Durastill Water Distiller Specifications & Operation
Question & Answers

Question: What is the warranty?
Answer: Durastill, Inc. provides a 1-year warranty on defective factory parts.

Question: What voltages are available?
Answer: 120V for the 30 series models, and 120V and 240V for the 46 series models.

Question: Does water contact any plastic parts?
Answer: The floats in the storage tanks are plastic and can be ordered in stainless steel instead. The faucets on the storage tanks have an exposed 1/2-inch plastic surface and a plastic nut. These are made of NSF (National Science Foundation) approved non-leaching plastic. The neutral pH of distilled water will not cause leaching.

Question: Will the stainless steel parts corrode?
Answer: High-grade, non-corrosive stainless steel is used. Stainless steel only corrodes in a harsh environment. The evaporators are made of 318 alloy stainless steel with annealed stainless steel floats for greater life expectancy in harsh feedwater conditions. Incoloy heating elements are used in each model. Storage tanks, external housings and trim are type 304 stainless steel for durable good looks.

Question: How much cleaning maintenance is required?
Answer: Durastill units require little regular maintenance except for distillation tank cleaning using a Durastill citric acid cleaner when mineral scale builds up. The rate and severity of this depends on the mineral content of you water supply. If you are on a municipal system, there should be very little or no need for cleaning. If you are using well water with a good amount of minerals, you may need to clean the distiller once every month or two, depending on how often you use the distiller and the mineral concentration. Cleaning entails adding a spoonful or less of the crystals, then boiling the water for an hour, then flushing the chamber.

Question: Are any spare parts needed?
Answer: The only moving parts that might need replacing are the switches and fan bearings. These plus the heating element are the basic maintenance items. Expect them to last 20 years or more, depending upon use.

Question: Where can I setup my distiller?
Answer: The unit needs to be located in a place where the heat it generates can be freely vented. A closed, unvented closet is not suitable. Since the distiller fan runs at high speed, a constant whirring sound is produced, so you may wish to set your unit up in a utility room.

Question: How long does it take to make a batch of water?
Answer: The 30-series units can produce 8 gallons per day, or 1 about gallon per 3 hours. The 46-series units can produce 12 gallons per day, or 1 about gallon per 2 hours.

Question: How long does it take to make a batch of water with the 30H?
Answer: The 30H’s boiling chamber holds 1.75 gallons of raw water. It takes about 5.25 hours to complete that run.

Question: How much does a Durastill cost to operate?
Answer: At an average electrical rate of 10 cents per kilowatt-hour, for Durastill units with 1000 watt heating elements, your cost per gallon is only 30 cents. At the same electrical rate, for Durastill units with 1500 watt heating elements, your cost per gallon is only 45 cents. If you drink 1/2 gallon per day, that’s only $1.05 per week and $55 per year with the 1000 watt heating element; or only $1.58 per week and $82 per year with the 1500 watt heating element. With bottled distilled water going at $1.30 per gallon, that’s an annual savings of $182 and $155 for the respective heating elements, not including the costs saved on gasoline and poorer health, plus the cost to the environment of manufacturing and disposing toxic, non-degradable plastic bottles.

Question: If I get a Model 30H, how can I collect the distilled water?
Answer: Under the left side of the unit is a 3/8-inch stainless steel drain tube from which the distilled water drips. You can connect stainless steel or plastic tubing to that tube and direct the feed to a storage vessel, or place a storage jug (1 or 5-galllon glass is recommended) directly under the tube for gravity feed. In the latter case, you will have to make a support table or bench for the distiller with a hole for the drip feed.

Ordering & Shipping
Question & Answers

Question: How long does it take to ship orders?
Answer: I place orders the same day I receive them and process the payment. The factory generally ships within 1-2 days from Kansas City, Missouri.

Question: How are orders shipped to U.S. customers?
Answer: By UPS or FedEx Ground Service.

Question: Are shipments insured?
Answer: Yes.

Question: What kinds of payment do you take?
Answer: I accept all major credit cards.

Question: Can you ship to an address different than the billing address?
Answer: For security, I can only ship to the billing address provided with the customer’s issuing credit card or bank account, or to the customer’s driver’s license-verified home address.

Question: If I need help with parts, a warranty issue or repair service, can you help?
Answer: Yes. Depending on the situation, I can order parts or refer you to the factory for their help.

Distilled Water
Question & Answers
by David Klein, B.S.C.E., Ph.D.

Question: How effective is distillation in comparison to other water purification methods?
Answer: Distillation is the most effective of all methods of water purification. Distillation will kill and remove bacteria, viruses and cysts, and remove heavy metals, radionuclides, organics, inorganics and particulates. The carbon post-filter improves removal of any difficult remaining taste and other constituents.

Question: Should I add minerals to my distilled water for taste?
Answer: Adding any form of minerals to water gives us unbalanced nutrition which can be harmful. Humans are designed to obtain organically-bound (chelated) minerals from the juices of fruits and plant foods. Inorganic mineral additives are toxic and unusable by the body. They also corrupt the pure “slippery” property of the distilled water. Pure distilled water has an ultra-low viscosity which means that it is able to slip through tight spaces such as membranes and capillaries easily, whereas water with minerals and other impurities is less viscous, or “slippery,” and it will not move through the body as easily. Distilled water is superior for transporting nutrients in and wastes out of our cells, as well as transporting toxins out of the body.

