Can i use the water from a dehumidifier in a wc sys?

hara · 12-07-2002, 11:26 AM

can i? or is distilled water better? If not, what can i use it for?

bigben2k · 12-07-2002, 11:38 AM

Water your plants?

Distilled is the choice. It's basically boiled water where the vapor is cooled and recaptured, so that any (most) salts are removed.

Dehumidifier water may or may not have as much salts, but it will have a lot of bacteria.

Did anyone think of using Jet-Dry to clean out a system?

#Rotor · 12-07-2002, 04:00 PM

well, distilled water, as in a de-humidifiers case, is close to as pure as you will get it, given that the bucket was clean to start out with. Salts or soluble in the water, when boiling it, can not accompany the molecules when it turns into steam, and therefore, when the steam is condensed back into liquid, it's pure.

same goes with moisture in the air. Rain water, is mostly distilled, BUT, "first rain", can hardly pass as being clean, due to the massive amounts of Shit in the air. It's when it has been constantly raining for days on end, that the water captured at the end of such a stint, is very pure...

Why are you still using that De-humidifier as an air dryer....That is what's bogling my mind...

ezlid · 12-07-2002, 04:57 PM

Unless you are able to keep a dehumidifier absolutely clean, the water collected during the condensation process is not as good as distilled water. Dust and smoke, not to mention any salts/oxides from the tubes will be in the water.
Besides, how much does a jug of distilled water cost anyway? I pay 99 cents/gal. or less. Not worth the bother to collect dehumidifier waste water.

ezlid · 12-07-2002, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by bigben2k

Did anyone think of using Jet-Dry to clean out a system?

Jet-Dry will leave your W/C system spotless. LOL
I use CLR. The same stuff for cleaning lime deposits from sinks and cleaning coffee pots. I drain out a little coolant, put in about an oz. of CLR and top off the system. Run it normally for a day and drain, flush and refill. No problems.
Even though I use a distilled water/anti-freeze/Water Wetter solution, you should see the gunk that comes out. All copper, too.

Sorry for the double post

hara · 12-07-2002, 05:33 PM

how about in a bong?

ezlid · 12-07-2002, 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by hara
how about in a bong?

I don't think what you use in a bong makes much difference. All the stuff in the air will end up in the water and probably makes periodic flushing even more important. Bong water will end up to have the same airborn contaminants as dehumidified water, less the salts and oxides from the metal cooling tubes.

MadDogMe · 12-08-2002, 03:01 AM

If you can capture/make enough to replenish the bong it's an excellent idea IMO, saves having all the crap that's in tap water slowly condensing and getting more and more in the system, beats having to flush it all out as well, anywhere that tap water turns to steam/vapour is gonna leave crud behind, distilled water bypasses the crud...

12-07-2002, 11:26 AM	#1
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12-07-2002, 11:38 AM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Water your plants? Distilled is the choice. It's basically boiled water where the vapor is cooled and recaptured, so that any (most) salts are removed. Dehumidifier water may or may not have as much salts, but it will have a lot of bacteria. Did anyone think of using Jet-Dry to clean out a system? __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

12-07-2002, 04:00 PM	#3
#Rotor Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dione, sector 4s1256 Posts: 852	well, distilled water, as in a de-humidifiers case, is close to as pure as you will get it, given that the bucket was clean to start out with. Salts or soluble in the water, when boiling it, can not accompany the molecules when it turns into steam, and therefore, when the steam is condensed back into liquid, it's pure. same goes with moisture in the air. Rain water, is mostly distilled, BUT, "first rain", can hardly pass as being clean, due to the massive amounts of Shit in the air. It's when it has been constantly raining for days on end, that the water captured at the end of such a stint, is very pure... Why are you still using that De-humidifier as an air dryer....That is what's bogling my mind... __________________ There is no Spoon....

12-07-2002, 04:57 PM	#4
ezlid Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 55	Unless you are able to keep a dehumidifier absolutely clean, the water collected during the condensation process is not as good as distilled water. Dust and smoke, not to mention any salts/oxides from the tubes will be in the water. Besides, how much does a jug of distilled water cost anyway? I pay 99 cents/gal. or less. Not worth the bother to collect dehumidifier waste water.

12-07-2002, 05:33 PM	#6
hara Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Malta, Mediterranean Posts: 662	how about in a bong?

12-08-2002, 03:01 AM	#8
MadDogMe Thermophile Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Just shut up ;) ... Posts: 1,068	If you can capture/make enough to replenish the bong it's an excellent idea IMO, saves having all the crap that's in tap water slowly condensing and getting more and more in the system, beats having to flush it all out as well, anywhere that tap water turns to steam/vapour is gonna leave crud behind, distilled water bypasses the crud...

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