Dehumidifier/Water Cooler

storl

storl

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I have a water cooler at home, and have 5 gallon distilled water delivered every month. Not exactly cheap, but my wife and I like the clean water. I have been looking for something that might save money in the long run, and maybe make us more self-sustaining.

My brother owns a green construction company, so he has some pretty cool products at his offices every now and then. He has a new water cooler in there that would be great to have, from several aspects. It is actually a dehumidifier, so it pulls in moisture from the air, filters it, then treats it using UV and turns it into potable water. It heats and cools the water as well, so you have a full featured water cooler that you don't actually have to add water bottles or a water line to. The product literature said that it can do ~4 gallons a day, which is plenty for the average family's drinking needs. Obviously, it will work better in more humid conditions (sorry, Arizonans).

So you have ecological benefits, self-sustaining benefits, and badass gadget benefits. If only it weren't the cost of four car payments...

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I don't see why you couldn't get a regular dehumidifier and pour the water from there into a 5 gallon water cooler bottle. You are breathing the air the water is coming from and I believe the water is distilled after it gets through the machine.

Chad
 
ChadHahn said:
I don't see why you couldn't get a regular dehumidifier and pour the water from there into a 5 gallon water cooler bottle. You are breathing the air the water is coming from and I believe the water is distilled after it gets through the machine.

Chad
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Regular dehumidifiers do not have any sort of cleaning or water treatment in them, so mold and mildew is often a problem. Not something that some bleach or UV wouldn't take care of, but just not as sweet as this thing. :)
 
dipbait said:
I like the idea. I question how much electricity it uses.
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I have a Kill-a-Watt (one of those electricity meter things), so I might hook it up to the unit the next time I am at his office to see how much power it is drawing.
 
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