herx wrote: > 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. >
I doubt if you could find any nastier water if you tried! > > 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? All I know is that the water that comes out of my dehumidifier is so bad it not only stinks but stops up the 5/8 inch hose every year with a gook of dust, smoke and bacteria eating the stuff. A dehumidifier takes out smoke, dust, and any odors that have a low vapor point, and they all end up in the water where bacteria form a slimy sludge. If there is any light available you can add alage to that mix as well. Marshall > > > __________________________________ > 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]>
