Part 1 | How To Make Your Own Air To Water Generator At Home | 4 to 9 Gallons Of Purified Water/Day
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What if we could just pull the water straight out of the air in the form of
condensation from the humidity? There would be no contaminates in the humidity
itself and our process will further purify the water; this is called the “Self Reliant
Water Supply”. Almost anyone can build his or her very own in just a short amount
of time and at very minimal cost.
By using the “Self Reliant Water Supply” in our home, we can circumvent the risks
associated with the public water infrastructure and the potential harm that may
arise from it. Disease, contamination, effects of natural disaster, etc… all of these
unfortunate circumstances can be avoided.
At the core of the “Self Reliant Water Supply” is a dehumidifier, which allows us to
pull water straight out of the humidity in the air. Water is then collected into a
capture basin, transferred through a purifier and then re-mineralized.
Depending on the humidity levels where you live, the “Self Reliant Water Supply”
has the potential to produce large amounts of water. This can be beneficial if your
main drinking water source becomes contaminated or in the event of natural
disasters.
SAFETY
You cannot assume that water produced by a dehumidifier alone will be pure. The
water is collected (or condensed) over coils in the dehumidifier. The actual
condensation drips off of these coils to produce water. These coils are usually made
of aluminum, copper or other metallic construction. When metallic sources are
introduced into any water supply system, the threat of potential harm increases.
Fortunately, we can eliminate these risks. There are just a couple of steps we must take for our water to become some of the best tasting and safest drinking water available.
We MUST purify the water before it can be drinkable. Purifying our condensed
water through a high quality purifier does this.
Furthermore, after purifying our water, it has become essentially distilled water.
Now, drinking distilled water in a survival situation is acceptable. What we want to
accomplish though, is water that is not only pure, but good for us as well. If a person
were to drink just distilled water, over time this water could potentially “leach”
valuable minerals out of our body. We need these minerals to sustain our health, so
it would be best to add them back in.
After the purifying process is complete, we will add one half (1/2) teaspoon of
crushed Himalayan Salt to each gallon of water we produce. This action will “remineralize”
the purified water we have produced. This particular salt enriches the
water with 84 minerals our bodies need to remain healthy and hydrated. This salt is
also what gives the water that very smooth taste.
Please watch all 5 videos in the series (Part’s 1-5) to get full instruction on how you can generate your very own purified & mineralized drinking water at home.
This comment section is the best. Preppers, self-reliant people. You are amazing. And to the maker of this video. Thank you. You are a literal life saver.
I got this beat. I get 9 hours of free electricity every night between 9 pm and 6 am the following morning. I have a chest-type freezer on a timer set to run during that free-electricity time. All I do is leave the lid open with a small fan blowing air from my greenhouse into it.
It produces 1/2 gallon per night. I run THAT water through my homemade Berky style water filter, add a pinch of Redmond Real Salt and store it in one-gallon, capped glass jugs.
Voila!
Nice work!
Is there any reason WHY we're not neighbors? 😃 I would love to have friends like you who I can learn things like that from.
What model chest-type freezer are you using? Please advise. Thanks.
@@jeffdestes
Home Despot- $189
@@jeffdestes Ideally, you want a steady flow of VERY humid air to pass across the top of the freezer, flowing into and out of a small space where the lid is cracked open about an inch. I pass greenhouse air over mine. Your mileage may vary.
What I think is pretty cool is when you pair this with being underground. Many basements stay a pretty consistent 55° year-round. If you have 95° air going into a 55° basement, that 40° difference goes a long way to getting to dew point. The air is basically what's called super saturated, because the moisture dissolved at the higher temperature and goes down to a lower temperature. Temperature. This is why a lot of basements are too moist and end up struggling with mold.
If you're in a dry climate and have a basement, this is a good way to supplement your water.
If you're looking to do any type of water harvesting , looking to use geothermal cooling to assist you is a great thing.
We've got a 77 pint and three seven gallon storage tanks and we just run it thru our Berkey water filter for drinking water and the rest water plants with. We live in Missouri and it supplies all the water we need for drinking even in winter.
That's so awesome! Love it
Do you guys know what type of solar panel you would need to connect to this?
Thank you each one teach one I was just about to ask some questions but in yr comment you have answered what I was going to ask
@@armanchap5790 the ones that produce power, ask a stupid question you will get a stupid answer
@@armanchap5790
Solar panels come in various wattages and are all well-suited to this task. By the way you wire them, they deliver the power at 12v, 24v, 48v (typically).
