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Re: Dehumidifier output = distilled water?

To: Mike Lee <mikel@ichips.intel.com>, Shop talk
Subject: Re: Dehumidifier output = distilled water?
From: "CHRIS KOTTING" <ckotting@wideopenwest.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:28:46 -0600
You'd at least want to test the pH.  Around here, distilled water is cheap 
enough that I wouldn't bother.

Chris K.

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:43:38 -0800, Mike Lee wrote
> I've been running a dehumidifier 24/7 in our house for the past few 
> weeks; it's been wet enough here (Oregon; 28 straight days of rain)
>  that it's pulling 2-3 gallons a day.  Is the water coming out of 
> the dehumidifier pretty much equivalent to distilled water? I'm not 
> planning on drinking it, but it'd be a very convenient source of 
> water for when I flush out the radiators in the cars.  Is there a 
> simple way to test for mineral content in the water, which I guess 
> is the only thing I'd need to be worried about?
> 
> TIA,
> Mike




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