www.xtreme-needs.com/survival/still.html

Owl

-- owl (woo@woo.xcom), September 23, 1999

Answers

Looks interesting.

-- A (A@AisA.com), September 23, 1999.

I saw an idea on a purifier website (can't remember where) that basically involved taking a candle-style ceramic filter element from the typical gravity-fed purifier and attaching a length of tubing to it. The candle was placed in a large plastic tub on a stand of some sort, funky water added to it, and a water storage container placed on the floor nearby. A few quick puffs on the tubing to start the flow and into the container it went. Poof, a siphon-feed filter that theoretically would dramatically outrun gravity-fed drip filters.

Such an approach would not require burning anything to boil the water, which in some cases would be impractical, dangerous, or impossible. (On-the-run purification during a sudden bugout would be easy with such a setup as the filter elements are fairly small. Add a couple collapsible containers to catch the water or serve as the siphon source and perhaps a coathanger or whatever to hold one in the air off a tree limb, etc.)

He's always trying the unorthodox, that crazy...

-- OddOne (mocklamer_1999@yahoo.com), September 23, 1999.

Yes, Odd one, I have one of those candle style filters that can be used as an emergency siphon filter. I got it at Pure water co in Denton Texas. wwwpwgazette.com is the site. I like mine so much that I will be buying a bunch of Christmas presents there for the DGI family members......

Even so, Owl, check out this distiller: http://forums.cosmoaccess.net/forum/survival/prep/solarstill.html They have lots of plans for solar cookers there, as well. Handy if you want to preserve your stores of fuel.

It doesn't require coleman fuel to produce water, which is even better.

-- (nobody@nowhere.com), September 23, 1999.

One URL for the siphon filter and candle purifiers named above:

www.pwgazette.com - look under gravity filters (I am not associated with this website in any way, just a customer)

-- Sammie Davis (sammie0nospam@hotmail.com), September 23, 1999.

mucho gratzias

Owl

-- owl (woo@woo.xcom), September 23, 1999.

The distiller is a great idea. The same website has 120-hour candles which can supposedly boil water in 14 minutes. They were chosen by one of the Himalayan expeditions, I gather.

Regarding gravity-fed filters, I have found that just your plain old house and under-sink systems available at Home Depot, etc., work quite well on gravity alone. It's just a matter of rigging up some simple tubing with a funnel or supply tank.

The best site I've seen so far on distillation/filtration is www.purewater2000.com.

By the way, if you've been procrastinating on getting that old well running again (with a hand pump), you might want to get moving on it. I ran into quite a few problems that I'm glad I found out about before December.

-- Zach Anderson (H2O@figure.8m.com), September 23, 1999.

The "e-still" looks to me just a teeeeny little bit like a $199 saucepan with a spout. It boils water and then recondenses it. Oooooooh: scarily high-tech stuff that's well worth that much money. Remember that although it doesn't need electicity you'll still have to heat it somehow. Sorry for ranting, but for some reason I'm feeling really bitter and twisted today. I'm off to calm down. See y'all later.

-- J (j@j.j), September 24, 1999.