No, I don't think my husband used any acid to clean the distiller.
But you may be right about taking awhile to flush out the gook, as the ppm
of the distilled water is coming out better today.

Nancy...

----- Original Message -----
From: Ode Coyote <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Water Distiller


>   Gosh!  Try your tap water!
> It might take a while to flush out the scale etc that was previously
bonded
> to the parts after cleaning the distiller.
>
> Did you use phosphoric acid to clean it?
>
> Ken
>
>
> At 10:21 AM 7/28/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >Hey Folks,
> >Does anyone know if a water distiller, which is about 8 years old, used
2-3
> >times a week can self destruct?  I noticed yesterday the silver I was
making
> >was cloudy.  After 2 years of making silver never saw this before.  I
tested
> >the distilled water and WOW it almost went off the Hanna Tester chart.
My
> >husband called the company we got the distiller from and they told him
how
> >to clean something inside of it, which he did, but still getting in the
> >20 -25 ppm range.  My tap water only comes up with 1 ppm!
> >this almost an emergency as if I don't take silver everyday I have
problems
> >with root canal infections.  By the way, husband bought some distilled
water
> >and it tested 12ppm!  Don't think I will use that.
> >
> >Many thanks for information,
> >Nancy...
> >
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