Sol,
At 6300 ft =2100 meters! Without looking at your distiller I can't tell
you. Distillers are made to generate enough BTU to gently boil the
amount of water in the still at standard conditions of temperature and
pressure. The pressure at 2100 meters is much lower than that at sea
level and you may be overheating.
Without the benefit of a diagram, you may be getting liquid water in
your condenser. If you are evaporating and condensing at the correct
rate, the drip-drip from the condenser tip will be very steady. If the
outflow is not steady it could be an indication of liquid water getting
into your condenser. Try to add some glass or ceramic beads to control
over-boiling.
Under laboratory conditions you will not get any fluorides in your
distilled water.
Good luck
Frank
sol wrote:
frankcuns-r...@comcast.net wrote:
A word of advice when distilling. The amount of heat one needs to
apply is that just necessary to produce vapors. In other words, once
you start distilling use the least amount of heat possible. You want
to avoid over-boiling. It is also advisable to add glass beads to the
water to be distilled so that the dissolved gases are released
gradually without over-boiling. Finally make sure you filter the
water before you start.
What is your elevation? do you live in a mountain area. The vapor
pressure diminishing as you reduce the atmospheric pressure.
Frank
I use a purchased distiller, and for CS making I do distill filtered
cold water. I have no control over the temperature the still boils the
water at.
Elevation here is 6300 ft.
I still want to know if distilling removes fluoride or not? I suppose
from your first answer that it does, but am confused by the "open
distillation" comment. In a closed distiller from which the distillate
comes out via a spout into a collection container, will there be
fluroide in the distilled water or not?
thanks,
sol
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