deionized water versus distilled water
I was watching a TV show about a family living off the grid in Australia. They had a solar system for generating electricity. The fellow made a point of saying that they had to use deionized wat...
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Kpackpackkelley wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:Kpackpackkelley wrote:
I've been waiting for a distilled water thread.
About 6 months ago I started using a Cpap machine to sleep. I ran out of distilled water so I used tap water one night and the next morning there was no water left in it. But when I use distilled there's about a 1/4 of the bowl left. So there really is a difference.
so tap water produces better humidification? as long as it does not get too icky microbiologically and leave residues on the humidification chamber might be better" I use distilled myself. when I was using "serious" humidification they prescribed sterile water for inhalation.
bumpy
I guess the Cpap heats the water a little. I guess that's why you don't use tap water in batteries it evaporates to quick. I'm kinda slow to understand things.
Oh, I am using a passover, non-heated humidifier. I assume yours is heated. I wouldn't think that that distilled vs. tap would matter much as I don't think the heated one actually boils the water???
bumpy