Basically
panel->panel->panel->panel-> Storage would be 48v
while
panel->\
panel->/\_____Storage
panel->\/
panel->/
would be 12 v.
In the cheapy scenario, you feed the solar panels into a charge control (to protect the battery from over charging) and then into the batteries. Then you feed the batteries through an inverter (which has various plug outputs) into the distiller device. I'd recommend watching an intro video for how to set up solar panels and cables but it's pretty straight forward.
A solar generator is an integrated battery, charge controller, inverter, and various plug outputs. It's more expensive but it's been done for you by professionals.
This also provides you some backup power during disasters for lights and fans. You can take the solar generator to a friend's house if their power is off.
Solar isn't really "there" yet for "running frig, an ac unit" in big disaster, yet. A propane generator is better suited for that scenario.
A distiller runs about 200w per hour so a $600ish solar "generator" and panels would cost about $800 right now ($600 on sale, $500 used panels). That's expected to drop by about 40% by 2026.
People, please don't drink water produced by dehumidifiers!!! Their coils (the parts that condense water) don't have a food‑grade coating. And some coils are even coated with bactericides and mold reducing compounds which are highly toxic if ingested. I am putting this comment on all of the videos in this series to raise awareness.
Wow good to know!
The non food grade plastics would all be leaching synthetic endocrine chemicals, flame retardants, phthalates, PFAS, dioxins, UV-stabilizers, and toxic metals (eg lead, cadmium) into the water too.
I wonder if the lead pipes have food grade coating in them.
I would use this to water plants
The contamination is exactly why untreated dehumidifer water is classified as grey water.
I love that you actually did the "electricity to pints" equation so people understand there is a power cost... however my electricity is about $0.28kwh so yah. Also relative humidity makes things unreliable and lastly, dry climates where u really need the water, end up being not reasonable vs power used.
I agree, nearly impossible in dry climates. A lot of people have ended up powering with solar. I haven't done the math on that, but it's being done so they must have very slight humidity in places. But yes, I agree.
In northern Arizona the mountain climate humidity on average is around 50%. Monsoons roll in and we will see 70-90% depending on the storm. The storm will drop temps down to 65-75 degrees when it’s a high of 80-95 degrees. It’s pretty nasty when it’s 95 and a monsoon rolls in.
I plan to follow your TH-cam video guidance and make an air to water generator for use in my home occupied by my wife located in northern Tennessee. Our humidity here is below 60% for approximately 98.0 days or 26.8% of the year. Since your videos are now over two years old, would you please advise if you have any updates or changes to recommend, i.e., dehumidifier model, water filter, etc., prior to me purchasing the required material? Eventually, I would like to power the dehumidiffier using a small solar system. Many thanks.
@newportstudio I’m interested in any new recommendations as well. Thanks and Godbless 🙏‼️🐊⚜️
We have used the th-cam.com/users/postUgkxOTeIs0vv4_9B5hsmnLsk9r930uDQLu_Y for probably 30 hours with our camper and it’s been great! The noise level is really only noticeable when running the AC and other appliances like the microwave, hair dryer, or coffee pot. It’s not huge like other ones and it has wheels so even at 90lbs, I can move it!
Do all humidifiers work this way? what kind of hose do you attach?
Absolutely brilliant idea. Thanks! Thank you for the detailed calculation.
randomly found this video and i’m 100 percent going to do this. awesome video, definitely going to watch your content in the future!
Thanks so much Hunter 👍 If you want to take it next level, power it with solar. Thanks for watching
@@tiger.6509 wow, you must be really fun at parties!
@@tiger.6509 Have that thing and you don't pay the water bills 😉
25 cents per gallon is what I pay for really clean water from the store. 13 cents you pay after buying all this stuff and then at the end of it, the water tastes like crap. And I have to wait for it too. No thanks.
Why would it taste any different than something like your standard water filter? This is a genuine question not a rebuttal btw
I traveled from Carlisle, PA in 1990 to Lawton, OK. I had a daily routine of running the 2 miles from Carlisle Barracks' back gate to my apartment. After 8 weeks of training for artillery, I went back to Carlisle to finish out my term before the PCS to Oklahoma. My next run felt like I was breathing mist. I expect that production in PA is significantly better than in OK. Where I am, in the Southeast corner of OK, the average humidity is supposed to be 60% to 70% annually. I'd opt for the 70 liter version for drinking water while I collect more than enough for gardening and for watering my meat rabbits and laying hens. Thanks for the video. I know now how practical this idea can be when I consider how much of my solar production is going to waste.
