By following Nature's lead, we can produce one (1) gallon of clean pure water in about 5 hours through the distillation process that uses evaporation and condensation to separate contaminants from the water.
For example, every night before going to bed you fill up your Distiller with one gallon of regular tap water and turn it on. The water will boil at 212 degrees Fahrenheit (also know as 100 degrees Celsius) thus killing microorganisms, parasites, viruses, and bacteria. All these dead organic organisms are left behind in the boiling chamber because they are to heavy to rise with the steam. Inorganic elements that are also to heavy will be left behind with dead microbes to form the residue at the bottom of your Distiller.
ATTENTION:
Manufacturers will want to sell you their "chemical cleaner" to dissolve the residue build-up at the
bottom of your Distiller. Instead of buying this toxic chemical cleaner to use every time their is build-up,
just use organic white vinegar once a week. Pour the vinegar in until it is about one inch high,
let it sit for several hours, then rinse and wash out with a normal sponge.
This way residue will never have a chance to really build up at the bottom of your Distiller.
As the water boils off and becomes steam, some low-boiling light gases, are discharged through a small pin hole opening. Sometimes called a gaseous vent. As the steam rises a small fan cools the steam so it will condense back into water, clean water. When this water drips through a coconut-shell carbon filter** the de-gasification and adsorption process is complete, thus reducing the largest range of contaminants so you have water that is up to 99% free of microorganisms, heavy metals, chemicals, salts, dissolved solids, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and impurities.
**We suggest that before you use the carbon filter, rinse it first in a bowl of distilled water to remove the powdery excess.**
The best container to collect your Distilled water in would be a glass pitcher (but not always practical) or a plastic container made free of elements you choose not to have in your plastic. The same holds true with storage of extra distilled water. One other way to go is with a Porcelain Bee Hive Jug as shown in the Refrigerate below:
Why isn't a filter system or Reverse Osmosis suggested?
With filter systems the bottom line is that eventually the filter itself can become an "estuary for bacteria" to grow. To avoid this you would need to change your filters every three weeks. This becomes very expensive and filters don't remove many common contaminants like bacteria, lead, parasites, and viruses.
With Reverse Osmosis you have a synthetic semi permeable membrane to reduce inorganics as water is sent through under high pressure. Many contaminants such as nitrates, bacteria, and viruses can pass through depending upon the water pressure, water temperature, and level of contaminants in the tap water. Also as clogging occurs, the effectiveness will decrease as bacterial growth will increase.
