The only thing I would do different is submerge your coils in cold water. It would involve a few more parts to have it go through the wall of a bucket without it leaking, but you'll lose less water to steam that way...great video though! Definitely needed in today's pandemic scare!

@ClownWhisper

4 жыл бұрын

The only thing? What about the rubber? What about the brass fitting? brass has blood in it everyone knows he's going to be distilling alcohol in this he is not using silver solder so it's going to leech lead from that too and all kinds of nastiness is going to come out of that rubber

@AlienRelics

4 жыл бұрын

@@ClownWhisper Plumbing solder is lead free.

@Hitman1978

3 жыл бұрын

@@cantbuyfreedom7850 I was referring to the COVID-19 pandemic we're all going through.

@JoyfulUniter

3 жыл бұрын

@@cantbuyfreedom7850 *The Rothchilds want to know your location*

@strawman9410

Жыл бұрын

Could also put the water collector in cold water too

don't use an old tea kettle. You'll have mineral build up on the inside bottom that you can't clean out. Use a pot instead. Drill a hole in the lid to fit the tubing. Put a weight on the lid to keep steam from escaping. You can always clean the inside of a pot.

@story1234

Жыл бұрын

That doesn’t explain why don’t use old tea kettle. How does it affect the distilled water?

@keithryan683

11 ай бұрын

Tiny bits of scale rise up with the steam .

I would add one more step. Add another threaded fitting to the bottom, connect that into another PVC cap, use a short piece of PVC tubing that you can stuff an activated charcoal coffee filter pack into, then finally a bottom PVC cap to hold the filter pack in. This will do 2 things for you. First it will filter out any contaminates that happened to make it through in the steam. Second it will make sure that no steam escapes into the air as it will have to condense in order to make it through this filter, improving efficiency.

By the way, if you fill the copper piping with sand (like the kind you get at Home Depot) you can relax a little when bending it. The sand protects from kinks.

@abboberg

2 жыл бұрын

And make sure you plug the ends well, or the sand will push ooze out, not helping the kinking situation.

@tuvoca825

2 жыл бұрын

The old sand mandrel trick. Taping up the ends when it's in there is supposed to help too. Never done it myself. They also have a spring mandrel at Harbor Freight.

@scootersonlyrepair6773

Жыл бұрын

So does not bending it too sharply. You have to be crazy rough to kink it.

@CaptainLongSack

Жыл бұрын

No..... don't do that

@mannye

Жыл бұрын

@@CaptainLongSack Why not? Seriously asking. I heard about it, tried it with small diameter copper tubing and it worked. Is it only good for small diameters? Does it harm the tubing in some way? If you're going to say "don't do that" an explanation of why not would be helpful. I'm always willing to learn.

Nice! I used a pressure cooker instead of a teapot though,and ran the coil though another bucket of water to cool the coil down faster.

@desertsun02

8 жыл бұрын

sweet

@crazymattt505

7 жыл бұрын

can you make a video please?

@bctruck

7 жыл бұрын

I did.

@lawneymalbrough4309

6 жыл бұрын

Good job! I was thinking of using a Pressure cooker myself.

Nice idea! Back in Y2K we bought an expensive distiller for emergency water that was actually made for alcohol production. This is so much better of an idea, plus the tea pot could be easily heated over wood fire.

Have you tried a TDS meter to see how many solids are left in the water after distillation ? That will show you how well it works,it should read zero or slightly above.

Love this kind of video, meat and gravy for us tinkerers. Thanks!

awesome... been looking for alternatives. thanks dude.

Would it work better if you wrapped that copper coil around a #10 can for the form and filled the can with ice water to help it condense faster?

Before you bend the copper tubing, fill it with water and freeze it. Once the water is frozen you can wrap it around a 3 or 4 inch PVC tube. The ice will stop it from kinking and you will have a tight spiral.

@mackwood2164

7 жыл бұрын

Sand works well too in a pinch if you dont got a pipe bender or freezer space.

