Hello Bob and All: I really appreciate the information on the Sears Distiller. Bought one yesterday, and starting with 359 ppm total dissolved solids (based on my new Hanna WP-1)(College Station water is notoriously high in nitrates), my first batch tested 001 ppm. Great! And it made wonderful coffee this morning.
I did a little rough calculation of costs of producing the distilled water. This is rough, and if I screw it up don't flame me. The unit consumes just under 600 watts of electricity. So if you operated it 24 hours per day you would use 0.6 kilowatts X 24 hours = 14.4 kilowatt-hours (kWh). I think our electricity costs about $.07 per kWh (didn't take time to look up my last electric bill - but just use your own rate), so this is just about $1 per day. The unit is supposed to produce 4 gallons per day, so the cost per gallon is about 25 cents per gallon. Since I pay about $.79 for high (?) quality commercial distilled water, it seems to me this is a very cost-effective solution to my distilled water needs. Dean -----Original Message----- From: Tai-Pan [mailto:l...@fbtc.net] Sent: Thursday, June 04, 1998 2:49 AM To: Joseph Cc: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: Sears distiller Joseph wrote: Does Sears give a cost of making one gallon of distilled water? That does have a filter in it to, right? You wouldn't happen to know price? How much water does it take to make a gallon of distilled water? Thanks Joe ---------- From: Tai-Pan <l...@fbtc.net> To: dmcmu...@bellatlantic.net Cc: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: Sears distiller Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 2:19 PM Douglas McMurtrie wrote: Tai-Pan wrote: Hi list, Passing on what I`ve learned from the new distiller purchased yesterday. Went out and bought the* Kenmore Countertop Water Purifier*,thats what they call it. Have made several gallons of distilled water now and this is the result. All batches were started as tap water (city) with 231ppm readings on the TDS-1. After distilling readings were 001ppm on the TDS-1. This product works very well. Left the cap off of a gallon of new distilled water over night and it read 003ppm in the water at the top. Shook the bottle up a little bit and read it again, this time it read 001ppm . Seems the top layer of water in contact with the air became slightly carbonized with contact of the CO2 in the air. Lesson : Keep your water sealed when not in use. Now I`m not at the mercy of store bought distilled water. The instruction manual said it takes six hours to make one gallon , the one I have does it in 5 1/2 hours . Bless You Bob Lee -- oozing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast l...@fbtc.net -- Tai-Pan, If you don't mind me asking, what was the price of the distillation unit? Douglas, It was priced at $129 plus tax. Bob -- Joseph, Answers to questions: Sears did not give cost of making water, the electric power consumption is 585 watts,at 120 volts AC. It has an activated carbon filter at the outlet,its replacable every few months for $1.50. Price here locally was $129 plus tax. I filled it with one gallon of water and got one gallon of water out of it. After distilling a batch (one gallon) there was a wet sludge in the bottom of the tank. In my area it is mostly calcium, sulfer and some iron oxide. The wetness was mostly D2O (heavy water). Washed it all out after each batch. The distiller is certified by the California Department of Health. Amazingly it is approved by the IOWA State Department of Health. I say this because not a single camping or trail water purifier is approved by IOWA State. All the water purifiers in the Campmore catalog may NOT be sold in the State of IOWA. Iowa State has really tough standards. Good for them. The pamphlet with the machine lists 26 contaminants in removes as per EPA guide lines. Hope this answers your questions OK. Bless you Bob Lee Ozzing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast l...@fbtc.net -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
