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First, Nerds are cool. :wink:

Now the question........

The water that I take from my dehumidifier, would that be considered "distilled water"? :thinking:

I ask because, I am considering purchasing a Shark Steam mop and apparently, they recommend using distilled water due to the mineral content of tap water. Additionally, with all this rain and humidity, I just emptied the dehumidifier and thought.......hmmmm....does this water have the same properties as distilled water?

And yes, I am cheap and don't feel like buying distilled water and remembering to keep it "in stock". :tongue:
 
No it wouldn't be distilled. You would want to boil it to kill any lingering pathogens.

P.S. Nerds rule! :)
 
Looks like there could be some health concerns as per Wikipedia:

The great said:
Generally, dehumidifier water is considered a rather clean kind of greywater: not suitable for drinking, but acceptable for watering plants, though not garden vegetables The health concerns are:
  • the water may contain trace metals from solder and other metallic parts, most significantly lead (which is quite dangerous), but also copper, aluminum, and zinc. The trace metals pose a danger if used on edible plants, as they can bioaccumulate; however, the water is usable for irrigation of non-edible plants.
  • various pathogens, including fungal spores, may accumulate in the water particularly due to its stagnancy; unlike in distilled water production, the water is not boiled, which would kill pathogens (including bacteria);
  • as with distilled water, minerals are largely absent, hence it is somewhat flat-tasting.
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spazntwitch said:
No it wouldn't be distilled. You would want to boil it to kill any lingering pathogens.

P.S. Nerds rule! :)
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I thought of that, but for the purposes of a steam machine/mop, wouldn't the steaming process kill the bacteria?

Or, I thought of adding a dash of alcohol.

Or, I could just boil the waer from the dehumidifier and be "good" for it's purposes?
 
spazntwitch said:
No it wouldn't be distilled. You would want to boil it to kill any lingering pathogens.
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And for all you lurkers out there who suspected that spazntwitch was a nerd (if the Skynet signature wasn't your first clue), "lingering pathogens" should remove all doubt.
 
precocious said:
Or, I could just boil the waer from the dehumidifier and be "good" for it's purposes?
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I'm not a nerd, but even I know that boiling wa=>T<=er, releases moisture into the air - making it more humid .

:wink:
 
diGriz said:
I'm not a nerd, but even I know that boiling wa=>T<=er, releases moisture into the air - making it more humid .

:wink:
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But....I wouldn't be boiling it in the area of the dehumidifier...and I wouldn't boil it to the point of total evaporation....and you are nerdy....:yesnod:
 
I don't think it would be harmful using it in a steam mop as the steam should kill any bacteria in the water. It would be a waste of water just pouring it down the drain. Using it on your lawn would be my suggestion, since most of the south has been in a drought.
We have so much moisture here that a dehumidifier would probably burn out from all the use, as the area I live in is considered bottom land. Even during a drought we have to cut the grass every week.
 
I wonder what the "technical support team" (read nerds) at the "Shark Steam mop company" would say. :thinking:
 
precocious said:
But....I wouldn't be boiling it in the area of the dehumidifier...and I wouldn't boil it to the point of total evaporation....and you are nerdy....:yesnod:
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Evaporation is the process by which water is converted from its liquid form to its vapor form and thus transferred from land and water masses to the atmosphere
 
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