@patrichausammann

7 жыл бұрын

Like Mack Wood, I would prefer sand to bend pipes.

@patrichausammann

4 жыл бұрын

​@A K.A. GHOST WRHYDTAR The sand is there to fill up the pipe, so that the tube is not kinked suddenly while bending. The sand helps to stabilize the pipe while bending around the bending tool.

@wlde9949

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrichausammann yeah because we all know how frozen pipes are. Um cracks... Nuff said. Just get a tube bender if your already working on this job.

I’ve heard if you fill the tub with sand, it’s less likely to kink when you bend it.

Your design is awesome!

my take on it is to add more copper mass to the inside of the coil poking in and run some form of fan though it pulling heat away from the copper protrusions or even use aluminum fins, possibly combining this with some form of existing air flow and direct the heat into something aswell that needs it maybe a large seed germination table

I tried this type of system and I get vodka coming out. I think I am doing something wrong.

@progaming8990

4 жыл бұрын

me not you lol

@alanplummer8250

4 жыл бұрын

Not a problem, a gold mine!

@EricNielsen187

4 жыл бұрын

No you are doing it right. lol

@mmercier0921

4 жыл бұрын

In most places it is safer to drink vodka or beer/wine than the water. Everyone who survived long enough to reproduce knew this the last few thousand years.

@octaviusgalacticus2253

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmercier0921 the children even drank it a weaker version

Great Vid! Thanks! A tip for those wanting to construct a larger and more efficient coiled section .... as that could help with steam loss at the end ..... if you have a freezer large enough to place the entire length of copper tube, simply fill with water, then freeze. Once frozen you can work the copper very aggressively and quickly with any pipe-bending tool or improvized version and the ice will stop the copper deforming so you will get unspoilt perfect coil, regardless of how many turns. ;)

@davidsonnow

9 ай бұрын

You mean fill the actual copper tube with water and then put it in the freezer?

@chronicsys

9 ай бұрын

@@davidsonnow exactly. ice is very strong and holds even large diameter copper pipe perfectly resulting in no deformation as you bend

@chronicsys

8 ай бұрын

@@davidsonnow yup! ice is strong and prevents pipe from deforming ;)

@americansfirst1095

7 ай бұрын

May I add?........good idea, but better be real careful, filling with water and freezing can and will swell the pipe/tubing or even burst it, if allowed to freeze too solid, for too long. Once swelled, the fittings will no longer fit.

@chronicsys

3 ай бұрын

@@davidsonnow Yes! So sorry for late reply - my gmail died and I did not see. The frozen / expanded water ensures there is no distortion when you start bending

I love this! I can't wait to make one. Thank you

If you fill the copper tube with fine sand first, you can bend it around a former and make it as tight as you like with no kinks in the pipe. Empty out the sand and flush it through with water and voilà! It would be good.

@jimbass7867

5 жыл бұрын

For any project with bending copper that is involved with food or ingestible products such as this one, always use table salt. It pours nicely and is water soluble so you can flush it cleanly. No particle is stuck and left behind by chance..

@miguelchacon2717

5 жыл бұрын

Dont use sand or it will get stuck like mine use water instead or salt

@honuswagner9348

Жыл бұрын

@@jimbass7867 sand isn't going to hurt you.

Awesome rig for the off grid pad! I’ll have to upsize mine however, as I will need about 4 gallons each time.

Amazing idea. Thanks for sharing.

I don't know if some people realize how valuable this would be in an emergency if potable water supplies were disrupted.

@Jerry-ki1pn

5 жыл бұрын

Limitless not quite how it works bud

@junkyardchic3604

5 жыл бұрын

@@shikharsharma3451 If you transfer water back and forth between two clean containers it will oxygenated the water.

@Ihaveausernametoo

5 жыл бұрын

@@shikharsharma3451 With my rain water system I let it run through a gravel filter to increase the amount of minerals. Same approach should work with distilled water. It's literally just a thick pipe full of cleaned rocks, about 2,5 meters long. There are expensive ones that work the same way but with pressurised water.

