On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:14:37 +0000, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:1189028886.744618.98920
:

What is the motivation to use a distiller if you have a city water
supply?

My personal motivation is to stop the KIDNEY STONES! Charleston's
lakewater/riverwater public water supply is full of elemental dissolved
calcium, enough to make stalactites I think. The whole inside of my
distillers are coated with it, like concrete. It takes some exotic acid
to clean it out. If you've never had a kidney stone pass through the
plumbing, you cannot imagine the PAIN it causes.

What's the cost of some common bottled water? Never drink it, but
maybe some brands are low in minerals.
My other motivation came after seeing what the distiller DIDN'T distill,
left concentrated in the bottom of its boiler! Lately, in the last
couple of months, the major residue looks like PLUFF MUD, the only way I
can describe it.

Nice description. I get it.

Why drink sewage when pure water is so simple to make and so cheap, about
25c/gallon at my awful electric rates. Even my parrots love it and have
never gotten sick in 25 years.

That's probably cheaper than store-bought. Do your parrots talk?
What do they actually *say* about that water?
BTW, I passed through Gila Bend, Arizona once. The cold water there
is about 120 F, and thick with minerals. I was in a grocery eyeing
the bottled water, but hate buying water. I asked the cashier if the
city water was safe, and she said "I've been drinking it 50 years, and
I'm doing just fine."
I said, "You misunderstand. I need it for my van's radiator."
As ugly as she was, I went ahead and bought a couple gallons.

snip heat exhanger/distiller stuff.

You should try something on that, but I'm pretty sure space and
complexity issues will keep it from happening.
What about cleaning up the RO issues you've pointed out.
Got anything for that?


--Vic