On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:18:16 -0600, "jhill"
wrote:

I had a RO filter in our previous house, but when I moved I discoved I
could go to the store and get RO water for 25 cent per gallon and this was
cheaper for us than the maintenence costs and purchase price of a new
filter.


Is this the water cooler type bottled water? If not what kind of
package are they bottled in?

I don't have complaints about the taste but my tap water is very hard
as evidenced by the furnace humidifier encrustations (disabled that),
scale on the kettle element, scale on the bathtub enclosures and water
traps, and grainy water stains. I don't feel comfortable passing all
that mineral stuff through my body.

Some ramblings.

I did think or getting a resin ion exchange demineralizer but the use
of salt to recharge it didn't jive with using that water to maintain
an aquarium.

I am interested in RO machines to produce water for an aquarium. I
didn't have much luck keeping the fish healthy for long. The aquarium
plants just withered.

I like Tom's tip: "Don't forget to harvest your effluent! Damn things
waste about 3-4 times what they filter for use. I use mine to flush
toilets, and laundry. "

I had a motorcycle lead acid battery that needed a top up once. I
added the mineral water from one of the soft drink type bottles. The
battery became dead immediately and there was no way I could restore
it to life by recharging. I had added ordinary boiled water before
without destroying the battery. What's in the mineral water that
could kill the battery this effectively?