Malcolm,
'Thank you for your interesting and detailed response. Would it be alright if
I forward your post to the people who are asking about RO water?
Nancy...
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Hi; I wish I knew. I just finished installing a RO system with a
de-ionizing (DI) cartridge, so if I want water for drinking or preparing food I
have the little faucet up on the sink, and if I want DI water, there is a small
spigot down underneath. The water from the little faucet tastes better than
the water straight form the tap - which is pretty good anyway. The water from
the DI spigot tastes even better to me, though I have been told that it was
supposed to taste "flat" because it was without all those wonderful dissolved
minerals. Perhaps I have built up a backlog of them or something<g>. Anyway, I
normally measure the conductivity of my water before I start a batch of CS - I
drop the top with it's silver wires down onto the jar, and measure the amount
of current that passes through the water at the beginning or the process.
Generally the Distilled water I get around here measures about 0.2 millamps to
begin, and the CS at the finish seems to be pretty good; clear, slight
bitterness on the back of the tongue and a typical Tyndall effect with a little
laser pen, but not noticeable sparklies ;i.e., bigger particles.
