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I use the water from my dehuey with no issue. Apparently AC discharge can be nasty and full of bacteria and other bad things, but dehuey water seems to be fine. I've had no problems.
outwest
I use the water from my dehuey with no issue. Apparently AC discharge can be nasty and full of bacteria and other bad things, but dehuey water seems to be fine. I've had no problems.
outwest
Depending on the type of humidifier you have--it is basically an air conditioner that moves air more slowly and condenses considerably more. Whereas an A/C unit is like a Dehuey that moves more air and condenses less water out.
Long story short--I don't believe there is much of a difference in terms of water quality. Window A/C units are closer to the outside and likely to collect MORE bacteria and the like. The dehuey water should have essentially the same bacteria, but just less of them (think of the A/C as a prefilter and the dehuey as a fine filter).
Of course this all depends on which products you are running.
I would be careful using this water, maybe ozonate it first?
irrigating with condenser water, legionnaires' disease, etc. was discussed in some detail on another thread
I have hard water wher i live so i went to home depot and bought a zero filter system was pretty cheap and ive had great success using it we use this water for hydro and regular promix mediums it ph adjusts fine and the filters need to be changed every 4 to 6 months and beleave me hundreds of gallons go through it in this period so I would definatly recomend this filter systemI am looking at removing my RO filter and changing it for a regular carbon filter to remove chlorine/chloromines.
I am interested in the hydro logic big boy with kdf filter. Too much wasted water using an RO. I would rather change a filter.
Can any other seasoned vets provide some insight on the difference? I was gonna try aptus boosters and they recommend tap water. Also, I am going to have my water analyzed so I can tweak my formula based on the results (mostly adjusting Ca I guess).
So I ended up going with a single chamber white filter from the company outwest suggested (pure water products), and a large single 4.5" x 20" single garden filter as well http://www.purewaterproducts.com/gardenhosefilters2.htm.
For the small filter, which will be my post filter, I purchased the FC707, the doultan sterasyl http://www.purewaterproducts.com/products/fc707, which claims to eliminate all bacteria and pathogens from the source water. I like the sound of that. I also like the fact that the rep at pure water told me it doesnt really ever need to be replaced.
The larger filter will be my pre filter. I purchased it from a separate site (filtersfast). I found a filter made by pentek called the CRFC20-BB while I was surfing around. http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-CRFC20-BB-GAC-Filter.asp?gclid=CJ_zuebpkLICFWWCQgodyTAATQ
They did not offer this filter at pure water products but I think they should. Maybe I'll call them tomorrow. This filter is designed to remove chlorine and chloramines, and has a 25,ooo gallon capacity. Its basically the FC207's big brother. At roughly 500 gallons of res change a week, this filter will last me almost a year. I will no longer be using RO water, as I do not like wasting.
Thanks everyone for the feedback, and I think the debate on RO vs. filtered should continue. This thread is barely going and I have been lovin the useful info coming out of it and the overall tone of the thread itself.
Can you post a picture of the zero water system. Is it a real system or the small one they sell at target?I have hard water wher i live so i went to home depot and bought a zero filter system was pretty cheap and ive had great success using it we use this water for hydro and regular promix mediums it ph adjusts fine and the filters need to be changed every 4 to 6 months and beleave me hundreds of gallons go through it in this period so I would definatly recomend this filter system
Dam I would have to sell one of my kids to buy that filter. Maybe you should shop around a little!Found this company and am looking at grabbing a small Torrey Pines Model.
http://www.sandiegopurewater.com/#!home/mainPage
Dam I would have to sell one of my kids to buy that filter. Maybe you should shop around a little!
O I didn't see the Torrey Pines Filter, but still a little to rich for my budget might have to sell my dog instead. Good luck to you and Go Chargers!!!!!!$700 for 100,000 gallons is a bargin IMO. Plus no waste water run-off which is a huge plus in so-cal.
Carbon filters will allow ultramicrobacteria and some of the smaller bacteria through--depending on the size. It goes down to about 0.5 micrometers depending on the grade of the carbon. Carbon is activated with a positive charge so that it is good at removing negative ions (like chlorine) from solution.
It does not remove minerals well because it is positively charged (as are the mineral ions). It removes smaller chain hydrocarbons, fats, waxes, and pigments (which are usually negatively charged, it seems) pretty well--depending upon their composition.
It leaves heavy metals in, and radioactive substances--which your marijuana plants are VERY adept at taking up (hemp is often used to remediate contaminated soil).
The difference is that all of what carbon *mostly* removes, RO removes all the way--in addition to removing everything else that carbon doesn't.
Squiggly I kept thinking bout where my belief that carbon filter leaching from a new cartridge was bad for filtering for use with nutes and remembered where I got that opinion from. I guess fish people like the carbon filters for odors and cleaning the tank but limit their use when they grow plants in the water. It was purely conjecture on my part and again im no expert. Do you think there could be enough carbon in even a RO that has a carbon polish?
I think its more likely that the aquaculture dudes don't use the carbon filters because it filters their nutes out of the water and doesn't leave any food for the plants. Because we're adding nutes to water after we filter, this shouldn't be an issue for us. I can't think of any negative property carbon could impart to the water through filtration. Carbon doesn't hurt, well, anything :)
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