Question: Distilled water does not have any flavor. Does it need something?
Answer: Distilled water is tasteless. That is a good thing! When our body harbors toxins, we typically have an unpleasant taste in our mouths. After we have cleaned out and adopted a healthful eating program, our bodily fluids will become clean, even sweet, and the taste in our mouth will be pleasant or unnoticeable - that is a wonderful sign of good health! The drinking of tasteless distilled water during and after our detoxification phase typically has a pleasant freshening effect upon our senses and energy. Living in a body with purified fluids and no debris is a blessed, even ecstatic, experience, and everyone I have ever conversed with on this subject has stated that drinking pure distilled water feels great to the senses.

Question: I have heard that distilled water is “dead” water. What does this mean?
Answer: Distilled water is pure H2O, which is perfect for rehydrating and assisting the body in detoxification, because distilled water has no impurities and has an ultra-low viscosity which most efficiently dissolves soluble toxins and transports most toxins out of our cells, tissues and lymph channels for elimination. Heat-distilled water molecules are not damaged and the water is not in any way harmful.

We obviously obtain pure, healthful water from raw fruits and vegetables. Some say that the water in sun-ripened fruits and waters is “activated,” “structured” or “live.” It has been shown that the sun imbues the water molecules in sun-ripened fruits and vegetables with a special energy or structure. The superb life-force-enhancing effects of sun-charged living juices taken in whole-food form or juiced form are well-documented. However, adding distilled water to our diet, or fasting on distilled water will not pose any health problems. Hundreds of thousands of distilled water fasts have been conducted at fasting centers around the world over the last century with positive, energizing, healing, and in many cases, lifesaving results.

If you are concerned about “activating” distilled water with the energy of the sun, you can place a topless bowl of distilled water outside on a sunny day. The effect of the sun-drenched distilled water versus raw distilled water may or may not be discernible. All in all, pure distilled water straight out of a distiller is great for any body.

Question: Distilled water is slightly acidic. Is alkaline water better?
Answer: Fresh pure distilled water has neutral 7.0 pH. However, when exposed to the CO2 in the atmosphere, it becomes slightly acidic. Since our saliva contains alkaline enzyme juices and our stomach secretes acid enzyme juices, the pH of our water is moot. Regardless of whether our water is slightly acidic when we first ingest it, the body easily buffers the water or water-and-food contents of our alimentary system to maintain homeostasis of the bloodstream within a narrow pH range of 7.35-7.45.

Question: I have heard that distilled water leaches minerals from our cells. Is that true?
Answer: If, in this case, "leaching" implies that the distilled water acts against the body's best interests in removing useful minerals from our cells, this assumption is incorrect - NO. Water in its pure distilled form is only good; it is inert and cannot act on the body. Distilled water can never force out essential body elements. By virtue of its ultra low viscosity, distilled water efficiently transports wastes and stores of toxins, including harmful inorganic minerals, out of the cells, tissues and bones, for elimination via sweat, respiration, urination, etc. So, when we drink only distilled water, we are assisting our body's ability to eliminate toxins.

When people make dietary improvements, such as reducing the proportion of cooked, acid-forming foods (such as meat, dairy, wheat, rice, bread, beans, coffee) while increasing the quantity of alkalizing fruit and vegetable foods, their bodies begin health-improvement actions, including the elimination of toxins, in the process of establishing healthy alkaline balance.

Acid wastes are dumped into the bloodstream and lymph, and then sent to the liver and kidneys for processing and elimination. The body must keep the blood pH near a uniform 7.4. If there is a slight shift toward the acid end, the body will buffer the blood acidity to maintain homeostasis. The blood itself has many buffers to help maintain the normal electrolyte balance. If necessary, the body will take alkaline minerals out of the bones to buffer the acids, but only under extraordinary conditions when the blood buffers are not adequate.

An elimination crisis need not be drastic and harmful, and even intense and uncomfortable cleansing is not to be feared. These elimination crises are always orthopathic, i.e., right and necessary. They can be gentle and 100 percent health-building if one secures extra rest during this time. The drinking of enough distilled water when thirsty (not in excess), will allow the crisis to continue, as it should, resulting in a steady improvement in health.

If a person adheres to a healthful plant-and-fruit-based diet with no grossly acid-forming foods as part of an overall healthful, low-stress lifestyle regimen, he or she will arrive at a condition excellent health after the old acid wastes are eliminated. Drinking distilled water will not cause harm, but rather, will help keep one internally clean and operating at optimum efficiency. I found distilled water to always induce a freshening effect during my initial rebuilding phase 20 years ago; I felt (and continue to feel) more energetic and healthy after drinking pure distilled water.

If one regularly drinks distilled water and cleans up his or her diet say only 75 to 90 percent, while still indulging in 25 to 10 percent of the grossly acidifying cooked foods (e.g., meat, dairy, cereals, breads, cakes, candies, pasta, rice, tofu, soy milk, beans, etc.), he or she will never get beyond the acid-poisoning phase, thus, the body will always be exerting itself to eliminate acid wastes, resulting in sub-par health. Thus, it is dietary and lifestyle stress, not distilled water, which is to blame for the loss of any useful minerals.

In his book Alkalize or Die, Dr. Theodore A. Baroody states that it is myth that distilled water leaches minerals out of the body and if deprives us of important minerals we need from spring water. He concludes that distilled water is one of the safest forms of water. He writes: "Only distilled water produces a completely negative ion reaction in the system. Negative ions are alkaline-forming. All other forms of water contain varying amounts of positive (acid-forming) ions, except alkaline-restructured water. Tissue acid wastes, which lead to unwholesome death, are positively charged. Distilled water, being negatively charged, draws to it positively charged acid waste products and flushes them into elimination channels. Even though most distilled water tests acidic, critics of distilled water must understand that because of its negative charge, a more alkaline internal environment is created in the body when imbibed."