dehumidified water.....

slocrow · November 10, 2004, 09:52:20 AM

I finally relented and bought a dehumidifier for the basement. To my surprise the rain forest is disappearing. I'm pouring out a gallon every two days.
As I'm dumping this down the drain I started to wonder if using this accumulated water in the cooling system and possibly the battery would be as good as the suggested distilled water. It's got to be better then tap water, especially here with our extra hard stuff. Any thoughts or known drawbacks? Thanks, Frank

rumrumm · November 10, 2004, 10:22:29 AM

I have heard of people using it on their house plants, but not as water for batteries, etc. I never thought about it, though. It probably would contain fewer minerals.

purplepickup · November 10, 2004, 10:51:39 AM

I use it in my cooling systems & batteries, and Sue uses it in her iron. It is just like distilled water. When I'm filling jugs, I put a coffee filter in the funnel to filter the spiders and snakes from the basement out of it.

enjenjo · November 10, 2004, 10:57:10 AM

I have some dehydrated water you can have for the shipping. You can get almost 5 gallons of it in a match box. It's handy when traveling.

rumrumm · November 10, 2004, 10:59:32 AM

Wow. I learned something today. It was worth waking up!!

GPster · November 10, 2004, 12:03:20 PM

The only thing that you won't find in distilled water is the airborn gasseous products that will not solidfy until the temperature is less than the coil temperature of the de-humidifier. Things like fungi and bacterias can live in that water and actually can be more concentrated than in your beathing air because of the recycling that the airflo does. The metals that you find in tap water are only in water if it stays in its liquid form. As soon as it becomes gasseous (humidity) the metals will stay in what liquid is left or be left as a stain (rust?). It would probably make better water for filling bateries and radiators. It is techniccally rain so it's probably good for the plants. But I wouldn't drink it. GPster

Bob K · November 10, 2004, 01:16:57 PM

Yeah I bought some of that dehydrated water, couldn't figure out what to add.

B :?: B

phat rat · November 10, 2004, 01:49:03 PM

Quote from: "Faat Rod"Yeah I bought some of that dehydrated water, couldn't figure out what to add.

B :?: B

As I understand it, in Wi. you'd add cheese

phat46 · November 10, 2004, 05:12:29 PM

Quote from: "slocrow"I finally relented and bought a dehumidifier for the basement. To my surprise the rain forest is disappearing. I'm pouring out a gallon every two days.
As I'm dumping this down the drain I started to wonder if using this accumulated water in the cooling system and possibly the battery would be as good as the suggested distilled water. It's got to be better then tap water, especially here with our extra hard stuff. Any thoughts or known drawbacks? Thanks, Frank

LOL, a timely post, a few days ago i got a panic phone call from my older daughter who lives about a mile away. Seems she had come home from work and found it raining in her house. The house was formerly a two unit appartment house. The hot water side of the UPSTAIRS kitchen, which she has turned into a hobby room, had come off the faucet and had been running all day! It had leaked (poured) down into the groundfloor bathroom under the upstairs kitchen and the water had continued to the basement where thankfully the sump pump had been pumping it out. after the initial cleanup with a shop vac and mops etc. we used de humidifiers in the house. We could have supplied everyone on the board with distilled water for a while.

tomslik · November 10, 2004, 06:52:08 PM

Quote from: "purplepickup"I use it in my cooling systems & batteries, and Sue uses it in her iron. It is just like distilled water. When I'm filling jugs, I put a coffee filter in the funnel to filter the spiders and snakes from the basement out of it.

kinda reminds me of all the hell i took from purp cuz i drink bottled water

purplepickup · November 10, 2004, 07:42:47 PM

Quote from: "tomslik"kinda reminds me of all the ##### i took from purp cuz i drink bottled water

I'm just a dumb flatlander but I always thought Colorado was the land of sparkling pure Rocky Mountain spring water. It just seemed kinda funny to see you sucking on a bottle of reconstituted dehydrated water.

Knowing you I'd have expected you to go up in the mountains and get some of that water the beavers wash up in.

tomslik · November 10, 2004, 08:08:11 PM

Quote from: "purplepickup"
Quote from: "tomslik"kinda reminds me of all the ##### i took from purp cuz i drink bottled water
I'm just a dumb flatlander but I always thought Colorado was the land of sparkling pure Rocky Mountain spring water. It just seemed kinda funny to see you sucking on a bottle of reconstituted dehydrated water.

well, #1,i ain't got water out in the shop.
#2, even back when i use to go to rod parks, i drank bottled water cuz i can't hardly drink pop(unless it's mixed;) ).
#3dentist sez it's been good for my teeth.

my tap water tastes like chit.

want some gum?

Knowing you I'd have expected you to go up in the mountains and get some of that water the beavers wash up in.

actually, i've offered to wash beavers before but i keep getting backhanded.

just can't win...

Crosley.In.AZ · November 11, 2004, 08:47:46 PM

Did you middleaged farts see the Hamm's beer logo years ago ?

The one about "It's the water" that used the Large bear in the logo....

then some T-shirts had the logo with the Bear taking a whiz in the river with a large smile on his face

purplepickup · November 11, 2004, 10:32:34 PM

Quote from: "Crosley"Did you middleaged farts see the Hamm's beer logo years ago ?

The one about "It's the water" that used the Large bear in the logo....

then some T-shirts had the logo with the Bear taking a whiz in the river with a large smile on his face

Back in the early '70s when Jimi Hendrix and the Doors were making albums, there was a comedy group called Firesign Theater that did an album that had a skit about Bear Whiz beer on it. I was a big fan an used to have a few of their albums. They were really funny, a little political, and weird....George Tirebiter.....Porgy and Mudhead....hmmm...memories..... Probably no one here has even heard of Firesign Theater.....and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Anyway, some people got together about 10 years ago and made some t-shirts with this logo on them. You can still get them.

Fat Cat · November 12, 2004, 07:33:20 AM

Quote from: "purplepickup"Probably no one here has even heard of Firesign Theater.....and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Who me? You must have the wrong guy.

I spell my name Danger

Nick Danger
Third Eye

I have a bunch of Firesign Theater in MP3 format about 1.5gb worth