DIY Water Distiller (Higher Output Version) - Full Build and Demonstration

Full construction walk-through and experiment to demonstrate the higher efficiency of this style of homemade water distiller. I can distill about 40 ounces per hour with this condenser design. Total cost was about $60.00 for materials.

Distilling water is a highly effective method for purifying the most dirty and contaminated water. It will also desalinate salt water and turn it into perfectly clean and safe drinking water.

This is the fitting I used in the lid of the pressure cooker:
Bulkhead Hose Barb 5/16"×3/8"

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[williambianchi]

Stick that pressure cooker inside a solar oven and it should work without fuel on sunny days. Good job with this vid. 👏

[robertwhan]

I've been kicking around my mom's old pressure cooker in my garage for the last 25yrs thinking some day I'm going to have a use for this damn thing and low and behold up pops your vid! Thanks now I've got something to do tomorrow 👍👍👍

[Kinny]

I’ve built several of these for a completely different purpose. In HVAC when recovering refrigerant it makes the recovery cylinder very hot with pressures exceeding 500 PSIG. This takes forever on a hot day and will make the machine shut off constantly. So I rolled about 30’ of copper into a cooling bucket and connected it between the machine and recovery tank. Ice is a good start but it melts super quick, running water is a must. Absolutely the more coiled copper I use the better it works. I never thought about doing that to distill water but I’ll be doing it now. I’ve already got a 20’ inner coil and a 25’ outer coil. I will be surprised if any steam makes it out but we’ll see. Dope video, thanks.

[Gtbie_]

This is one of the best one I seen on making clean drinking water

[DRUMMER-j-ux]

This gives people another option. And that's a good thing. The more options, the better.

[Ghostmaker]

Use mineral or sunflower OIL instead. It has a much higher thermal capacity and will still cool the steam without using water, which is the whole point of the exercise! :) . Splitting the pipe into multiple channels will also prove to be more efficient, as you reduce pressure and increase surface area for heat exchange.

[donniedarko]

Awesome project. I live 1 mile from the ocean and I will build this ASAP...unlimited water supply in the Pacific!

[mikeschmidt]

DONT GIVE UP, YOU GOT THE MUSIC IN YOU!

[ryanwalter]

Hey, thanks for this vid. I was just checking to make sure I understand the condenser from memory (from cub scouts back in the 1980s) and I do. Thanks for this cut to the point presentation!

[haunsfroehlingsdorf]

Great video and DIY! One word of warning - distilled water leaches copper. It would be a safer idea to use 316L Stainless Steel Food-Grade tubing for your condenser. It will raise the price, but it is a safer solution.

[RARRRRRRRRRRR]

A very intelligent man to learn from. Highly recommended to watch!

[dr.astro.hutchins]

Great setup, that condenser was simple and beautiful at the same time!

[charleswilliams]

Good design. I would suggest a bulkhead fitting between the worm (moonshine term) coil. This seals the bucket of cooling water. You could then use a basin of cool water to be circulated by a fountain pump. This should add process time for your ice packs placed in a basin rather than the coil bucket. The same way a lot of moonshiners tried to place their stills near a water source.

[RARRRRRRRRRRR]

An excellent video to watch. Well done! This gives you a clear picture on how to create your own effective distiller from nothing practically. No need to buy expensive fancy ones out there that are not as efficient as this. Better to make your own for sure! He gives a very practical and scientific approach to creating one of the most efficient distillers I've ever seen. I have wasted money buying a couple and they are not even close to as efficient as this one. I'm going to use the parts I have and modify them to achieve these kinds of results. Highly recommend it to watch this!

[JerryDechant]

If you let your boiling container run dry through the process, you can use distilled vinegar (which is a mild acid) to soak in the container to loosen and easily remove the sludge that builds up. If you use a stainless steel container, vinegar is the way to go, and by the way, if you use stainless steel cookware that gets caked up with the food you cooked in it, vinegar will help make that clean up easier too, just let it soak in vinegar for awhile then the guck should be easy to remove.

[ever]

Hey brother nice to see someone near the great lakes. Northern MI here. Great video and idea. I think i will make one of these with some mods to it. Thanks for the idea

[phil]

Thanks a lot. I will build this when it warms up. I need distilled water for my kratksky hydroponic system and for drinking too

[angelfish]

I wish I could thumbs up this a billion times! Thank you!😘

[darkbulb]

Okaaayyyeee... so it's hit the fan & here I am with my DIY distillery, (great simple, easy design by the way), & I'm gonna just grab some cold packs out of my electric freezer in a grid down situation aaand... I really do like the conveniently simple design that anyone can do & the principles taught that again, anyone can grab onto. I'd just have left out the cold packs.

[Cheesecake]

Remember that drinking a lot of distilled water is not good for you either because the water needs to be re-added the propper minerals, in order to be healthy normal water. otherwise the homeostasis of minerals in your body might go into deficit, leading to other health issues. Great tutorial btw.!