FGP - 9-5-2004 at 03:55
Does anyone have a novel way of making distilled water using common kitchen equipment? I've tried using the freezer ice but this is far to
contaminated with organic material (the occasional frozen pea causes rapid cloudiness).
FGP (in UK)
vulture - 9-5-2004 at 04:09
Distilling your own water is very uneconomical and going to be very impure. Your equipment needs to be perfectly clean and you'll be never as
energy efficient as large distillers.
Why don't you just buy it?
Quantum - 9-5-2004 at 05:35
I guess it depends what he wants it for. If its for chemistry then just buy it but if you are prepping(survivalist) then set up a still. It will be
impure but not that bad compared to tap water.
thalium - 4-11-2004 at 02:50
It's simpler to buy it from gas stations or wherever they sell it (like hardware stores)
jimwig - 4-11-2004 at 11:08
initial (first stage) purification can be had from a stainless steel evaporator as is sold for kitchen use.
deionizing would help
I don't think setting up a water distillator would be that difficult - it would depend on the degree of purification you will need.
water can be purchased that is much purer than the grocery store "distilled" brands.
neutrino - 4-11-2004 at 15:28
I think that purified water is sold for adjusting the strength of battery acid.
P.S. Souldn't this thread be called 'purified water'?
hodges - 4-11-2004 at 15:51
Water distillers are around $100 on E-Bay. I have been using one for almost ten years because I don't like drinking tap water. It costs about
35 cents in electricity to make a gallon of water. And that is with the high NYSEG rates - I'm sure its less most anywhere else. Either way,
its less than half the price of buying distilled water, and more convenient than lugging in a couple gallons with groceries every week.
cyclonite4 - 27-11-2004 at 04:57
Another type of water purifier is a water filtering system. I have been using one for quite some time, for drinking water (tastes so much better than
out of the tap). I think it uses some kind of carbon filter (im not too sure). The system is good for drinking water and costs a few hundred (and
occasional maintenance costs), but wont produce water much more pure than distilled water.
EDIT: Wait, I just remembered, it's called reverse osmosis.
[Edited on 27-11-2004 by cyclonite4]