Thanks for documenting this. I'm still deciding, but have no problem with using the water for household or filtering if drinking during a crisis. I hear what the critics are saying. The thing is, do we trust our water filters or not? Yes or no. I suspect much worse is going through our water filters than what we would collect in dehumidifiers. There's our answer.
@ReverendRichie Excellent thought, but we must also consider the the process in which it undergoes, Making this transition from gas to liquid. Water purity is more.Vhonorable in a liquid state versus gas. The converted stagnant water from condensation.Can harbor biological contaminants including mold mildew and allergy especially if the collection bucket isn't properly Cleansed regularly. The condensation can also pick up lead and other metal residues from the component parts of the dehumidifiers. Unlike the Stillwater, it is important for us to remember that dehumidified.Water is never sterilized through a boiling process.
Look into Atmospheric water Generators, they’re basically dehumidifiers with built in UV light, refrigeration, a reverse osmosis filter, and a Graphene-based Lead Filter- something a standard Brita could never do. Don’t forget what Lead poisoning from these internal metal components can do without nanotechnology to remove them. They’re now portable and less than $1800. You may see one at the doctors office. Great way to get clean pure still water. Or add electrolytes if desired. There’s 300x more drinkable water in the atmosphere than on earth soil. The best time to use them is between 2am-8am when the air is most humid and most clean while everyone sleeps. Fresh morning dew.
Close inspection of the unit in the above video reveals slight changes in the solder joints on the heat exchanger that could link some lead, but I assume that the risk is no greater than that of the copper fittings in your typical home plumbing. I have a reverse osmosis system that does an outstanding job of removing impurities from tap water. What gets me is that if there are a lot of impurities in the air, we are breathing them, so I am not too concerned right now. If there is a nuclear attack, we will then take it seriously. Thank you for your comments; I value them greatly.
No one has said what metal concentrations are present in dehumidifier water. You can get serious poisoning. Someone needs to do this. When I get one. I'm going to take the water sample to a lab to find out. A lab where you would take water well samples to be tested for potable water
@@tenthplace no. I have not bought the "Midea 20 pint dehumidifier" $189 yet. But I was planning to take that water and run it through a "Countertop Water Distiller Stainless" $289... I will remove all contaminants by doing it this way
Be careful. Although you have low PPM, we don't know what those remaining PPM are. But we do know the condensing coil isn't food grade and the water likely condenses on some lead (Pb) solder points, and there's no telling what other chemicals could come from those coils.
@@ReverendRichie It depends on the type of plastic. The recycle code can be found on most containers on the bottom, surrounded by a triangle. #5 is the best (Polypropylene) and will leach the least amount of contaminants. #2 is the next best (HDPE) and is what most gallon jugs for milk and water are made from. #7 is a toss up since some is good and some is bad. The harder the #7, the better. Avoid all others, even #1 which is what most water bottles are made from. In all cases, esp. #1, keep them out of sunlight and away from heat: the cooler the better (40F would be perfect). Still, if water is stored in plastic for a long time, you can run the water through a carbon filter and that will remove almost all of the leached chemicals. So, store carbon in vacuum-sealed bags along with the water.
@@CT-if2tt So would it be as safe to use a carbon filtration system in general on all water, including water collected from this dehumidifier? Please note we are talking about survival mode, etc.?
@@ReverendRichie If it was me in a survival mode (not advice, just personal thoughts) I'd boil it to kill any microbes, and then I'd use a carbon filter. The carbon won't catch all of any dangerous metals but will help some. But if it's that or die of dehydration, I'd drink it. Otherwise, I'd use it to wash clothes, flush the toilet, etc.
@CT-if2tt Thank you for making my point. I feel the quality of the water is better than the water supplied by the municipal systems especially during a crisis.
I’ve used it for my fish tank but they didn’t liked it, however it doesn’t leave any trace or stains in my canning steamer like tap water does. So there’s use for it
Serious question: how did you determine quality or that the fish did not like it? I take cues from behavior of other living things so wonder what they found undesirable. For now, I'm trusting filters with added minerals. Still testing.
i had thought about using the water from out of a dehumidifier before now but i think i would be extra safe by filtering its water though a zero water jug as they give a reading of 000 on tds meter once the water has passed through the filter. there's lots of dust in the air inside your room floating around and you only ever notice that dust in the air when a strong sunbeam shines in through your window and you can see so much dust floating inside your room. no matter how clean your room is there is a ton of dust just floating and some of it would be sucked into the dehumidifier water. its why i would use a zero water filter jug then after that i would feel it safe to drink that water.
That is a good point about the free-floating dust particles in the air; however, I would prefer the dust over rust from old plumbing, as in the situation in Michigan. As stated, if there is another means of collecting water, this would be a backup system used in a crisis situation.
Y’all don’t drink it straight out the dehumidifier . Mold and the system itself isn’t food grade and who know what chemical or cheap material they use. Obviously do your own research. But if you do choose to go this route. You might want at a minimum to use a distiller. Yeah you’re using more energy, ect. But it’s your health. Boiling does not make it 100 safe from mold and other contaminants . This is just the little research I’ve done in 10 min lol. But obviously for an emergency this will better than dying. But keep everything clean and do research. Please and good luck
Even if you don't want to drink the water, you can use it to water your plants. However, sending the water through a Brita water filter would put to rest any concerns about drinking it.
@@ReverendRichie Thank you for showing your procedure and sharing your results. Now, about the air conditioner: both the air conditioner and dehumidifier are drawing water from the air and condensing it. You showed us the dehumidifier water is clean. What leads to your conclusion that air conditioner water if collected won't be clean?
@@williammiller6043 Thank you for your comment. To answer your question, I don't recall stating water from an AC would not be clean; however, that greatly depends upon the conditions where the AC is located. I know of AC units where rodents made nests in the evaporator and a high mode concentration in the outlet. It depends upon how well the AC is maintained.
It don't make any sense doing this, Just collect it from your air conditioner it's exactly the same thing And you can cool your home at the same time, but boil it, and filter it
Sure, that is an option if one wishes for that assurance. May also want to send a sample of bottled water for comparison at the same time. @@johnmal5975
Don't get me wrong I am not against this. It's so much cheaper then buying the atmospheric water purifiers that start at 2000 dollars and up. They are basically an overpriced dehumidifier with filters and food grade coils etc.. @@ReverendRichie
ua-cam.com/video/TYItO9eXn60/v-deo.html According to this guy, all that is required is a temperature diffraction of 10 degrees, and dew will form. @@johnmal5975
@@ReverendRichie Longer term I'd be considered about bacteria growing inside the dehumidifier. Yours still appears to be very clean but these devices are not really built for to make cleaning and disinfection easy.
It should be relativly close to distilled water,. Any minerals in the water would be from pollutations in the air or machine which generally isn't much. Certainly not enough to make it taste salty.
@@ralfbaechle True, and if I were to use this consistently, I would boil and use a charcoal filter. Clearing the Dehumidifier with bleach will help with the build-up of bacteria.
Its not safe to drink water from a dehumidifier i think you should make a point of saying that maybe change your video title to say its not safe. Water from a dehumidifier has all sorts of bacteria and dangerous things in it especially residential contaminants off the condensation off the coils in the dehumidifier. Anyways this is not safe people don't drink it it had things Like lead in the water as well as other dangerous things just simply don't drink it you can use this water for many other things that ate safe. Use this to wash your clothing or fill the toilet tank with it. You can water flowers with this just don't use it to water any food plants its not safe for this use either. 🤷♂️👍✌️
Obviously, one must disinfect and keep their dehumidifier clean. I personally use bleach in a spray bottle to get the disinfectant into small areas. Have a look at a much bigger water-from-air project: moseswestfoundation.org/our-story/
Nice job! My dehumidifier read 13 ppm this morning & my filtered tap water was 238 ppm.
Thank you.
Thanks for documenting this. I'm still deciding, but have no problem with using the water for household or filtering if drinking during a crisis. I hear what the critics are saying. The thing is, do we trust our water filters or not? Yes or no. I suspect much worse is going through our water filters than what we would collect in dehumidifiers. There's our answer.
Think about this, what pollution is in the air, we breathe. So if we are pulling water from the air, it can't be any worse.
Maybe create your own filters with aggregate, sand and charcoal and then boil it🤔
@ReverendRichie Excellent thought, but we must also consider the the process in which it undergoes, Making this transition from gas to liquid.
Water purity is more.Vhonorable in a liquid state versus gas.
The converted stagnant water from condensation.Can harbor biological contaminants including mold mildew and allergy especially if the collection bucket isn't properly Cleansed regularly.
The condensation can also pick up lead and other metal residues from the component parts of the dehumidifiers.
Unlike the Stillwater, it is important for us to remember that dehumidified.Water is never sterilized through a boiling process.
Look into Atmospheric water Generators, they’re basically dehumidifiers with built in UV light, refrigeration, a reverse osmosis filter, and a Graphene-based Lead Filter- something a standard Brita could never do. Don’t forget what Lead poisoning from these internal metal components can do without nanotechnology to remove them. They’re now portable and less than $1800. You may see one at the doctors office. Great way to get clean pure still water. Or add electrolytes if desired. There’s 300x more drinkable water in the atmosphere than on earth soil. The best time to use them is between 2am-8am when the air is most humid and most clean while everyone sleeps. Fresh morning dew.
Close inspection of the unit in the above video reveals slight changes in the solder joints on the heat exchanger that could link some lead, but I assume that the risk is no greater than that of the copper fittings in your typical home plumbing. I have a reverse osmosis system that does an outstanding job of removing impurities from tap water. What gets me is that if there are a lot of impurities in the air, we are breathing them, so I am not too concerned right now. If there is a nuclear attack, we will then take it seriously. Thank you for your comments; I value them greatly.
No one has said what metal concentrations are present in dehumidifier water. You can get serious poisoning. Someone needs to do this. When I get one. I'm going to take the water sample to a lab to find out. A lab where you would take water well samples to be tested for potable water
Would love to know the results of that test
You get the results yet??
@@tenthplace no. I have not bought the "Midea 20 pint dehumidifier" $189 yet. But I was planning to take that water and run it through a "Countertop Water Distiller Stainless" $289... I will remove all contaminants by doing it this way
Be careful. Although you have low PPM, we don't know what those remaining PPM are. But we do know the condensing coil isn't food grade and the water likely condenses on some lead (Pb) solder points, and there's no telling what other chemicals could come from those coils.
I am curious: what are your perspectives on Water stored in plastic containers?
@@ReverendRichie It depends on the type of plastic. The recycle code can be found on most containers on the bottom, surrounded by a triangle. #5 is the best (Polypropylene) and will leach the least amount of contaminants. #2 is the next best (HDPE) and is what most gallon jugs for milk and water are made from. #7 is a toss up since some is good and some is bad. The harder the #7, the better. Avoid all others, even #1 which is what most water bottles are made from. In all cases, esp. #1, keep them out of sunlight and away from heat: the cooler the better (40F would be perfect).
Still, if water is stored in plastic for a long time, you can run the water through a carbon filter and that will remove almost all of the leached chemicals. So, store carbon in vacuum-sealed bags along with the water.
@@CT-if2tt So would it be as safe to use a carbon filtration system in general on all water, including water collected from this dehumidifier? Please note we are talking about survival mode, etc.?
@@ReverendRichie If it was me in a survival mode (not advice, just personal thoughts) I'd boil it to kill any microbes, and then I'd use a carbon filter. The carbon won't catch all of any dangerous metals but will help some. But if it's that or die of dehydration, I'd drink it.
Otherwise, I'd use it to wash clothes, flush the toilet, etc.
@CT-if2tt Thank you for making my point. I feel the quality of the water is better than the water supplied by the municipal systems especially during a crisis.
It would be cool to see this hooked up to solar cells or a portable power station for s to results.
That is a good idea.
My portable ac unit has a dehumidifier and yes it hooks up to my echo flow it’s a 2000watt
I’ve used it for my fish tank but they didn’t liked it, however it doesn’t leave any trace or stains in my canning steamer like tap water does. So there’s use for it
Serious question: how did you determine quality or that the fish did not like it? I take cues from behavior of other living things so wonder what they found undesirable. For now, I'm trusting filters with added minerals. Still testing.
i had thought about using the water from out of a dehumidifier before now but i think i would be extra safe by filtering its water though a zero water jug as they give a reading of 000 on tds meter once the water has passed through the filter. there's lots of dust in the air inside your room floating around and you only ever notice that dust in the air when a strong sunbeam shines in through your window and you can see so much dust floating inside your room. no matter how clean your room is there is a ton of dust just floating and some of it would be sucked into the dehumidifier water. its why i would use a zero water filter jug then after that i would feel it safe to drink that water.
That is a good point about the free-floating dust particles in the air; however, I would prefer the dust over rust from old plumbing, as in the situation in Michigan. As stated, if there is another means of collecting water, this would be a backup system used in a crisis situation.
I use a zero water filter then distill it ! Been drinking it for over 6 months and have 12 gallons on hand
Dont forget(!)Add yer MINERals!😅.
Y’all don’t drink it straight out the dehumidifier . Mold and the system itself isn’t food grade and who know what chemical or cheap material they use. Obviously do your own research. But if you do choose to go this route. You might want at a minimum to use a distiller.
Yeah you’re using more energy, ect. But it’s your health. Boiling does not make it 100 safe from mold and other contaminants . This is just the little research I’ve done in 10 min lol. But obviously for an emergency this will better than dying. But keep everything clean and do research. Please and good luck
I live in a city and I went to great pains to make sure the dehumidifer just drained out of my house. I never thought of using the water.
Even if you don't want to drink the water, you can use it to water your plants. However, sending the water through a Brita water filter would put to rest any concerns about drinking it.
@@ReverendRichie Is air conditioner water the same stuff?
@@VroodenTheGreat Yes, it is, but the AC water may have dust, other contaminants, and some algae. That water I would filter for sure.
@@ReverendRichie Thank you for showing your procedure and sharing your results. Now, about the air conditioner: both the air conditioner and dehumidifier are drawing water from the air and condensing it. You showed us the dehumidifier water is clean. What leads to your conclusion that air conditioner water if collected won't be clean?
@@williammiller6043 Thank you for your comment. To answer your question, I don't recall stating water from an AC would not be clean; however, that greatly depends upon the conditions where the AC is located. I know of AC units where rodents made nests in the evaporator and a high mode concentration in the outlet. It depends upon how well the AC is maintained.
It don't make any sense doing this, Just collect it from your air conditioner it's exactly the same thing And you can cool your home at the same time, but boil it, and filter it
Is there lead or other residuals from the extraction process?
I don't have the means to test for lead, however, my PPM readings are very low, much lower than many bottled water brands.
I think the best way of finding out is to send a sample to a lab to see if it's potable water. @@ReverendRichie
Sure, that is an option if one wishes for that assurance. May also want to send a sample of bottled water for comparison at the same time. @@johnmal5975
Don't get me wrong I am not against this. It's so much cheaper then buying the atmospheric water purifiers that start at 2000 dollars and up. They are basically an overpriced dehumidifier with filters and food grade coils etc.. @@ReverendRichie
ua-cam.com/video/TYItO9eXn60/v-deo.html According to this guy, all that is required is a temperature diffraction of 10 degrees, and dew will form. @@johnmal5975
Potentially deadly Fungus
If that is your greatest fear, then boil before drinking. Also, you can use a small amount of bleach to disinfect the water.
It's the same potentially deadly fungus you're breathing, and the stomach is equipped to deal with it, as is the lungs.
That's like sweat and stuff right
No, it is more like Dew that collects on leaves. Condensation.
@@ReverendRichie Longer term I'd be considered about bacteria growing inside the dehumidifier. Yours still appears to be very clean but these devices are not really built for to make cleaning and disinfection easy.
It should be relativly close to distilled water,. Any minerals in the water would be from pollutations in the air or machine which generally isn't much. Certainly not enough to make it taste salty.
@@ralfbaechle True, and if I were to use this consistently, I would boil and use a charcoal filter. Clearing the Dehumidifier with bleach will help with the build-up of bacteria.
@@ralfbaechle I agree. Add an activated charcoal water filter, and presto.
What if someone is suffering from the flu? While your running that humidifier
That is a good question, IMO; if that is a concern, boiling the water for a few minutes will help.
Good job.
Thank you.
@@ReverendRichieYOU HAVE **VERY SEVERE LIE-ARRHEA** WHEN YOU SAY **I GET FREE WATER FROM AIR!!**
Oh and another thing, peoples homes have copper and lead in the pipes
Its not safe to drink water from a dehumidifier i think you should make a point of saying that maybe change your video title to say its not safe. Water from a dehumidifier has all sorts of bacteria and dangerous things in it especially residential contaminants off the condensation off the coils in the dehumidifier. Anyways this is not safe people don't drink it it had things Like lead in the water as well as other dangerous things just simply don't drink it you can use this water for many other things that ate safe. Use this to wash your clothing or fill the toilet tank with it. You can water flowers with this just don't use it to water any food plants its not safe for this use either. 🤷♂️👍✌️
Obviously, one must disinfect and keep their dehumidifier clean. I personally use bleach in a spray bottle to get the disinfectant into small areas. Have a look at a much bigger water-from-air project: moseswestfoundation.org/our-story/
Distill it.
Only for flowers!