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Any scholarly study relating TDS to life span? I've searched and come up empty.
I've been testing some water sources, just out of curiosity (installed a new RO system) and have found that some of the distilled water from stores is a lot higher than distilled water should be; I'm guessing they're using RO, since it is cheaper.
Other than typical advice to use "distilled water," do we have a study to look at? Distilled water should be 5-10 ppm, but the jugs I tested were 20-45 ppm, about like AC drips. I've read reports of grocery store distilled water up to 150 ppm TDS. Probably OK, many folks have used it, but it got me thinking about whether distilled water is often just tap water? Could account for a few crippled batteries.
I've been testing some water sources, just out of curiosity (installed a new RO system) and have found that some of the distilled water from stores is a lot higher than distilled water should be; I'm guessing they're using RO, since it is cheaper.
Other than typical advice to use "distilled water," do we have a study to look at? Distilled water should be 5-10 ppm, but the jugs I tested were 20-45 ppm, about like AC drips. I've read reports of grocery store distilled water up to 150 ppm TDS. Probably OK, many folks have used it, but it got me thinking about whether distilled water is often just tap water? Could account for a few crippled batteries.