[floridanurse]

https://www.facebook.com/standearth/videos/10153771944289221/

Saw this today on Facebook. Love the idea for making clean water from humid air.

Not sure if this has been shared yet.

Edited to add new link since I can't seem to open the one from Facebook

http://www.businessinsider.com/fontus-bottle-makes-water-out-of-air-2016-1

 

[IamZeke]

https://www.facebook.com/standearth/videos/10153771944289221/

Saw this today on Facebook. Love the idea for making clean water from humid air.

Not sure if this has been shared yet.

Edited to add new link since I can't seem to open the one from Facebook

http://www.businessinsider.com/fontus-bottle-makes-water-out-of-air-2016-1

Your air conditioner does this all the time. It's just common condensation.

Just remember that it's not making purified water for you. If it's in the air then it will be in the water you condense. Pollution, mold and algae spores, airborne pathogens, etc.

There is a reason that A/C condenser drain lines need to be chlorinated. The drains will mold over and clog because of what's in the air.

 

[BabyBlue]

The very base of what makes an air conditioner work is de-humidifying the air. Chicago had to pass a law that upper floor air conditioners must drain down the wall, not just out onto the sidewalk where they drizzled onto people walking under them.

 

[IamZeke]

yeah it's pretty cool::thumb:

Not really. It's just old science on a small and very slow scale.

These devices don't make a lot of water very fast and the water still isn't exactly clean.

 

[REM]

Filling up in an hour somewhere like where I live is an impressive amount. Short of pollen there isn't too much in the air... you're breathing it. If it's going to kill you I'd figure that would be faster than drinking it. Pretty cool.

 

[stephpd]

Dehumidifiers in a house do the same thing.

As IamZeke noted it's just moisture condensed from the air. Of note is that this is also suspected as to how Legionnaires disease happened.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires'_disease

 

[panoz77]

One of my potential water options is to use a dehumidifier and then filter/purify the water. My home dehumidifier fills a 5 gallon reservoir in about 2 days. But I also have a 7 acre pond full of water too, so I don't anticipate running out of water.

 

[REM]

You're not going to pack an dehumidifier or AC and enough panels to operate it most likely.

The water produced by this contraption isn't likely to be stored long or inhaled I hope.

I guess that I'm recalling the worst of the drought that left absolutely no surface water in East Texas short of the major lakes and reservoirs. Between them there was nothing at all. Nada. That's where I can see the utility in such a device.

 

[panoz77]

You're not going to pack an dehumidifier or AC and enough panels to operate it most likely.

The water produced by this contraption isn't likely to be stored long or inhaled I hope.

I guess that I'm recalling the worst of the drought that left absolutely no surface water in East Texas short of the major lakes and reservoirs. Between them there was nothing at all. Nada. That's where I can see the utility in such a device.

That's what generators are for, Yamaha to the rescue.

 

[REM]

That's what generators are for, Yamaha to the rescue.

I was thinking light weight and mobile for traveling more than for home use.

But yes for home there are probably lots of better and easier solutions.