You'd at least want to test the pH. Around here, distilled water is cheap
enough that I wouldn't bother.
Chris K.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:43:38 -0800, Mike Lee wrote
> I've been running a dehumidifier 24/7 in our house for the past few
> weeks; it's been wet enough here (Oregon; 28 straight days of rain)
> that it's pulling 2-3 gallons a day. Is the water coming out of
> the dehumidifier pretty much equivalent to distilled water? I'm not
> planning on drinking it, but it'd be a very convenient source of
> water for when I flush out the radiators in the cars. Is there a
> simple way to test for mineral content in the water, which I guess
> is the only thing I'd need to be worried about?
>
> TIA,
> Mike
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