People might need these soon enough! 😛
No joke
Moral of the story is get a 12 volt dehumidifier and run off solar!! 0 cents per gallon, and use it to fill rv water tanks with direct hose line instead of filling n dumping little amounts it goes straight to your big fresh water tank. I'm already working on this with my rv.
You can make your own dehumidifier that doesn't even need that.
What did you wind up doing for your rv?
@@elijuh3how
Can you suggest some alternative humidifiers as that one seems to be unavailable everywhere...
Keep going bro cause we all have something to say to change this world
Thanks Chris! I agree
I was hoping this would be for building a passive dehumidifier system, without power or an appliance.
Same. He didn't make anything
Same
You can use clear plastic wrap around 2 poles with about an inch gap between the sides. Moisture will collect on the inside and if you slope the plastic down on one side the water will pool to the sloped side then you can collect it.
There is a way to make it tapped to power not connected to the Grid...
something like passive geothermal cooling but for dehumidifier
Some people are complaining about the purity of the water. Why not treat it like pond water and just purify and filter it?
people purify their pond water?
@@ManofLetters When it's their only source of water. First world confusion.
@@JonEhBee I was mostly jokingom
idiots will always be idiots
When you’re hungry enough you will eat whatever you have access to. Same with water. I don’t like the taste of the water that I filter through my water filter but I will drink it if I can’t get bottled water. You do what’s necessary to survive. Or you perish. Simple concept.
My brain exploded when you said dehumidifier...I just never even thought about that, sheesh, sometimes the answer is so obvious that it's hidden, I've got to rethink how I think.
Don't blame yourself a lot of us never did.
a lot of peeps step into soft smelly stuff everyday and dont know what it is
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Curious to see how well purification works on the metal contamination in that water from the coils.
RIGHT!!! You are one of the few talking about this! I already have heavy metal poisoning from the mercury fillings I HAD in my mouth!! How do you get the metal out?? You have nay ideas?
@@singinglessonexpert check out activated charcoal
other videos have shown test results are comparable to tap water. But I wish someone would make a conclusive video. It's risky stuff
can you use any old dehumidifier? We've got one built before Moses. I'm wondering if it'll work.
Dewpoint is more useful than relative humidity when determining possible output. The higher the dewpoint the higher production. For example 100f at 25% relative humidity will produce much more than 50f with 80% humidity.
Really enjoyed your build and plan on building one, especially liked the cost breakdown. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
What are the most dependable brand humidifier that you’re aware of? Ty!!!
I watched all these videos. I got very enthusiastic about making the same setup. Then I realized a few things, First, he does not mind spending money, and many of the items he used are very expensive, to me, on my income. Then I thought if you have a dehumidifier sure use it this way, but running a dehumidifier constantly is going to burn it out. I think a better idea is to distill the water, it would come out as pure or purer. The Berkey water filter can be made inexpensively with a couple of plastic buckets and filters. Say you have the Berkey water filter, why not just use the tap water? I'm on a well, the water has been tested so I know what has to be filtered out. You can get any water source tested.
I think the whole idea is in the situation where there is no water available
Briljant idea!!
Great idea, I'll be watching the rest. We'll in ☠️⛏️👍👍👍😉
Awesome Pirate!
Will the dehumidifier run off Solar power possibly?? I don’t like any plan that depends on the electrical grid.
Absolutetly! Just need a big enough panel. Thanks for watching
Hi, what brands come with a hose like that or a similar set up.
What about heavy metals and contamination with all dehumidifiers?
what about it? do you get heavy metals and contamination when it rains?
very nicely done series, thanks - I'm a little nervous about using a dehumidifier because of some of the chemicals/coatings used in them - could you get the water analysed after it's been run thru the berkey filter, to see what's in the 71 ppm?
you can take a wtaer sample in to anyone qualified to do electro dermal screening. Usually only costs $70 - $100. I would trust the results from them compared to any company I would send it to.
Yea just spend 7-800 dollars to then see if it works. Makes sense.
Try putting copper pennies in it
Copper gives water that metallic taste which is very healthy because it has a lot of iron containments that your body needs for urine and over all well digestive system
Copper is rated to kill 99.9995% of all germs and viruses so this is why I say it's ok to put pennies in your mouth because copper kills anything it touches
EDIT: this includes 99.9995% of pathogens
And parasites
isnt the cooling fins normally alumnium sheets? what chemicals would they be coating them with? or are you getting these confused with the silica gel units?
"Build your own Air to Water Generator" (buy dehumidifer) GENIUS :roll eyes:
Could hook up a solar panel for your electricity?
