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Old June 11, 2018   #7
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Originally Posted by zeuspaul View Post
Interesting. I made my primitive water distiller with two glass jars. The outer jar is a 2 gallon Anchor Hocking Heritage all glass jar with glass lid. The inner jar is an Anchor Hocking Heritage 1/2 gallon jar with black marbles on its bottom.

The inner jar (evaporator jar) without its lid is filled with water. The unit is placed in the sun. Water evaporates from the inner jar and condenses on the outer jar.
I might try this in my greenhouse just for fun.
It's actually hard to imagine a shortage of fresh water here where I live. I would be better off learning some primitive technology for a pump...
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