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  • reverse osmosis was Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 07:35:58 -0800
    Funny how I could be using, practically every day, a product produced by a process that someone claims does not exist! Reverse osmosis is...
  • Re: reverse osmosis
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:31:47 -0800
    Reverse osmosis is a valid and accepted term for the process described previously. In the kind of work I do (small -> large scale bacterial...
  • Re: reverse osmosis
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 19 Feb 2002 19:46:18 +1200
    >Funny how I could be using, practically every day, a product produced by a >process that someone claims does not exist! > >Reverse osmosis is...
  • Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:54:33 -0500
    At 02:53 AM 2/18/2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >Reverse osmosis? Osmosis is osmosis; there's no such thing as reverse >osmosis! It...
  • Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:09:18 -0800
    ...distilled water & wbx reliabilty > At 02:53 AM 2/18/2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > >Reverse osmosis? Osmosis is osmosis; there's no such thing...
  • Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:53:32 +1200
    ...Reverse osmosis? Osmosis is osmosis; there's no such thing as reverse osmosis! It's merely the transfer of elements in a solution across...
  • Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:22:08 -0500
    ...distilled water & wbx reliabilty > > > > At 02:53 AM 2/18/2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > >Reverse osmosis? Osmosis is osmosis; there's no such thing...
  • Re: What Water?
    Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
    Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:20:08 -0700
    Reverse Osmosis Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@COX.NET> wrote: > Tap > > Distilled > > De-Ionized distilled > > Spring > > Recycled > > Safe drinking > > Other > > > > What do you use? >
  • Reverse osmosis water is NOT ideal
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:24:11 -0800
    Reverse osmosis is an absolute joke. It totally wastes 3 gallons of water for every one gallon of only second rate purified water (not...
  • Re: Reverse osmosis water is NOT ideal
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:39:53 -0800
    ...Reverse osmosis water is NOT ideal > Willian said: Had I known that distilled water was ideal for coolant for > my vanagon I > would have...
  • Re: Hydrophilia, or how I stopped worrying and learned to love distilled water
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:10:19 PDT
    ...Reverse osmosis - thats not used to make distilled water - but is used in making filtered water - and the best filter is said to be...
  • Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:22:09 EST
    ...RO (reverse osmosis) dispensers . . . Is this a west coast phenomenon? John McLean 87 Vanagon GL >> John, It used to be said that whatever is...
  • Water & Chlorine
    Historical mailing list - W. Silva
    Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:14:26 -0400
    ...Of course you could also install an ozone generator or a reverse osmosis filter under your cabinet, they you will really be safe from...
  • Re: Stainless Pipes Determination and Deionized Water Query
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:01:25 -0400
    ...Although maybe by now some of them use reverse osmosis. Yours, David
  • Re: Reverse osmosis water is NOT ideal
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:22:23 -0600
    ...Stan Wilder On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:24:11 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM> writes: > Reverse osmosis is an absolute joke. It totally...
  • Re: Where do you get your coolant?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sat, 24 May 2014 12:15:58 -0500
    ...It may differ, in that water produced by reverse osmosis may have volatiles and other organics present that are removed by distillation. But the...
  • Re: for the record water is not corrosive
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:33:50 -0400
    ...Yup, where I work we've found that reverse-osmosis purified water is actually pretty corrosive to metal. I don't think this is...
  • Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - John McLean
    Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:11:30 -0800
    ...area there are several stores large and small that have RO (reverse osmosis) dispensers out front that dispense pure water into your own containers...
  • Subject: Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty(NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
    Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:20:24 -0800
    ...In the case of small reverse->osmosis devices, >the >makers judge that customers will be more willing to >waste water than to >pay >the...
  • Hydrophilia, or how I stopped worrying and learned to love distilled water
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:27:43 -0700
    ...You should use pure water (distilled, double distilled, reverse osmosis, whatever) in the cooling system if you have any doubts about the purity of...
