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12-06-2010, 09:23 AM | #1 |
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Distilled Water
Just thought I'd put this out there....
A good, easy & readily available source for distilled water would be a Dehumidifier - right out of the collection bucket. I would recommend boiling it to kill off any residual contamination from the machine itself - but, otherwise - the water is pure distilled water.
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12-06-2010, 08:52 PM | #5 |
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Re: Distilled Water
Same here.
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12-12-2010, 07:52 AM | #6 |
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Re: Distilled Water
x2 unless you're in the sandbox, hard to find distilled water...humidification jars help out tremendously in that situation imo
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12-06-2010, 09:55 AM | #8 |
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Re: Distilled Water
I've seen Les Stroud make distilled water by putting a plastic bag over a container with urine in it. It had a small collection cup in the center, and a small rock in the middle of the plastic so the water that collected on the bag would run down to the center and drip into the collection cup.
I wouldn't recommend it for daily use, but if you're about to die of dehydration in the desert, it could save your life. Really, this method can be used on anything with water in it, branches, cactus, rainwater, stagnant water, even sea water. It works even faster if you have a heat source like the ability to put this contraption in the sun. here's a pic:
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12-06-2010, 05:05 PM | #9 | |
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Re: Distilled Water
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12-06-2010, 10:01 AM | #10 |
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Re: Distilled Water
Very cool info....but for 69 cents a gallon at Walgreens, I am a slave to The Man.
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12-15-2010, 02:50 PM | #11 | |
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and boiling it be easier than throwing a 75 cent gallon of water in a buggy? I like the sheet of plastic dealie-o...Saw that many years ago and was half waiting for a chance to get stranded. |
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12-15-2010, 03:18 PM | #13 |
Have My Own Room
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I make Chuck Norris cry and use his.
Best source I have found to date.
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12-15-2010, 03:47 PM | #14 |
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Chuck Norris' tears cause cigars to age 3 years in just 3 weeks.
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12-06-2010, 10:36 AM | #15 |
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Re: Distilled Water
Really Tom - 69 cents?
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12-06-2010, 10:54 AM | #16 |
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Re: Distilled Water
I always thought it'd be a good idea, but aside from all the dust and spores and pollen, it's loaded with copper oxides.
I put a reverse osmosis system under the sink. That way I have distilled water on tap for my salt water fish tank and my humidors. Mine was a high volume one and cost about $250, but they can be had lots cheaper. We refill our water bottles from it, too. So we really get our money's worth.
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12-06-2010, 11:20 AM | #17 | |
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The only thing I didn't like about it was the price. Installed, I believe it was around 800.
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12-06-2010, 11:50 AM | #18 | |
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Mine is like this. I couldn't find the exact one I got, this Air, Water, Ice place changes their models pretty often. I got a tester with it, too. You stick it in a glass of water and it tells you how much junk is in the water by parts per million. That's how you tell if you have to change the membrane or filters. I've never had to change any of that stuff yet and I've had it for at least two years, I'm thinking.
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12-06-2010, 11:55 AM | #19 | |
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12-06-2010, 11:58 AM | #20 |
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Re: Distilled Water
I know the process is different, Bob, but is there a difference in the finished product? I'd think zero stuff in either one is equal, what's the diff between the two?
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