@mummiedanser1609

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, when drinking distilled water, the osmotic value of the liquid is so low, that your cells will swoll up and they will eventually burst. NEVER DRINK distilled water in large quantities

@mummiedanser1609

4 жыл бұрын

@るの he means oxygen dissolved in the water, molecular oxygen...

If you put the coil in a large container and drill two holes in the bottom, one for the coil to exit the other to let the coolant water run through the container and be collected for the next run and slowly have a constant flow of cold water through the container it will keep the collector coil cool and as you are flowing water through your container it will be constantly cold and the run is your next load no waste and no extra energy needed just run it from the cold tap and recycle! Gravity does the rest! And you can use a longer coil just get a piece as long as you want and coil it yourself! Easy and maybe something bigger than the kettle!! Namasté Ps still a good post

@fishsauce2221

4 жыл бұрын

Taking designs from the alcohol distillers is indeed the way to go.

I'm going to try this!

I drink filthy water to give my immune system a work out

@Devin_Davis

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha but alex jones said the chemicals in the water are turning the frogs gay

@AnaghaTambe-tk1ls

7 ай бұрын

​@@Devin_Davisgood riddance from wives.

That was excellent! Thank you very much!

I really love this and I need something like this in my home.. I drink a lot of water and it needs to be distilled... can you please tell me where you got that beautiful copper tubing ? I love it ! .. also years ago I had a real true solid copper teapot not the kind that most people have in fact I bought it at a thrift shop for like a dollar and it was unusual looking and it was black.. I couldn't believe when I got it home how it polished up beautifully and it was real copper on the inside that thing was solid all the way through... I loved it but I was not always careful and should have just stayed there and watched it come to a boil because it seems that when I would walk away it would boil very quickly... needless to say . And so one too many times ended up that poor beautiful copper kettle got cooked til black.. and finally the spout fell off and I meant to try to fix it and never got around to it . You should look for a real Copper Kettle just two speed things up and already the water already boiling in Copper and then going through copper tubes... but thank you for showing this cuz now I feel more inspired and less confused about how I'm going to do this

That is a great build.

I love your kitchen.

Now I'm prepared for the apocalypse, thanks dude.

@Shadow77999

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao white obama

@sharond2814

3 жыл бұрын

Apocalypse, White Obama, whatever. Bottom line our water is full of harmful crap. It's just a wise thing to do.

@falcon091480

3 жыл бұрын

You made this comment a year ago! You must have known something!

Just a tip on bending copper tubing. First fill the straight or curved tubing with sand full to the top. then find a pipe or something to help bend the copper to your specs. the sand inside helps the copper not to bend or get crushed . now slowly bend the copper around and around until you are finished. then was out the sand with a garden hose, make sure the copper tubing is very clean. Now you have a perfectly round tubing bend!

@davidsonnow

9 ай бұрын

You can also fill it with water and freeze it. It does the same thing.

stick the coil in a stainless steel pot and fill with Ice will make your coil condenser work a lot faster. Thank you for sharing good video.

Nice design, I'd produce allot more condensation when cooling the coils with cold wet cloth.

Awesome video and thanks for sharing. Going to Home depot to get my supplies!

hallo,nice video. What is the name of the fitting used to join the kettle and the copper pipe?

This looks like a great setup but what exactly is that PVC coupling (assuming its PVC) ? I don't see anything similar online. It would be helpful to know before heading to the hardware store and wandering the plumbing aisle without being able to tell exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks

So does the dirt and heavy metals And flouride stay in the kettle? Is bottled distilled bad?

Just curious, does de-ionised water corrode solid copper metal? I've read cases of corrosion but they look like they were caused by erosion from the constant movement. I can't confirm if it really "dissolves" the metal.

Does anybody know if this would work on distilling IPA? I know IPA fumes is flamable but this looks like no flame is involved . any input wpuld be fantastic.

Can your device be used for making the essential oil?

