Mr. Smithh
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So my dehumidifier is pulling alot of water a day and I was wondering if I could recycle this water and use it in the reservoir? PPM reads at 013 and the ph is like 6.3 ..
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Recycle water from dehumidifier?
- Thread starter Mr. Smithh
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Absolutely. Your mini split should be giving up some free water as well.
Lammy
Member
I know everybody tells you to go ahead and use that water and they don't even bother asking you what brand you have. I think it's possible the Chinese children who manufacture those don't make them to a level of safety that would allow you to drink that water. doesn't anyone think there's a possibility that that water is contaminated with an oil film or lead dust or some other toxin.
I know the warning for my lg dehumidifier said not to drink the water. not to give it to animals. to not even let the exhaust air from the unit blow on animals.
it also seems like a source for fungus or algae. sometimes I do give that stuff to my plants but I live in the city and water comes out the faucet that is safe for drinking. I would not drink the water from the dehumidifier and I wouldn't give it to my plants if I didn't have to or wasn't just lazy.
I don't see how anyone can tell you that the water is safe without more information. like where was it manufactured? what other chemicals did they use? how did they sanitize/clean the internal components of the dehumidifier? the internal components where the water condenses; do you think that they cleaned that with an edible cleaner?
don't get me wrong I'm not saying it will kill your plants or even you or turn your kids into mutants. but when the Chinese put lead in dog food I don't know how anyone can tell you that it is completely safe to use the water that condenses on an internal radiator on a Chinese made product that's not meant for the food industry.
Lammy
I know the warning for my lg dehumidifier said not to drink the water. not to give it to animals. to not even let the exhaust air from the unit blow on animals.
it also seems like a source for fungus or algae. sometimes I do give that stuff to my plants but I live in the city and water comes out the faucet that is safe for drinking. I would not drink the water from the dehumidifier and I wouldn't give it to my plants if I didn't have to or wasn't just lazy.
I don't see how anyone can tell you that the water is safe without more information. like where was it manufactured? what other chemicals did they use? how did they sanitize/clean the internal components of the dehumidifier? the internal components where the water condenses; do you think that they cleaned that with an edible cleaner?
don't get me wrong I'm not saying it will kill your plants or even you or turn your kids into mutants. but when the Chinese put lead in dog food I don't know how anyone can tell you that it is completely safe to use the water that condenses on an internal radiator on a Chinese made product that's not meant for the food industry.
Lammy
You probably have a good point there Lammy, although I never said it was safe.
It's just that I drank from the hose as a child.
As a matter of fact I still water my vegetable garden with a hose. You know the ones they sell at the big box stores that all say "not for drinking water"
Guess I'll keep my Chinese hose tainted opinions to myself.
It's just that I drank from the hose as a child.
As a matter of fact I still water my vegetable garden with a hose. You know the ones they sell at the big box stores that all say "not for drinking water"
Guess I'll keep my Chinese hose tainted opinions to myself.
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otis33
I use my dehuey water for my plants all the time. no issues.
Me too. I bought a new 'not drinking water safe' one and drank water
out of it when it was new. Huge mistake. Coated internally with some of the worst tasting/chem bad stuff in the universe.
Also lead bronze fittings. I like to err on the side of caution when making consumables.
Cool, I guess at this point in my life I've done too many things that can give me cancer, one more doesn't bother me.
Your post was definitely more thoughtful than mine so I will agree that there are possibly risks in using condensate for your garden.
i was told by the main guy of a nutrient company to use a little hydrogen peroxide (not the 3% brown bottle but the stronger 20-35%) before dumping into a reservoir.... i don't have any organics or bennies in my res so i just dump it in- if you do have those you should wait a couple hours. i read it takes 20 minutes for the h2o2 to dissipate(?) or be gone from the water but better safe than go off something i read 15 years ago hahahhah.
