Water

[Pal334]

Just one,, moderation in all things

[Ken]

Yes. Just one.

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[Ken]

I did it! I did it! Thanks again, Crash!

[Pal334]

I did it! I did it! Thanks again, Crash!

You drank the whole thing?

[Ken]

You drank the whole thing?

NOOOOOOOO. I finally got a pic to post. Courtesy of Crashdive's new book, "Posting Pictures For Dummies."

[2dumb2kwit]

Originally Posted by SARKY
A better investment for getting water out of the air is a very simple system using pvc pipe buried in the ground (much like a septic system) with intakes just above ground level. And a pipe running from the underground pipes to a cystern. The whole idea is that as the moisture laden air contacts the cool walls of the pvc pipe, the water condenses on the walls and drains into the cystern. By forcing?sucking air into the system it becomes more efficient. You can build this system yourself from parts you purchase at the hardware store.

That's a great idea... and you don't risk getting sick drinking water from a dehumidifier.

OK, I'm kinda dumb, so can someone help me understand this.

What would be the difference between the water that this thing takes out of the air, versus the water that a dehumidifier takes out of the air?

[Pal334]

NOOOOOOOO. I finally got a pic to post. Courtesy of Crashdive's new book, "Posting Pictures For Dummies."

Did he charge ya much?

[Ken]

OK, I'm kinda dumb, so can someone help me understand this.

What would be the difference between the water that this thing takes out of the air, versus the water that a dehumidifier takes out of the air?

The new thingamajig "extracts" the water (humidity) from the air (probably a glorified dehumidifier) and filters and stores it. A dehumidifier doesn't filter it, and "stores" it in an "open" container to be poured out (unless it's attached to a drain like mine is). The dehumidifier container (bucket) and coils can get pretty gross if they're not cleaned regularly, and regardless of how frequent the thing gets cleaned, the water should still be filtered/purified.

[Ken]

Did he charge ya much?

Crash, someone stole your book and put his name on it! Let's sue!
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Pal, he gave it to me for free.....

[Pal334]

Crash, someone stole your book and put his name on it! Let's sue!
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Pal, he gave it to me for free.....

Copyright infringement!!!!!!!! Theres money in them thar hills

[2dumb2kwit]

The new thingamajig "extracts" the water (humidity) from the air (probably a glorified dehumidifier) and filters and stores it. A dehumidifier doesn't filter it, and "stores" it in an "open" container to be poured out (unless it's attached to a drain like mine is). The dehumidifier container (bucket) and coils can get pretty gross if they're not cleaned regularly, and regardless of how frequent the thing gets cleaned, the water should still be filtered/purified.

I was referring to the underground thingy that SARKY posted about. Wouldn't it get as funky as a dehumidifier.

[Ken]

I was referring to the underground thingy that SARKY posted about. Wouldn't it get as funky as a dehumidifier.

As far as the need for filtering and purifying, probably not much difference, IMHO.

[2dumb2kwit]

IMHO.

Thanks for the reply, but I gotta ask.....when did you start being "humble"? LOL

[Ken]

Thanks for the reply, but I gotta ask.....when did you start being "humble"? LOL

7 minutes ago. Don't worry. I'll stop if it upsets you.

[UnknownWarrior]

What are the harmful effects of drinking distilled water?
I've read the posts here:

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and here:
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I am confused now about distilled water. I'm making some cheap home made water stills that will provide 1 - 4 quarts of distilled water per day naturally from the sun. Will that be harmful to use even when there's no water situation?

Also how can you test the water you drink is harmless and doesn't have germs etc? Is there a simple homemade way to test?

Say there's nuclear war and the air is super-polluted, what kind of water would be drinkable? Just boiling and filtering is enough?

[crashdive123]

UnknownWarrior - How about making yourself a little more known and going to the Introduction section to tell us about yourself. Thanks. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...splay.php?f=14 It's the least you can do before you start posting a bunch of links for us to read.

[UnknownWarrior]

Sorry, didn't know that. Posting now.

[SARKY]

The problem with distilling is 2 fold,
1: and the easiest to remedy, distilled water tastes like nothing, that is why distilled water isn't sold as drinking water but spring water is. When they do sell distilled water as drinking water, they put minerials in it to make it taste good.
2: A home distillery more than likely will not remove volitile compounds (chemicals) from the water as they will evaporate and be condensed along with the water. You would need a more complex system like a hooch still but reverse the condensation process so you keep the water and lose the volitile compounds

[crashdive123]

1: and the easiest to remedy, distilled water tastes like nothing, that is why distilled water isn't sold as drinking water but spring water is. When they do sell distilled water as drinking water, they put minerials in it to make it taste good.

Do you have a source on that? I drink a lot of distilled water - no taste, no additives (at least none that I know of).

[SARKY]

If it straight distilled water then they didn't put any minerials in it. But some of the bottled waters are not actually spring water but distilled tap water with the minerials put in to make it taste like natural spring water.