Water Distillers

@Ertiocx That's an interesting system! It doesn't waste water like most RO units and is very economical too. I will have to read up on it. Are there any toxicity issues with its use? I'm on a well. I just tested the water. After it goes through a sediment filter and low sodium water softener the tap water reads 412 ppm (varies seasonally). No taste. Still pretty high. We use it for cooking but I prefer the distilled for straight water drinking. CPs and equipment get distilled ( or rain for watering .. taking Lloyd's advice not to use the dehumidifier water, just in case of toxicity).
 
Trapper J said:
@Ertiocx That's an interesting system! It doesn't waste water like most RO units and is very economical too. I will have to read up on it. Are there any toxicity issues with its use? I'm on a well. I just tested the water. After it goes through a sediment filter and low sodium water softener the tap water reads 412 ppm (varies seasonally). No taste. Still pretty high. We use it for cooking but I prefer the distilled for straight water drinking. CPs and equipment get distilled ( or rain for watering .. taking Lloyd's advice not to use the dehumidifier water, just in case of toxicity).
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The misters go off every 2 hours, and I've also tried watering plants with the DI water directly over the last 30 days. There haven't been any problems so far. ~400 PPM is probably too hard for DI resin alone to handle though, and would probably deplete the canister after ~500 liters. I would probably opt for a proper RO/DI system at that point.
 
I'll stick with the distiller ... no waste water and it's simple. Your system is perfect for your requirements. Thanks for the information.
 
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Just took buckets of packed snow down to the basement. Took a few days of melting. Now have a Rona bucket of TDS 9 ppm water. Probably the 9 reading is from organic acids from the cedar bits. I used the snow from the backyard off of patio stones so almost no contamination from soil or salt.
 
Read somewhere rain water/snow aint like what used to be. Lots of contaminants from pollution. It is advised kids dont stick your tongue out for snow/rain , campers dont drink collected rainwater etc.
 
jackie quan said:
Read somewhere rain water/snow aint like what used to be. Lots of contaminants from pollution. It is advised kids dont stick your tongue out for snow/rain , campers dont drink collected rainwater etc.
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Snow or rain collected directly from the sky into plastic containers has a TDS of O in downtown Toronto which unfortunately doesn't have the cleanest air in Canada. Also no taste or smell and no residue. So I find it hard to believe that rain water is particularly contaminated.
Now I wouldn't drink it, because there's no chlorine to prevent microbes from growing.
 
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