On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:33:19 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

Steve, the steam distilled is as good as it gets unless you pay through
the nose for laboratory grade USP water. I have been playing with this
Hanna TDS meter that I am putting on my watermaker. It came with
calibration samples of USP water and a 1000 ppm TDS sample. I
calibrated zero ppm with the USP water and 1000 ppm with the other
sample then started playing with different samples. The kitchen faucet
read 190 ppm. A sample of grocery store distilled water was 15 ppm.
Less than 8% of faucet water.

What's the RO water reading? Grocery store distilled is probably
tainted by benzene and other light enes and fuels that will also
distill. Try filtering the store distilled through a 6" column of
activated carbon from any WalMart fish department. Taste the
difference between the unfiltered and filtered. It's easy to taste
the metallic taste is gone from the filtered. I'd like to know if
your TDS reads different before and after the filtering. (See my post
here about my distillation plant...(c

Be real careful of that RO watermaker. There's lots of evidence now
that it does block the bacteria, BUT, the pressure is breaking the
bacteria apart and releasing its toxins whos molecules are so small
they flow through the membrane into your drinking water. They're
searching for answers to these cruise ships mass casualties and,
currently, all fingers are pointing at the RO watermakers in the
bilge....



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?