It’s the first time I own a dryer.
When I poured out the water it has collected (a few liters per run) I quickly tested the EC and pH and found out, that it is almost identical to the one made by my reverse osmosis filter!
No wonder, since the dryer is basically just a big distillation machine.
Thats super neat. It will save me a lot of work filtering tap water.
I will collect it from now on and use it for watering my plants.
Why does it matter?
Plants really don’t like tap water. Even in a country like mine, where no chlorine/ fluoride/ whatever is added, the dissolved minerals cause trouble. They will build up over time and make nutrients unavailable, even if you adjust the pH.
The buildup and nutrient lockout will harm the plants a lot in the long term, and you will have way more trouble checking and correcting EC and pH.
If you put it though one of those water filter jugs from a shop, would it then be drinkable?
If you mean a filter pitcher then no. If you mean a bleach jug with that you dumped out and got pretty empty then yes. I haven’t seen a passive filter for microorganisms at a regular store. They usually require some force like a hand pump for the portable ceramic filters or your lungs for the straw kind. Passive filters that I have seen and shopped for will get out some minerals/metals, chorine, plastic bits but not bacteria.
why would you drink water with no minerals?
I rarely drink tea (green/ black), but when I do, I brew it with RO water. The calcium in my very hard water causes gunk to form in my cup after a few minutes, soft one doesn’t.
But I wouldn’t drink the dryer piss water anytime in my life, that’s disgusting!