  • Re: Where do you get your coolant?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 22 May 2014 19:29:40 -0500
    ...I would be just as satisfied but not more so with deionized water produced by reverse osmosis or other means. mcneely ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm...
  • Re: Where do you get your coolant?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 22 May 2014 12:07:39 -0500
    ...The site claimed that since "reverse osmosis does not 'strip' impurities from water," reverse osmosis purified water is preferable over distilled water, which was...
  • Re: Water Filtration vs Water Purification
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:20:55 -0700
    ...Prefer Reverse Osmosis Distilled. Cooking Water: If the water is to be used for cooking ... Boiling should take care of Anything not neutralized by...
  • Re: Where do you get your coolant?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 23 May 2014 09:17:59 -0700
    ...I would be just as satisfied but not more so with deionized water produced by reverse osmosis or other means. mcneely ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm...
  • Re: Disconcerting Occurances...
    Historical mailing list - John
    Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:21:52 -0400
    ...Transform the Future Hi Roger, Thanks for the very informative discourse about coolant, although I only use Autbahn coolant and reverse-osmosis H2O in...
  • Re: Where do you get your coolant?
    Historical mailing list - James
    Sat, 24 May 2014 00:12:27 -0400
    ...I would be just as satisfied but not more so with deionized water produced by reverse osmosis or other means. mcneely > > ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm...
  • Re: Where do you get your coolant?
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Fri, 23 May 2014 22:06:38 -0400
    ...I would be just as satisfied but not more so with deionized water produced by reverse osmosis or other means. mcneely > > ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm...
  • Panamint Springs and Death Valley
    Historical mailing list - Jack Stafford
    Mon, 13 Nov 1995 15:51:34 -0800 (PST)
    ...On the way back to Panamint David led us to a reverse osmosis water system. Quite a little jaunt and then were back on...
  • Re: Where do you get your coolant?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Thu, 22 May 2014 10:49:05 -0700
    ...The site claimed that since "reverse osmosis does not 'strip' impurities from water," reverse osmosis purified water is preferable over distilled water, which was...
  • Re: Where do you get your coolant?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 22 May 2014 14:30:45 -0500
    ...The site claimed that since "reverse osmosis does not 'strip' impurities from water," reverse osmosis purified water is preferable over distilled water, which was...
  • Re: Water tank
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 19 May 2011 10:35:24 -0500
    ...If the water is reverse osmosis treated, unless minerals are added back, you are depriving yourself of essential elements like iodine, potassium, and calcium...
  • Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:57:00 -0500
    ...In the case of small reverse-osmosis devices, the makers judge that customers will be more willing to waste water than to pay the...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Re: Water Filtration vs Water Purification
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Sat, 4 Jan 2003 20:55:20 -0700
    ...Prefer Reverse Osmosis Distilled. > > Cooking Water: > > If the water is to be used for cooking ... Boiling should take care of > Anything not neutralized by...
  • Re: Water Filtration vs Water Purification
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:51:36 -0800
    ...Prefer Reverse Osmosis Distilled. > >Cooking Water: > >If the water is to be used for cooking ... Boiling should take care of >Anything not neutralized by...
  • Re: Water Filtration vs Water Purification
    Historical mailing list - zolo
    Sat, 4 Jan 2003 17:54:16 -0800
    ...Prefer Reverse Osmosis Distilled. >> >>Cooking Water: >> >>If the water is to be used for cooking ... Boiling should take care >of >>Anything not neutralized by...
  • Re: A WARNING!!! (Was: Cleaning the water tank!?)(long)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:49:38 -0800
    ...Reverse osmosis filters and and distillers and others are able to totally purify water. But we aren't talking about purifiying water, but disinfecting...
  • Here's my article (written for Australian Jaguar owners, where anti-freeze
    Historical mailing list
    10 Oct 1994 05:33:07 GMT
    ...Tannin and tannin phosphate compounds in a solution of pure water (reverse osmosis, distiled or de-ionised) have a very low conductivity and even...