That is one but solar is a redundant therefore you need unlimited power...combine unlimited power and this you have water without the need for external grid power supply.
New Orleans where im at be 96% humidity sometimes.
Ugh, that's a lot of water
@@NewportStudio we sweat as soon as we open the front door.
In the directions for this 70 pint unit I received today it says do not drink this water. Does the filter change this statement ? I'm serious about using this system so I'm hoping you will help me understand what does this dehydrator do to the water that makes it undrinkable?
I modified this to use a 5gal food safe bucket. Added a cheap electric transfer pump to move the water to my osmosis filter tank. Then added the salt to that filtered water. No lifting the jugs up and down for those of us with limited back usage.
Thats awesome! i'd like to see how you did this adaption.
What about a purifier to keep the water clean and safe...and how much difference between this an the water from an a/c
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I wonder if you can avoid the ammonia and other contaminants by making your own copper coils?
So excited!!
Me too!
Hello, im planning to use a dehumidifier for a science project regarding hydrogen generation. This dehumidifier will be creating my water used for this process, but is it possible that the dehumidifier will pollute the water with chemicals that could hinder my project?
Is a space heater a dehumidifier?
No! You can find brand new dehumidifiers on most second hand websites. I would get a larger one.
It's high humidity in the Midwest or Anywhere in the cornbelt, corn sweats a lot of humidity.
I get on a hot summer day just over 4 leters per day my area less on dry hot days. From my de humidifier air con.
What if the power grid goes down, you'd have to use solar.
Heaven forbid! Steals the sun, y'know.
Spectacular information! Well made.
You can do the same with package ac unit. The condenser drip pan has water that overflows into the ground. Tap into it. Any old refrigerator that ices over etc.
Great job with the stats. Thanks.
No problem 👍
The thing is, if I don’t have water, then I don’t have electric. Possibly may be able to get solar panels but not sure how many I would need to run a dehumidifier.
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Doesn't the water get full of crud from mixing with the air passing over the condenser?
Im assuming you have an air condition unit at your home, have a look at the condensate coming from it and see if it full of crud
Absolutely. It will be nasty.
How is the quality of the water? Does the fins of the condenser unit add metals or is the water level ph high or low? There seems to be an odor associated with the water which is collected. Looking forward to your comments.
So.... what about dual use 🤔
Houston, Texas the A.C. refrigeration coils drip water 💧, when the A.C. cools 😎 my house 🏠.
Great for collecting water for house plants and the toilet tank, but I wonder about how healthy it is for human consumption. Perhaps reverse osmosis filtering would make it potable, but anything less than that I would be very skeptical about. Most other filtering systems cannot remove the vast majority of toxic chemicals and heavy metals.
You seriously need to look at the cost if you think this is a good idea to use on plants or toilet water. It would be cheaper to just buy water and give it to your plants.
Works nice for the $300 - $600 investment in the machine. Sort of runs out of steam if the grid goes down though.
I agree. A lot of people are hooking it up to solar.
Good stuff Thank you 😊
If we use solar- at least during the day, that would help!
Could you show us 6 weeks of consumption sessions?
OK, HOWEVER YOUR DEHUMIDIFIER HAS TO HAVE ELECTRICITY TO RUN TO GET THAT WATER. WHAT DO YOU DO THEN? SO, THEN YOU MUST THEN TREAT IT BY RUNNING IT THROUGH A WATER FILTER TO DRINK IT? THANKS
The water is free when using that for heat also!
What about doing it with solar, would make since to me.
That would be next level if you had a portable solar panel. Have a good one
@@NewportStudio I am currently living off grid solar, I usually haul water but soon to drill a well.
It's like star wars man.
Use step up inverters and converters to lower the electrical costs.
Let's hope the air don't get polluted
As far as the power you could get a solar panel and storage battery to help with that it would actually pay for it's self
After "someone" blow up Northstream, now a kwh cost almost 30 euro cent here. For a 600 watt machine that about 4,5 euro for 70 Pints = 70 big half liter. And you have to buy the machine.
Sounds good in arid lands with solarpower.
but what if i want to make a dehumidifier
On some of ur vids the commercials can take up to an hour. Idk if u have any control over that. I do try to suffer thru commercials as i know this is an income stream & helps u-tube metrics but i, & i suspect many others, r not going to sit thru an hr long commercial series. Just fyi
Good luck & thx again for this great 5 part series!!
- just touch the screen and skip the ad
ODD ! My screen has a "SKIP AD" box and the commercial magically GOES AWAY !!
