Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:39:24 -0700 (PDT) From: bruce dudley <bddudley@yahoo.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1172$foo@default> Subject: Re: using water from a dehumidifier
> Topic No. 3
>
> Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 09:22:32 -0500
> From: "Strata, Inc." <strata@flash.net>
> To: <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
> Subject: Betsy on the Keys
> Message-ID: <000801bfa22f$0d54ff20$ca45d7d8@strata>
>
> >I live in southwest Florida, on an island and it is
> very humid down here.
> Is
> >the dehumidified water safe for the CPs? (I'm a
> block from the ocean.)
>
> >Thanks, Betsi
> >
> Betsy,
> I assume you mean "desalinated" water (not
> "dehumidified"). Although most
> of the salt is removed it may still contain disolved
> solids at levels
> harmful to CPs. Have the water analyzed by a
> water-filtration-supplies
> company, for chlorine and disolved solids. If they
> tell you that it
> contains over
> 100 parts per million disolved solids, buy distilled
> water. Pure water has
> fewer than 5 parts per million. If you use more
> than a couple of gallons
> per week, you need an RO (Reverse Osmosis) filter,
> to make your own pure
> water.
>
> Take care,
> Michael Pagoulatos
>
Hi Betsi,
I used to run a dehumidifier in my house, too. I
tried the water from time to time with no horrifying
results. However, I stopped running the dehumidifier
because I seemed to think it was just a waste of
electricity. The house never seemed any less
humid!!!!
Strangely, the water from the dehumidifier tub seemed
very cold!
I don't think that the dehumidified water would be the
purest water though. You will have to change your
filter pretty often to be sure impurities from the
air, or even stagnation in the tub wouldn't harm your
plants.
Just some thoughts from someone else who thought
dehumidified water would be great to recycle.
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