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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Hi Bruce,</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">FYI, Deionized water is commonly used in battery manufacturing and large motive power applications;</font> </p>
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<u><i><a href="http://www.philadelphiascientific.com/deionizer.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Lucida Grande">http://www.philadelphiascientific.com/deionizer.html</font></a></i></u><font size="3" face="Lucida Grande"></font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Regards,</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Jamie</font><br><br>>>> Bruce Geddes <b.geddes@clear.net.nz> 09/02/08 6:58 PM >>><br>> And one final question: In my original post I asked if deionized water was<br>> the same as distilled water. Nobody addressed this question. The customer<br>> said he investigated (Wikipedia, I think) and found no difference. Any<br>> other<br>> opinions, or (even better) definitive answers on this?<br>><br>> Thank you,<br>> Allan at PosE<br><br>An interesting post Allan and a pretty thorough run down on what happened -<br>thank you for the information.<br><br>To the best of my understanding deionised water has been passed through an<br>ion exchange filter so any reactive particles are removed.  Distilled water<br>has been distilled (evaporated and condensed) and this does not mean it is<br>totally unreactive.  Any volitile compounds in the water may have been<br>distilled also and still be in solution.  It will be sterile though.<br><br>The water I source here in New Zealand (maybe not availalble in the States)<br>has been through both processes and is sold as a food grade product for<br>manufacturing tinctures etc.  Dirt cheap from a bulk retail store unlike<br>distilled water which is pretty pricey.<br><br>Bruce Geddes<br>PowerOn<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br><br>Options & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re">http://lists.re</a>-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br><br>Check out participant bios:<br>www.members.re-wrenches.org<br><br>
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