On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:43:51 -0500, Larry W4CSC
wrote:

Red Cloud® wrote in
:

R.O. water has even lower mineral content than distilled water. It's
actually better for the battery, since it's the minerals that cause
the harm.

rusty



Which RO dealer told you that? No RO system can produce the TOTAL
dissolved solids of my commercial distiller at 3.8ppm. Hell, it's easy to
try. Take a glass of RO water....Drop a power cord into the water and plug
it into the wall. Distilled water is an INSULATOR. WRJA-TV's television
transmitter puts 18,500VDC on the distilled water that cools their two RCA
Klystrons on UHF. Body current is in microamps....

Nope...doesn't wash. The only contaminants in distilled water are
distillable liquids like benzene and the other ...enes. This is why we
pass them through activated carbon which removes them by attaching their
ions....

Then there's the problem of bacterial toxins passing through the membrane
when the trapped bacteria break down in the water stream....a serious
problem RO would rather you didn't know about.

Biologicals don't survive 100C for hours....


I measure less than 1 ppm total dissolved solids in commercially
bought distilled water. Drinking water has better taste with TDSs of
20 to 50 ppm Sadly the local drinking water is getting on for 600
ppm - the red-line.
Some biologicals DO survive - actually flourish at 100 degC - the
submarine sulphur spring flora/fauna for instance

Brian Whatcott Altus OK