@@sandybarbee8401 u missed the point. I was alerting the content maker as many dont know these very long ads get attached to their vids. They can adjust that in their settings. This helps them. Thx for ur sarcasm
That is great for people who can afford it and that have electricity
The atmospheric water generator companies claim that the dehumidifiers contaminate the water with aluminium- is this true? Do you have a way of testing it
Hello sir, I have filtered my dehumidifier water. But why does my water look cloudy?
I would like to have a large tray with 10 dehumidifiers of 70 pints right next to each other with a large water collection device at the bottom to produce 43.7 gallons per day with 50% humidity, is this feasable or will the efficiency be reduce when the devices are close to each other?
Yeah works great long as you got electricity.
Or a portable solar panel
but it will get mildew in the water
Legionella for sure. But UV light kills it.
Thank you!
Night-time !!
When we reach the dewpoint, and the humidity spikes to 80%, that’s when you grab the most water possible - so one adaptation is to attach a hose to a window just like the portable AC units have
Collecting water during the day, and inside the house, is the least efficient condition, right?
First of kw's is one thing but there are delivery charges as well I would say that you are at least .16c per kw and that is very conservative
Brilliant idea, but concerning the salt. There is no iodine in it, therefore I would change to another type of salt.
The question is: Is it safe to drink water from a dehumidifier? Isn't it water bleached from silica?
where does this silica comes from?
I watched the entire series. I was thinking, what if we just capture the water from our a/c, that is basically doing the exact same thing, we would just need to filter it like you did here.
Thanks for watching, yeah, you'd have to filter it for sure.
I can push a lever at my sink and get all the fresh water I need. if there is some disaster and I can't get water from my faucet, there won't be electricty to run a dehumidifier either.
Very nice video, only the amount of electricity you use is measured in kWh (kilo Watt hour), not in kW. You pay 8 cents per kWh.
The Keystone dehumidifier only has 50 pint units available does anyone know if Kesnos dehumidifiers work well?
Dehumidifier $300+ filtration system $100 beats the 3000 they are charging for atmospheric water generators. I'll buy a filter.
So... .. . Ill have to wach the rest. But I say if you have a unit, set it up!!! Just in case. Some of the chlorine in our water can't be removed by evaporation!!
Build a water proof food dehydrator and set that up for sunlight collection of water. Get a solar panel and a heating element for house tank. Pluge it streight in you have hot water and or steam? to collect.
Interesting but not economical. Perhaps with a solar setup. But I appreciate the idea. Never though of it. I am running solar attic fans and other improvised solar devices.
That would work out very expensive in Australia where the cost of electricity is MANY times your cost
In America it is the same here too. This idiot is literally paying a hundred times more for water using this method. In America it costs only about $1.50 for 1,200 gallons to get tap water.
For my purposes, I connected a solar panel to a battery source to generate power to run the dehumidifier.
That sir, is the perfect solution!
Is it available in India what's the cost
Hello, I put links to everything I used below the video in the description. Take care
In side is not good for me outside please
That's a good idea, under a patio cover or something...
Hey how do I do it with a reverse osmosis water filter?
Throw it on solar, then it is free water
Where can i buy that humidifier?
Now this is the same as distilled water correct
In the beginning, yes. After you purify and add the minerals back in, you're better than most city tap water
Exactly the same thing, and you dont need to add any mineral in it, if you eat proper food and dont live on just fast food you will get any mineral from the food. the only thing you will need is a charcoal filter.
how much electricity does it take to make a gallon using the average humidity of the usa?
Doesn't matter with those of us with Solar
@@mario91746 you should smelt aluminum if you have unlimited power.
That's not even relevant
@@sandybarbee8401 it is because it takes a tremendous amount of electricity to get water using dehumidifiers. paying 2.00 every flush and waiting a day or two isn't worth it. people pay 8cents per kwh before all the taxes and fees maybe.
do you use an air condition to cool your house?
anyone try this out in the desert to see how it can produce? two or three 400W solar panels should drive the 70 pint unit.
I've seen some from other parts of the world and the claims are astounding ! And I don't believe they were trying to "SELL ME ANYTHING" if they were , I woulda "hung up" on them"
@@sandybarbee8401 you still have around 40% humidity even though there is little rain, it should be able to wring the water out of the air no problem. Why can't they just use a dehumidifier from home depot? it should work just as well
Don't forget,you also need batteries,charge controller and inverter
Yeah the kilowatts per hour is way more expensive in Australia
Use glass bottles to collect the water from the machine
add solar
Now you can convert it to solor and its free😊