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Chris Newport wrote:
On Sunday 24 October 2004 4:17 pm in rec.boats.cruising John wrote: Years ago I had the idea of watering my plants with condensate from my dehumidifier. (At the time I was buying distilled water for that purpose.) Someone knowledgeable told me the condensate was toxic. I have no recollection of why that was (or even why I was watering my plants with distilled water, for that matter) or if your filters would help at all; but the idea is so obvious that it would be done if practical. The condensate contains all of the pollutants which were in the air. By recycling the condensate you will be continually concentrating these pollutants into your drinking water. This is a BAD idea. Sweaty people + cooking byproducts being concentrated with each recycling - YUK. Disitilled water is pure water. If you have a dirty condensor, or it's soldered with lead (unlikely in an aluminium device) then you will get dirty condensed water, or water with some lead in it. Clean it, or use one without lead, etc. In this application there is no recycling or concentrating of toxic dust, sweat (?), etc that is any more likely to kill you than your daily life breathing the air there. If you boil water until the kettle goes dry, there will be some non volatile stuff left in the kettle. It is mostly inert, but could contain some of whatever was in the water before you boiled it, ie arsenic, etc, but wou would know about the water you put in. The steam given off and condensed is as pure as the driven rain that lands on your roof, where it gets contaminated by whatever bird or squirrel tracks, etc it may encounter on it's way to your downspout. A little natural dirt is good for your immune system, keeps it excercised and fit, primed, you might say. An immune system that gets no work to do eventually atrophies, like any other human facility unused. A charcoal filter will remove most toxins. Otherwise, the condensate is as pure as the rain, and if the rain is poisonous, we are all doomed. Terry K |
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I have the feeling that neither of you understand what distilling or evaporating actually is. hmmmm, if you go by a Biblical account of creation, the water was waaaaaay before any form of life was. not counting an earth that's over 3/4 water surface...man that's alot of dinosaurs! At some point in history, all water on the Earth, including what's currently locked in the ice caps, has been excreted by some animal... possibly dinosaurs... |
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From your laser-like pin-point recollection of the discussion, sounds to me
like the "plants" were probably growing in a closet! What are you watering them with now? "John" wrote in message ... Years ago I had the idea of watering my plants with condensate from my dehumidifier. (At the time I was buying distilled water for that purpose.) Someone knowledgeable told me the condensate was toxic. I have no recollection of why that was (or even why I was watering my plants with distilled water, for that matter) or if your filters would help at all; but the idea is so obvious that it would be done if practical. |
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