James, thank you for the suggestion. I previously considered using RO water in the still but the cost of the RO machine is prohibitive to me now, and I cant find RO water in my local stores. Besides, I originally got the still so I wouldnt have to carry home several gallons of DW each week.
Im trying to make the best CS I can using the equipment I already have. Id still like anyones thoughts on using dehumidifier water in my still. On the surface, it appears to be an improvement over using twice-distilled tap water, but perhaps Ive overlooked something. Additional comments will be appreciated. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: James Holmes Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:30:04 Adding a reverse osmosis unit ahead of the still will: 1. Produce a much purer distillate. 2. Greatly reduce the frequency of still pot cleaning. -----Original Message----- From: herx I am considering taking the water collected by my basement dehumidifier and running it through my ecowater still, then using the resulting distilled water to make CS. My reasoning is that the water from the dehumidifier starts cleaner than my tap water (no added chlorine, fluoride, disolved metals, minerals, rust). Therefore, the resulting distilled water would be closer to pure than DW made from tap water. There would also be very little scale buildup on the still, compared with using tap water. Currently, I run about a dozen gallons of tap water through the still, clean the scale from the still, then run it all through a second time before using it to make CS. As I see it, the biggest contaminant from the dehumidifier would be airborne dust and mold collected with the condensed water. Please sound off with comments and warnings. Am I missing anything? Would boiling in the still be enough to destroy possible mold in the condensed dehumidifier water? Or would mold spores survive and pose a threat in the final CS made from this water? Would this method be better than using twice-distilled tap water? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.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]>
