Another consideration might be microbs. I once worked in a lab where we exposed the water in our tank to UV light. This was installed after the water in the tank started to smell, even though it measured just over 17 Meg-ohms resistivity. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Kasprzak, Bill (sys) USX Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 1:44 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] DI Water Do Not Drink DI water. It will do some serious damage. For my part, I wouldn't be comfortable drinking water that comes out of a tube that was recently filled with liquid caustic or concentrated sulfuric acid. These are the materials in the columns that water is passed through to get DI water. Bill Kasprzak Moog Inc., Systems Group, Process Engineer -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Tremmel Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 11:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] DI Water Dear Technetters, As a joke, someone asked me what would happen if they drank DI water and it started me thinking. Is DI Water potable? Thank you, David Tremmel Belmont Trading 3160 MacArthur Boulevard Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 412-9690, Ext. 345 (847) 858-5540, Cellphone _________________________________________________________________ ¿Cuánto vale tu auto? Tips para mantener tu carro. ¡De todo en MSN Latino Autos! http://latino.msn.com/autos/ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------