Steve:
It ain't clear that the DI is doing it, but it does make sense, since the DI is SO much less conductive, lacking any ions in it, that it could hold a charge a lot better than tap water.
Maybe you want to consider using soft water, to eliminate the chlorides, but retain the ionic strength?

Rudy Sedlak

--- On Wed, 1/5/11, Steve Gregory <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Steve Gregory <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [TN] Deionized water in misting fans and static electricity
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 10:31 AM

This may be an off the wall question but here goes.

 

We have some misting fans that we use for humidification that we've just
recently put in a deionized water source for. 

 

Now it seems that there's a static charge being generated at the fans that
I've never noticed before. Could it be possible that we're generating a
charge at the fans because of the DI water?

 

Steve



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