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Old 01-18-2006, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mr_alberta
I believe that steam distilled yields water that is more pure than R.O. IIRC.
true, but and a big but... water this pure is a huge solvent and will start to adsorbe minerals from what ever piping is used in the distellery, so if you are using a home made copper one or a store bought one that uses copper cooling tubes I would be leary... is it enuf to introduce copper poisoning to your tank, probably not but what about over time. maybe, but is it worth the risk?

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