I am making distilled water in a one gallon table top distiller from www.wholesalewaterfilters.com . I do not have a PWT meter but I do have a SilverGen SG6 that will read conductance and is suppose to be a test for the purity of the distilled water. It is not lighting up the light when I put the SG6 in the pure distilled and turning it on. This is suppose to indicate an acceptably pure distilled water - right Trem? Anyway my batches are clear and have no floaties or sinkers so I think everything is working well.
My well water, that I start with has a hardness of 40 as tested by Sears and a local water filter dealer. I get about a half a teaspoon (have not actually measured it) of soft sludge with each batch. I wipe this out and a couple small spots of hard scale are always left in the same spots. I soak the unit in 9% vinegar and hot water, about 1:4 to remove all scale about every six batches or so. You may have to look around for the 9% vinegar but it does save some money and transportation over the 5%. I use white vinegar. I have heard that ingesting minerals in water in sufficient quantity is a load on your system to remove the metallic minerals that your body does not absorb. Estimates I have seen of absorbtion of this form of mineral is maybe 10%, probably less. I have also been told but have not confirmed that the minerals are conjugated by the liver to a more water soluble form as organic acids. This is extra work for both the liver and the kidneys which then must filter out the water soluble organic acids. Sorry I do not have verified info here, maybe someone will pick up on this thread and tell us more. I prefer to get my minerals in plant based sources, where they are in balance and easily absorbed. I grow my own herbs and eat organic produce, nuts and seeds and mineral rich seaweeds. I add minerals in the form of seaweed supplements to the herbs I grow. Garnet On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 22:49, Roussie wrote: > I just got my first water distiller-- one of the small Love distillers > discussed recently. It seems to operate as intended, but I'm still a > novice at this end of the process, so was hoping some who had more > experience might be so kind as to advise. .. > > 1. I bought a Hannah TSD 1 with the distiller, because that's what they > sold, and I wanted a way to gauge the quality of the DW I made with > the unit. In making CS, if I have a reading on the DW before, is the > difference in the reading after making the CS equivalent to the PPM in > the CS? > > 2. I've noted that some use a PWT for this purpose... is one better or > worse than the other? What is the difference? > > 3. The initial two gallons of DW I've made (each with fresh batches of > water-- one filtered, one regular tap water) have not produced a 0ppm > DW, though the reading is better on the second (16 vs 06)-- which I > suppose could be due to perhaps 'flushing out' the unit. Is this usual? > > 4. The sediment after running filtered water was soft and sludgy-- I > could wipe it out with a paper towel, but after I ran the plain tap water, > the sediment, though it appears the same in color, etc., is solid, and is > hard, like scale, and cannot be wiped from the bottom of the tank... > anyone know a reason for this? > > 5. What is an acceptable reading for the finished DW? Is 0ppm > expecting too much? If so, what would be acceptable for CS > production? > > 6. Would it perhaps improve the quality if I ran the DW through the > distiller again to reduce the impurities? > > 7. (Last one... really.. <g>) After testing the water before and after > distilling, and seeing what's left behind in the distiller, I'm wondering if > it would be preferable to distill our drinking water? I was a kind of > grossed out at the gunk in the bottom of the distiller after making the > DW. I've always thought that the minerals in water were beneficial, but > in looking into buying a distiller, I've seen DW touted as the best and > only pure water, and as preferable for drinking. Any opinions on this? > > Thanks for any and all assistance with my most recent learning curve. > > ==============Leigh > > -- "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to > what lies within us"... Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