Tip for soldering, you want to hold the flame on the fitting past the pipe, so that way the hottest part is where the solder flows to through capillary action. So on the male adaptor at 0:41, you want to put the heat on the threads when you solder instead of on the pipe how it was shown in the video. I'm a plumber and this is how you supposed to do it. But good video.

Love this idea. I think one would want to get a bigger kettle for production.

This looks great. I got a tea kettle and bought some 3/8 " copper tubing. I can't find anyone who has the connectors. I have been to several hardware stores and plumbing supply stores. What did you use for the piece of black hose (looks a little like radiator hose)? The spout on my tea pot is right at 1 1/8". What is the white plastic piece you used to connect the black hose to the copper pipe? Finally, where did you get the flexible pipe? Thank you in advance

How did you initially coil the coper tubing? Also what is the rubber tube going to water.

Great update ✊🏾 What’s the capacity of you kettle? How long does it take to covert that capacity? How much distill water does it in that time?

Fill the tubing with salt before bending into shape. The salt allows you to make the coils very tight and neat without fear of it kinking or collapsing on itself. I tried it today for the first time n it worked phenomenal!

@honuswagner9348

Жыл бұрын

sand too, its probably cheaper

I really like your design, thank you for the video. The connector to the teapot, I noticed a comment you replied to saying you can find it almost anywhere, but is there a name for it? If it is pipe, what is around it to seal it?

Wauw great job mister!!

Good work

Could you explainer how you rigged the connector to the to the tea kettle

You only need a FAN passing over the Coils. Which will Whisk that final bit of heat away and there will be all water no steam coming out! This is essentially what is INSIDE my company made 'Megahome' water distiller!

@MichaelJohnson-

5 жыл бұрын

No fan needed. His coil is way too big. I made a working device called E.V.E last year. There is not enough thrust/pressure being built up to make the steam travel through the tubing so it is taking forever for any water to be made. Mine re put out the water like a river, but smaller piping.

@julioseviltwin2304

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelJohnson- hi, I'm using a lot of isopropyl, any tips or direction on how I can build like a distiller to save and reuse the expensive evaporating fumes.. ? Many thanks in advance.. 👌🏻

cool,seems really simple.

nice, thanks for sharing.

May I suggest you use some type of bell bottom recovery flask in order to recover and condense the steam that is escaping as a loss. I just thought of that, observing so much steam.

@kiyoponnn

4 жыл бұрын

@A K.A. GHOST WRHYDTAR Get lost dumbass

@kiyoponnn

4 жыл бұрын

@Juan It's called an Erlenmeyer flask not bell bottom

@fishsauce2221

4 жыл бұрын

Can remove the steam inefficiency by cooling the coil with water. Can use cool water from a nearby flowing stream with a special design that doesnt need a pump. That is how they did with some alcohol distillers back in the day.

Would I want to put my lavender in the black part on the spout of the kettle for the steam to pass through?

Looks great!

@desertsun02

3 ай бұрын

hi there and thank you!

Un grand MERCI !!!!!!!

Would it increase the purity if you add copper mesh inside?

great job

Great work thanks

3:57 What connector type is that and in what shop can you usually find it? Does it fit to any teapots or only special teapots for water distillation? Can distillation remove chlorine and chloramine? The city water here where I live cannot be safely drunk. People have to buy mineral water in gallons here.

Awesome video,i like it alot,keep it coming!!....I have a question ,can i use "soft microbore copper tube Pipe refrigeration plumbing"(ebay)any good for distilling?.

Good job.

What is the connector called? I’m speaking of the black rubber like piece connected to the water source? Thank you!

This is awesome.

@desertsun02

Жыл бұрын

thanks!

You Legend ! Thank you soo much.

Nice I used a 15 gallon keg with a column and a proper liebig condenser

Thank you!

I built one but now that I see yours I want one like yours. Great idea.

@desertsun02

2 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks

Can we use this water in the battery, as distilled water

Good done

Nice clean kitchen!

@desertsun02

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Now that looks like my style

So would you sell some of these to people like in Flint Michigan or anyone who has trouble getting clean water? It might take awhile to get a bunch of them made but I would definitely be interested in having one

you added a coil but no water cooling?

