THE GLASS TUBING THAT NEON SHOPS USE CONTAINS LEAD!!!! Pyrex is borsilicate glass; if ions leached into the water, it might actually be *good* for you! It is tricky to bend but the art can be learned.
--Russ ----- Original Message ----- From: Ode Coyote <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 4:56 AM Subject: Re: CS>Distilled Water Purity > > I would try a neon sign shop. They'll probably have both the tubing and > the expertise. > One reason to run the water through a charcoal filter first is to soak up > any volatiles such as chlorine etc that gas out at or near the vaporization > point of water and will just condense back in. > Stainless shouldn't be a problem if you discard the first bit of water. > > I've even collected some pretty nonconductive water off my tin roof after > it rained for a while. It was actually better than Walmart distilled > water. [except for whatever bird doo doo that might or might not have been > in it] > Ken > > > > At 08:54 AM 9/19/02 -0700, you wrote: > >Do you recommend me taking out the metal tubing and > >putting in the glass tubing, also Where can I find a > >service that can bend pyrex to a specific shape and > >dimensions? > > > > > >--- Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Distilled water is extremely corrosive. I think > >> stainless steel will > >> contaminate the water with metallic ions. > >> Condensation should be done I > >> believe with pyrex or quartz. Some plastic tubings > >> may be ok if they > >> are fully outguessed. > >> > >> Marshall > >> > >> "[email protected]" wrote: > >> > >> > sorry I made a mistake in my post, I am getting > >> 006 > >> > using the TDS meter from just the distiller > >> dripping > >> > in to a glass cup, no filter, no charchol. The > >> only > >> > thing that the steam comes into contact with are > >> the > >> > tubes where it is cooled off or condensed back > >> into > >> > water. I belive these tubes are made of stainless > >> > steal???? but am very unsure about that.. So my > >> guess > >> > is that something is being picked up in the > >> > re-condensing stage. > >> > > >> > --- Dean Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:34:39 -0700 (PDT), > >> > > "[email protected]" > >> > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > >Hi Went to the store and bought two difrrent > >> > > distilled > >> > > >water types, and both read a 001 ppm. The best > >> I > >> > > >could do without my charchol filter was 006 > >> ppm. So > >> > > I > >> > > >am still not sure what my distiller is doing? > >> > > > >> > > It's working okay -- but your charcoal filter is > >> > > contaminating the > >> > > water. Stop using it! (Don't filter the CS you > >> > > make with anything, > >> > > either as whatever you use as a filter will add > >> > > contaminants to the > >> > > CS.) > >> > > > >> > > >The > >> > > >reason I prefer to make it myself is because of > >> > > what > >> > > >Hulda has done with the testing of bottled > >> waters > >> > > to > >> > > >contain iso-propyl alcohol in them(cancer > >> > > compound). > >> > > > >> > > Store-bought distilled water doesn't have > >> isopropyl > >> > > alcohol (or any > >> > > other stuff) in it. Hulda wasn't talking about > >> > > distilled water when > >> > > she says "bottled water," she meant "spring > >> water" > >> > > and such. > >> > > > >> > > >Anyway I am running a new batch and heated the > >> > > water > >> > > >up in a microwave to around 100 degrees. > >> > > > >> > > No need to heat the water, and some say that a > >> > > microwave will > >> > > adversely alter the structure of the water. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for > >> discussion > >> > > of colloidal silver. > >> > > > >> > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: > >> > > http://silverlist.org > >> > > > >> > > To post, address your message to: > >> > > [email protected] > >> > > > >> > > Silver-list archive: > >> > > > >> http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >> > > > >> > > List maintainer: Mike Devour > >> <[email protected]> > >> > > > >> > > >> > __________________________________________________ > >> > Do you Yahoo!? > >> > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > >> > http://sbc.yahoo.com > >> > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > >http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > >-- > >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > >Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > >
