Question: distilled water storage

[nobody]

I have my own water distiller and I put the finished water into a plastic jug which originally held distilled water I'd bought from the store. After a while it began to smell funny, like plastic. Does anyone have any suggestions for different storage containers that won't do this? Glass perhaps? The distiller makes 1 gallon at a time. It is very expensive (and hot) to run so I don't like dumping the water out and making more if I can avoid it.

[jdm2857]

i would think that glass or stainless steel would be the best.

[DreamStalker]

Glass would be the most inert container to use.

Where are you storing the plastic container? The plastic may degas/expel certain volatiles if the storage temperatrure is too warm. You could also try a hard plastic container as they are less likely to degas.

[Muse-Inc]

...hard plastic container...

BPA is used to harden plastics...not a good choice unless you are sure it is BPA free. When the water is cool (less likely to leach plastiziers into the water), pour into Deerpark Distilled Water containers -- Deerpark says they are not mfg-ed with BPA.

[Rustyolddude]

Nalgene bottles aka Nalgene canteens from the camping supply store. The have a wide mouth so they can be cleaned.
Milk/water jugs will degrade with time, generally in less than a year & begin to leak.

[Arizona-Willie]

I just buy a gallon at a time and keep it on top the refrigerator.
I made a filler with some clear 1/4" plastic tubing from Home Depot that is labeled for ice makers so I figure it is good for potable water and thus inhalable water.
They have a neat little valve too and I set the water container on the counter and fill it like filling the gas tank on a car.
Very very handy.
A gallon last almost two weeks it seems, although I never counted the days. Hmmm, maybe I will do that.
But being on the fridge hasn't seemed to hurt it at all. And it gives a nice gravity flow.

[TheDreamer]

I use the collection bottle that came with my water distiller to store my distilled water. I got an extra collection bottle, to help keep me from running out at inconvenient times.....

I also have a (filled) papFlask somewhere...

The Dreamer.

[Paul56]

Is the top of your fridge warm?

[Wulfman]

When I open up a new gallon of distilled water, I fill up 6 - 7 plastic pop bottles (20 oz.) that I keep for this purpose. One gallon is 128 oz., so it will fill 6 and a little more in the 7th, unless there's room in my humidifier tank.
Then, I store them in a shelf in the lower part of the refrigerator door and add to my tank as needed.

Been using this method for 4+ years.


Den

[Arizona-Willie]

Paul56 ... no the top of the fridge is cool. Just went and put my hand on it and it wasn't warm at all.
Might get a bit warm when it's running, dunno.
Hasn't seemed to bother the water at all though. Been doing that for about a year.

[jdm2857]

Maybe you could run that tubing all the way to the bedroom.

[WindFlyer]

This is the first time I've heard of home water distillation. What brand of distiller do you use? Where do you get them? How long does it take to make a batch? Do you have to clean it out frequently?

Thanks very much for info!

[twokatmew]

The best prices I've seen are at http://www.a1-water-distiller.com/. I haven't bought one though, as I can buy an awful lot of distilled water before I'd recoup the cost of a distiller.

[WindFlyer]

Good point. If I do some quick math I could buy distilled for a good couple years before recovering the cost of a cheap unit. And storebought means I don't have to do a bunch of work to get it.

That answers that question!

[Bert_Mathews]

I have my own water distiller and I put the finished water into a plastic jug which originally held distilled water I'd bought from the store. After a while it began to smell funny, like plastic. Does anyone have any suggestions for different storage containers that won't do this? Glass perhaps? The distiller makes 1 gallon at a time. It is very expensive (and hot) to run so I don't like dumping the water out and making more if I can avoid it.

The air born bacteria is getting into your water....
JUST note couple drops 2-3 of Chlorine / Bleach will KILL off all the CRITTERS.... Don't Panic it the same stuff the city's use to disinfect all the water they send out... 3 drops per Gal. is so LOW after a couple hours you will NOT be able o smell it!

BERT