Hi Doris, most polyethylene gallon jugs have a plasticizer added to the
basic material the jug is molded (blown) from, since straight polyethylene
is rather stiff and brittle, subject to cracking when it's thin. This
plasticizer is volatile, meaning a little of it is always outgassing from
the parent material - chances are that is what you are tasting-smelling. I
do too. Most distillers will drive the plasticizer that's in the water
right along with boiling off the water itself, and it will be carried over
into the distillate. In fact this procedure is often used in chemistry as
a means of extracting purer forms of an oil or other non-water-soluble
compound from its original mixture.
The best way to solve this problem, IMHO, is to shift to a Reverse Osmosis
filtering system with a de-ionizing cartridge as the final stage; this
produces lab grade pure water, given quality components in the RO
system. But this is also expensive, about $300 I would guess. Another
option would be to boil the water you are going to use in an open glassware
pot for five minutes or so. This will drive off much if not all the
plasticizer and also dissolve some carbon dioxide (from the air) into the
water, which is less than perfect but still useable, and probably much
better than drinking plasticizer-ized CS.
Take care, Malcolm
At 11:27 AM 2/25/07 -0500, you wrote:
I was buying distilled water from two different sources and they were in
plastic containers. They tasted plasticky as well. This is the reason I
invested in a distiller and went through all this trouble. It's a heck of
a lot easier to buy the stuff. Now I'm finding that the distiller is
making water that tastes as bad as the store bought stuff
Doris
Malcolm Stebbins <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi; I don't know anything about the Genesis 3000, or most others but I'd
suggest testing your "distilled" water for it's conductivity among other
things. Probably the local high-school chem department has some test
gear, and certainly any chem teacher could whip something up with a cheap
multimeter that would give you an idea. I expect that either there are
some metals or plastics in the distilling machine that are contaminating
the distillate or some other source; does it taste significantly different
than distilled water bought at the grocery store?
Take care, Malcolm
At 06:35 PM 2/21/07 -0500, you wrote:
I have run about 30 loads of water through my distiller and still it has
a strange taste to it. Does anyone know how to change the taste so it's
H2O? I filter it after with a charcoal filter and still yucky. I've
cleaned it with vinegar and there is no buildup or anything. It's clean
as a whistle. Will this taste eventually go away......... maybe after
the 100th batch?
Doris
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