Hi there Ted, Trouble is, there is quite a difference between tap water which carries high concentrations of dissolved solids already, and steam, which is pure water looking for solids to dissolve. Steam is quite reactive and corrosive, and will eat away at the copper tubing. Perhaps some plastics might be alright especially those that can withstand autoclaving.
Ivan > -----Original Message----- > From: Theodore Corbett [mailto:miesenbac...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, 20 December 2001 10:17 p.m. > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>Water Distiller > > > I don't see a reason why you couldn't use copper > tubing as long as your distilling drinking water. In > my house the plumbing for the hot and cold water is > copper pipe. I just recently tested my water and one > of the tests was for copper and the test came out > negative and the copper pipe is at least 15 years old! > If you go to one of the home brewing supply houses on > the web they sell 3/8" and 1/2" coiled copper tubing > that would be perfect for a distiller. They use them > to cool the wurt when brewing beer. They run between > $20.00 to $50.00. They also have high temp plastic > tubing. If you need a couple URL's for the home brew > sites let me know. Ted Corbett -- 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 Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
