Newbie needs distill water + killcoil + dye help

[Conumdrum]

Use sink water to clean the rads, then a rinse with distilled.

Rad prep:: One of the most missed things. Boil sink water, let cool 5 min. Pour into rad filling it up, let sit 10 min. Drain 1/2 water or so, shake till your arms hurt, 3-4 min like a crazy man. Drain into a clear container. Do the rad dance again and again till the water from the rad is clear and no gunk once the water settles. Then do it two more times. NOW and only now is your rad 90% clean. No worries, the last 10% will come out in the next year or two when you redo your loop for maintenance. Rinse with distilled, your done. It only takes a liter max to rinse the rad.

[marxviper]

Is there difference between deionised and distilled water?

Also does it matter if the water is not medical grade distill water?

[mlwood37]

deionised is better than distilled. But if you after even better you can allso get UltraPure water.

Distilled water is often defined as bottled water that has been produced by a process of distillation and has an electrical conductivity of not more than 10 µS/cm and total dissolved solids of less than 10 mg/L. Distillation involves boiling the water and then condensing the steam into a clean container, leaving most solid contaminants behind. Distillation produces very pure water but also leaves behind a leftover white or yellowish mineral scale on the distillation apparatus, which requires that the apparatus be frequently cleaned. Distillation does not guarantee the absence of bacteria in drinking water; unless the reservoir and/or bottle are sterilized before being filled, and once the bottle has been opened, there is a risk of presence of bacteria

Deionized water, also known as demineralized water (DI water, DIW or de-ionized water; can also be spelled deionised water, see Spelling differences), is water that has had its mineral ions removed, such as cations from sodium, calcium, iron, copper and anions such as chloride and bromide. Deionization is a physical process which uses specially-manufactured ion exchange resins which bind to and filter out the mineral salts from water. Because the majority of water impurities are dissolved salts, deionization produces a high purity water that is generally similar to distilled water, and this process is quick and without scale buildup. However, deionization does not significantly remove uncharged organic molecules, viruses or bacteria, except by incidental trapping in the resin. Specially made strong base anion resins can remove Gram-negative bacteria. Deionization can be done continuously and inexpensively using electrodeionization.

[Conumdrum]

Clean water like deionized or distilled is just fine. Doen't need to be any more than that.

[marxviper]

Do de ionized water have same conductivity as distilled water?

[shazza]

Please check out response by iandh regarding distilled and deionized water. Also, if you do a search for "distilled vs. deionized water" and variations, you will find many, many threads discussing this.


As for conductivity ... it's all going to depend on just how "completely" the water has been distilled/de-ionized. Not really something you need to worry about a whole lot, as once either makes contact with your loop, it will begin picking up ions and conductivity will increase. Again, see if you can find some more of iandh's posts on the subject - he has done a lot of research.

[marxviper]

is water for battery good enough?

only one I found out is at www.halfords.ie

They specified the following regarding their water:
De-isonised for use in Lead-Acid batteries
Use in engine cooling systems to reduce scaling and corrosion
Also suitable for irons, lava lamps and airconditioning units

Should I go for it?

[shazza]

Yes - that's fine.

[marxviper]

Thank you shazza for your advice