Vic Smith wrote in
:

I'm still interested in Larry's thoughts about
the "bacteria" issues he has seen in RO units. His thoughts on the
cruise boat ailments being related to the watermakers are very
interesting.

Here's some interesting membrane information from one of the RO makers.
http://www.hydrovane-watermakers.com/products.html

Notice how much time they spend talking about "pickling" and "flushing"
and warning not to flush the membrane with chlorinated water, which
destroys it. They also make some vague references to bacterial
contamination but don't delve into scary subjects that trash sales, of
course.

I gave up looking for the old article I was looking for to show you after
the third time IE's latest version was hijacked by some self-installing
spyware bull**** the net is eaten alive with. I hate looking at webpages
any more. Someone should HANG FROM THE YARDARM. Sorry....(c;

Universities are worth searching like:
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-
Environ/MISC/biotreat/reverseo.html

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/h2oqual/watsys/ae1047w.htm

http://extoxnet.orst.edu/factsheets/mk_nl2.asc

These RO guys look interesting:
http://store.bigbrandwater.com/poorsaplcr.html
they should know the answers....



In the meantime, his stovetop distillers are working well for him, and
use heat in a time-tested and pretty efficient way, with almost direct
application of flame to water.

--Vic


I don't own a stovetop distiller. Mine are all electric, 1 commercial
and 2 countertop home units. The last one is a countertop Sears sells
from Waterwise in Florida. I paid $9 for it at a thrift shop, hardly
ever used it looks like.

http://www.waterwise.com/products/products.asp
One of my units is the 8800, but the Sears-branded model. The newest one
looks like the 8800, but is a Sear-only unit that's much cheaper without
the computer/clock controls. It resets by simply resetting the kettle
trip overtemp thermostat with a push button under the handle. Sears
sells them for about $100. Makes not quite a gallon. The 8800 makes
over a gallon in 4 hours. Both units work excellently with no steam
leakage and great convenience.

I buy Deer Park brand 3 litre polycarbonate bottled water from the
grocery store. I'm not interested in the city water they bottle, just
the bottle itself. These make excellent storage bottles for my output.
They have two dimples molded into the strong plastic for non-protruding
handles and a LARGE CAP to make it easier to fill. I just dump the
product down the drain when I finally wear out one of my 6 bottles in
storage. I used to distill into 5 gallon commercial water bottles. I
have 3 real glass ones I can sanitize in the oven, not polycarb plastic.
I also have an Oasis bottled water cooler to put them in, making really
great, REALLY COLD water always available. I paid $25 for the big
cooler, another thrift shop bargain....(c; It plugs in, of course.

Larry
--
Why drink the government's chemical soup when you can drink pure?