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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: Distilled Water
Hi ........it was mentioned on another forum,but I thought I'd mention here.
I've just bought a 5litre bottle of "Purified Water" for £4.50 from my local chemists shop ........its far cheaper than Hornbys bottles.....I'll be running my A4 & A3 on it for the forseeable future. _________________ If its electrical,and it does'nt work,it's probably mine.
I guess it must be good stuff if you are advocating it Terry. What's it say on the bottle? Is it as pure as distilled? _________________ OK, so now what do I do?
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject:
Hi Polliss ...........yeah,its proper distilled ......although its labeled "Purified Water" [its used for cleaning contact lenses,so I reckon if it's OK to put in your eyes I cant see it doing much damage to a copper/soldered boiler]
This topic was dicussed on NewRailModellers [thats where I heard about it] .......it seems "De-Ionised Water" can contain acids as its primary use is in car batteries and also,there is a warning in Hornby's Live Steam handbook about the dangers of using de-ionsed water....it seems it can weaken the soldered joints. _________________ If its electrical,and it does'nt work,it's probably mine.
I used to make 'purified water'. It's full name was 'Purified Water BP. (BP stands for British Pharmacopeia) and it was Deionised water. It's made by a process of reverse osmosis by running it through resins and finally through an ultra-violet light to kill the bugs. All the medicines and shampoo you use contains D.I. as we called it. Fine for batteries, but not so good for boilers.
I would suggest that before you use it that you check with the chemist excactly what it is. _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject:
Even older tom wrote:
I guess it must be good stuff if you are advocating it Terry. What's it say on the bottle? Is it as pure as distilled?
Hi Tom .....it just sez .......
"MARTINDALE PHARMACEUTICALS"
"Purified Water BP"
As I know the lady in chemists [she's a friends G/F] .........I asked her if it was OK for use with contact lenses [as the other guy on NRM said] .............she assured me it is.
I'm gonna give it a try anyway. _________________ If its electrical,and it does'nt work,it's probably mine.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:
Hmmm ..............methinks I might investigate further .............I've still got about 1/4 bottle of Hornby water left anyway,so it aint like I'm desprate for it .........although I gotta admit that on a couple of occassions when I have run out of Hornby water,I've used de-ionised [I always keep some handy in my garage for topping up my motorcycle batteries] _________________ If its electrical,and it does'nt work,it's probably mine.
I too have been using purified water,I was assured by the chemist where I got it from that it was distilled.But thanks to Poliss I have e-mailed Martindale for conformation as yet no reply will put a post on when I get a reply from them.Ian _________________ To day is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday and all is well.
I was also wondering if it would be possible to make your own distilled water using the steam from a kettle. Thoughts? _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
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Not a good idea 'carbon footprint' wise or cost. To boil a kettle to get 1ltr of distilled water would take about 2.4 hours. That's a lot of eleccy! _________________ OK, so now what do I do?
There is really fine reason for distilling your own vodka - you can get it to 85% ABV if you try hard. .... hic.... _________________ OK, so now what do I do?
There are some "tabletop" water distillation devices available if you search the net. A bit pricey though! I've read that dentists use distilled water (don't know why) and usually make their own, so try tapping up your dentist when you go! _________________ Have a nice life
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Or keep typing distilled and see what adds come up at the bottom of the messages.
distilled water distilled distilled distilled _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
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