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Jim Richardson wrote in news:clccq2-
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what do you do about the scale buildup in the distiller?

We've got fairly heavy calcium buildup from city water, here. Strangely
enough, the scale only builds to a certain point, then flakes off as solid
calcium into the boiler, which would be easy to flush overboard. My big
commercial distiller has never been descaled and works fine. The
countertop Sears unit is a stainless, 1 gallon boiler you fill from the
sink. Its manufacturer recommends descaling with the same acid used in
coffee pots. I did it once and didn't see any difference in performance.
It draws about 1100 watts for a little over 2 hours to make a gallon.

I agree about sailboats having distillers. I suppose it boils (pun!) down
to what you tradeoff for your health drinking RO water that may be
undetectably toxic until it is too late.

Isn't it odd we always hear about a hundred people on a cruise liner with
RO water getting sick.....but never hear a report about what the
investigators find, that may cause people to not book vacations on them?

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Larry

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