at the time. The biggest problem was bacteria building up in filters which meant frequent changing. I then stored the water in an open glass container, in the fridge so the chlorine (gas) could escape. The reason I didn't go with the distiller was they said it was too pure and denied you trace minerals that the body needed. I now live in the mountains of NH and have my own 400 ft well. I have a house filter on the system and bath it in UV light, all the time. The only problem I have is radon. Tested the water and it was loaded. Radon decays in 3 1/2 days so I added two 80 gal water storage tanks to the original 40 gal tank. The radon has better chance of decaying in storage. Every bit helps and when the power goes out, I immediately isolate the two 80s for emergency water. For what it's worth. Cheers, Phil Sr. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
