Recycling AC water??

TwoHedWlf

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The general consensus is no because it can collect contaminants from the air, or from the fins. But I don't know if anyone has actually done it and found any issues.

Seems you'll collect just as much contamination from the air running an airstone. And I keep seeing people concerned about copper contamination in the water, but everything is aluminum.
 
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There was a thread made by a member about this and dehumidifier water a while back. The answer was not to use the water from neither due to contamination from outside or inside the home.
 

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This pertains more to the linked thread, but may be relevant to those with copper, or lead pipes.
A little over 10 years ago, many public water suppliers started adding a tiny amount of phosphate (as mandated by the EPA) to the distribution systems, to coat the inside of pipes , and prevent the leaching of lead and copper into homes.(most lead and copper are " Not" in the distribution system itself, but in the private homes plumbing)
The facility I worked at, did this addition of phosphate, and as a chemist at the plant I was involved in the research to see how much, and if, the addition of phosphate actually helped reduce leaching.
My house went from a lead and copper concentration of about 12ppb (parts per billion (under the MCL of 15ppb)) to less than 5 ppm after a few months into the study of phosphate addition.
I found this rather encouraging
 
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