GREAT WORK..!

@desertsun02

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

So, after watching this video I got inspired to try it out myself. This sounds silly, but my car windshield wiper fluid is empty and I wanted to homemake some windshield wiper fluid...and it needs distilled water. But rather than paying $1 for a gallon of it, I decided to spend like $75 on copper pipe fittings and do it myself. lol The issue I have is my teapot neck doesn't have enough space to grip. I tried using rubber coupler (1 1/4") reduced to PVC (1 1/4" convert to 3/4 ") which fits the 3/4" pipe. And that 3/4" copper pipe connects (using push connector) to a 1/2" copper coil (10ft). However, the rubber connector at the teapot end expands when hot, so keeps slipping off. I'm not sure what else to try on that end...or maybe I should just buy a teapot with a longer neck. BUT! It was working up until the rubber connector slipped off. When it fell off, a bunch of water fell out of the copper tubing, so at least I know it's working!

Thanks for the vid I am making a still at the moment ,use a kettle great idea well done

@desertsun02

2 жыл бұрын

you're welcome 👍😎

Can i get plants oil with one of these?

Do you think this would work with an old pressure cooker?

Nice, your video got some notice from Practical Survivalist. I've watched a number of your videos before but I found this one posted on FB. Cheers!

I use a pressure cooker and a cooled copper spiral.( it's in another bucker I fill with water.). In your case I would still recommend fa-inding a way to cool the copper tubing. The water comes out at drinking temperature and you don't lose it as steam. Since heating it costs the most energy a little pump to circulate cold water from a large cement mixing bucket over the cooler could add a nice, inexpensive touch to your project. Plus you can use it to distill moonshine ofcourse. I wish copper was a little less expensive.

@davidbilec3009

5 жыл бұрын

only if you hold the heat temperature just slightly above the boiling point of alcohol and well below that of water..... the reason being is impure water can boil at a lower temp or higher temp depending on whats in it. so if its too high you just boil it into exactly what you had before

Cool the coiled tubing with cold water it converts all steam into water and make your operates efficient

What is the model or type of connector to the teapot?

I wonder how much faster, more efficient, the water would condense if you put a fan and have it blow directly on the coil. Can you try that?

Can i use that pipe to install water into my washing machine?

Looks like the coil needs to be longer length or some added external cooling assistant to the coil. The exit water is too hot . There is loss efficiency due to steam escape and evaporation. Probably just lowering the heat to the kettle once boiling occurs would be the best adjustment.It would allow slower movement of steam giving more time for better condensation.

What's with these videos of people boiling water? I'm interested in how to interface the pipe with the tea kettle. Where did you get that coupler? Or what did you make it out of?

1 quart for 1hour. How much is the coil setup? Thank you

Good vid mate ! How much was materials ?

Hello, thank you fir this :) is there a reason this cannot be made using flexible RVS piping?

@desertsun02

2 жыл бұрын

hi. i'm not familiar with RVS piping?

Thumbs up. ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE

@Shadow77999

4 жыл бұрын

Based

Where could I buy copper tubing? What width?

Is stainless tubing okay to use?

you would probably get more water if you sealed your recovery jar/bottle...and run it through ice water as mentioned down below...nice...good work...!!!

@randydeskins9359

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t trap steam.

Hiya mate , How did this compare to your basic 'Pan , bowl and lid' method? Time wise ? PPM wise ? Do you reckon it's cost effective re the lecy?

@desertsun02

2 жыл бұрын

hi there. in terms of ppm they re about the same but this one is faster. it's probably the fastest one i've made.

maybe I wasn't paying attention, but what was the point of making the spiral in the tubing? To have enough time for the steam to cool down?

Would like to see some moonshiners chime in on how to distill.

Are you sweating that copper with 50-50?

i like it!

Nice video

@desertsun02

8 жыл бұрын

thanks

@REHIMTBORAK

6 жыл бұрын

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