Off Grid Water Distillation at its Best!

Waterwise 1600-

SilverFire Hunter-

A video demonstrating the non-electric Off Grid Steam Distiller by Water Wise. It was very rewarding to see the production rate. Up to 16 gallons of distilled water a day off of wood. The water tastes great. Future tests will involve brackish and seas water.

[marzsit]

years ago i built a water distiller out of 50 feet of 3/8" copper tubing coiled inside a 5 gallon bucket and used an old pressure cooker as the boiling vessel. it worked very well and condensed all of the steam and could produce 20 gallons a day if you really needed that much distilled water. so yes, you can build a cheaper distiller but the waterwise 1600 is a really cool design that takes up a lot less space, that's what you're paying for.

[TerroristNeutralizer]

For your information, Sea Water should not affect stainless steel whatsoever. It will form a highly crusty crud on the inside of the boil chamber, but you should be able to just tap on the boil chamber to knock out the crud and scour it out with a brillo pad.

[RawFoodMuscle]

12 gallons a is one sweet distiller. Thanks for sharing

[wyattoneable]

It's nice to know this kind of equipment is available, thanks for bringing us such cool videos.

[nicksam]

I am an engineer also and a prepper Nice system especially for winter use. Below is my system that might help you with a solar design:
My solar still produces about 5 gallons a day in October on sunny days. I used an old duel pane solar panel about 3' by 7'. I stood it up on end slanted against a rock wall fence. Water level is maintained by a mounted water tank next to the panel that connects at the bottom. The highth of the water in the tank determines solar panel water level. Next to the panel I built a wooden 3 level shelf stand. At the top of the solar panel I ran copper tube up first and then down to my first copper coil inside a 2' by 4' water cooling tub and came out the bottom/front side. Below that tank I ran a second copper coil to my second tank and then out its bottom to feed my 5 gallon distilled water container, final product, sitting at the bottom of the stand. The top tank removes a large portion of heat from the descending vapor/liquid. This heated water in the tank (heated from transfer of heat from vapor coil) is then fed to the bottom of the panel and thereby reusing the transferred heat. I tried to position the coils so that all fluids/vapor are being pulled downward by gravity in all portions of the tubing. Top and bottom tanks are fed by sprinkler timer. The top tank then also feeds the solar panel and determines what level in the solar panel the water sits. The bottom tank is fed by sprinkler timer also but does not feed the panel water and is always much cooler then the top tank. It's water is only used to cool the second coil. The panel has four ports one on each side at the bottom and one on each side at the top. I occasionally use the unused bottom port to drain the brine. I may adapt a valve to automatically dump, the brine, at the end of the day by sprinkler timer later on. It is important that when you connect the top of the panel to the top coil that the connector is not tight but is left loose to allow air to occasionally enter when good flow occurs or you will create a siphoning effect and get about 20 gallons of possibly sterilized water that is NOT distilled at the end of the day. There may be some steam loss because of this; but, the effect is negligible. An improvement I could easily make is take the duel pane glass off the panel and spray the now gray copper sheet and copper tubing black again and I should have more output. Thanks for your video....good research and testing.

[BobWyreWalker]

I finally got one. It arrives tomorrow! Your 'show & tell' simply ROCKS! Thank you.

[icicicles]

I love it!
But, you may want to do away from the plastic pipe and go with copper.
Also you may want to add a charcoal filter for the VOC's (volatile organic compounds) the boil off first.
That's a pretty awesome system!
I plan to use my 23-Quart Pressure Canner by presto on my Liberty wood stove and copper tube the steam through my outside wall into a 5 gal coolant bucket during the fall/winter months into a charcoal drip filter and then a 5 gal glass catch basin.
Being I have to heat my home (wood heat) and it's cold out (condensing the steam) 24/7 I might as well be making pure H2O surplus for the summer.
P.S. I am on my second H2O lab distiller so I need to bring down the cost and this is my best opposition.

[IggyDalrymple]

I'v used a distiller from Amazon for over a decade. It's electric but doesn't work as
fast nor distill as much as your device but it does produce enough for my wife and me.

[NoName-upkw]

I recently got one and it works great. *So long as you follow the directions and warnings this device is wonderful, makes a lot of distilled wawa.

[YuChiGongG]

Hey Man!, After you finish distilling your water, you can easily use this same equipment to make Chinese steamed meat and vegetable dumplings.

[genebodenberger]

I spent my career onboard submarines and we drank distilled sea water pretty much the whole time. If you plan on drinking distilled water for an extended time, you must ensure your diet contains minerals that occur in regular water or your guts will get all bound up. Not an expert, just speaking from experience.

[JeffStoops]

This is good for your batteries that may power Solar, but I love the Berkey. My first line of water purification 

[The_Oldguy]

In the wind, I would wrap the top half with aluminum foil. That should help to keep the steam inside and allow to drain easier.

[crwilliams]

Your set up is good!  i use a 1 gallon still myself and love the results.  But, mine is electric, and yours will burn just about anything in an emergency. nice job on the video.

[analiensaturn]

It's all open to the air which cancels out it being distilled as any impurities dust or particulates from flue spoils it.

[grayeagleswolves]

Hey Derek very nice we do have well water our selves up here and do boil it as well thank you for showing that

[moosempw]

I like it and i wont it
Distilled water is all the body should ever have !!! Thank you mate
Form Australia

[roostershooter]

Wow.  That's impressive.  I use a Brewhaus PSII High Capacity Distiller on top of a 16 gal. SS Keg using a Crawdad Propane Jet burner to make Legal (Permit) Ethanol.  I only get around 3 quarts in an hour using my setup, and I have the fancy equipment.  Keep up the cool vids. 

[motocyclin]

perfect.  will be using when Jade helm starts in usa this summer. thanks

[StormyWizard]

The only pure water on earth is distilled. The human body is 72% water. Great article,