Four hours of run time , does it heat up the kitchen ?
I notice a considerable temperature change when I use a bigger crock pot for 2.5 to 4 hours.but my apt. kitchen is medium smallish.

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Originally posted by HRK:
Could buy a bottle of QuickMix and make your own from concentrate, you already have the water, not sure you need to distill, it's probable a good filtration system would do well.

https://www.qwixmix.com/

Good to know this stuff exists!

In my research about mixing my own it was advised to use distilled to avoid clogging up sprayers with calcium/mineral deposits but it does not say anything about that with this product? We have extremely hard water here.

I considered buying a distiller sometime last year when there was a continual shortage of it. I use it for my humidifiers. Plus thr price rose from $1.05 a gallon to $1.35 a gallon last time I bought it.

However, I found a better alternative without the electrical use and I imagine cleaning of the crust that forms on the heating elements.

The product is ZeroWater which removes all Total Dissolved Solids. My tap water TDS goes from 120 to 150 PPM. And one filter removes the dissolved solids completely until I get about 70 liters at which point it starts at 1 PPM. But I found a way to stretch things out by using two filters in tandem using two . You can see my set up below.



I have two pairs with each pair consisting of a 30 cup dispenser and a 12 cup pitcher. Currently, the 12-cup pitchers are filtering tap water putting out 2 PPM filtered water. One of 12-cup pitcher filter has 200 liters already through it. They feed the 30 cup dispensers which have newer filters, The 30 cup dispensers put out 0 TDS. When either 30 cup dispenser start putting out 1 PPM TDS, then I'll replace the filter in the corresponding 12 cup pitcher and the dispenser will now feed the new filter. I can get 250 liters this way through each filter producing 0 PPM TDS. Using just one filter, the 1 PPM is reached at about 70 liters and 6 PPM is reached at 125 to 150 liters.

I have two pairs because I have 8 humidifiers going 24/7 to keep my skin baby butt smooth. So I have five 4-liter jugs at the ready and also as emergency water.

To make it distilled water equivalent for use in my neti pot, I just heat water to a rolling boil for about half a minute. I don't really count. I set the temperature to 212, the water at my altitude boils at 203 and the kettle stops automatically after a certain point past boiling.

When I was using just 1 filter at a time and letting it go to 6 PPM which was about 125 liters, I calculated my costs to be 40 cents a gallon. But now that I'm using two filters in tandem, getting about 225 liters out of each filter and still getting 0 PPM out the end, I imagine my cost less than 20 cents per gallon (not counting the outlays for the additional dispenser and filters.

We run a dehumidifier 24x7. Here in SE Ga. There’s plenty enough humidity to generate a gallon of water a week. Not sure that would be clean enough for your purposes.
We use the product in our iron and lead acid batteries, when needed.
Billy

Just a side question... why do 'we' need to only run distilled water in a cpap machine?

^Undistilled water contains minerals that will build up over time and contaminate the pump and plumbing, significantly affecting efficiency. It may also contain chemical impurities or even micro-organisms you obviously wouldn't want to ingest.

Once or twice probably wouldn't do much, but it's a very bad habit to get into.

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
Just a side question... why do 'we' need to only run distilled water in a cpap machine?

Tap water with its mineral content will cake up the works requiring either rigorous cleaning or the failure of the CPAP humidifier. Using distilled water ensures safe clean operation.

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It may also contain impurities or even micro-organisms you obviously wouldn't want to ingest.

Well most folks drink it out of the faucet, use that water to wash, shower, shit, shave, so they probably ingest it anyway.

We have hard water down here as well, I do use distilled in the golf cart batteries and my cpap as well.

Really need a whole house water system.

^Drinking is one thing, ingesting directly into the air passages and lungs for several hours is another. This is a standard warning for CPAP users. It's not the main reason, that being the build-up of mineral deposits, but still something to be aware of.

People have gotten some pretty gnarly infections using tap water where it doesn't belong.

These distillers-they made in China? I have a hunch they might be.

I pay $1.49/gallon for distilled water at Jerkwater’s rooky doo grocery store. Even if I used 4 or 5 gallons a month I would rather pay for it than screw around making it at home, maintaining the distillation machine, paying for the additional electricity, and dealing with another doodad on the kitchen counter.

YMMV.

I figured it was mostly the minerals in some water as well as the potential for critters but why not just use filtered water.... I'm still sort of new to this cpap thing... started this past August.... our city water is supposed to be pretty darn clean and this last week or two I've just been using filtered water from our tap....even though as others have noted... distilled water don't cost that much I just need to remember to buy it.

another issue is I just looked at the specs on my machine and it says its temperature range for operation is 47-95 degrees f.... I sleep out on a porch and it went down into the 20s this past week. First night I woke up breathing super cold air... and my solution right now is a heating pad under the unit set on low.

I’d read the manual or call the manufacturer, but I’m reading that reverse osmosis water is good to go in a CPAP’s humidifier chamber. In fact home reverse osmosis setups that include charcoal filters will remove chemicals that a home distiller won’t. A home distiller won’t allows any chemicals who’s boiling points are less than water’s boiling point to go right through.

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Originally posted by kkina:
^Drinking is one thing, ingesting directly into the air passages and lungs for several hours is another. This is a standard warning for CPAP users. It's not the main reason, that being the build-up of mineral deposits, but still something to be aware of.

People have gotten some pretty gnarly infections using tap water where it doesn't belong.

Agree, I use distilled, was filling it this am as it ran dry last night, forgot to fill before bed, says "distilled only" on the side of the water unit.

A pet peeve of mine, why the hell are the water containers on CPAP machines so damn small, you run it at anything over 3-4 and it's going to run it down quick, imagine if you live in AZ and have it set higher you'd have to fill it twice a night, for petes sake, someone should invent a larger water container for these things.

Berkey water filters

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Originally posted by bald1:
Recently ordered a CO-Z 1.1 Gallon Water Distiller, 1750W Countertop Distilled Water Machine with Glass Container Dual Temperature Display Timer, 4L 304 Stainless Steel Distilled Water Maker on sale plus a 5% discount at CO-Z.
https://cozpalace.com/ (Much cheaper direct than Amazon.)



Hasn't arrived yet.

I have had the previous version to this for the last fifteen years, and use it to produce the distilled water from my steam trains. Mine cost me just over $60 from the local PX here in UK, where they were selling household items using 240V instead of the more usual 110V because of the rundown of the base, and the move of many personnel into local rented housing.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Good to know tac! Mine arrived and I've used it several times. $119 sale price direct is still valid.
Couldn't be happier!

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