The guy actually used bottles to make a device for extracting pure water

[@chrisblake4198]

Problems with plastic aside, this would only remove some chemicals and micro biology for a limited time. Once the system is moist, bacteria and such will grow along the inner surfaces and reach the purified output. Regular disassembly and cleaning would be needed.

[@respectkindness-oj6xz]

reverse osmosis with no boiling is risky

[@wesbaumguardner8829]

@@respectkindness-oj6xz This is distillation, not reverse osmosis.

[@respectkindness-oj6xz]

@@wesbaumguardner8829 similar phenomenon, vaporise and condense, just with less heat so happens slower. distillation is just a consequence of that process, microbes and sediments remain in the initial vessel

[@SebastianBerger-e5u]

@@respectkindness-oj6xz you clearly have no clue of osmosis, its working with a semipermiable (means oneway only) membrane there is no heat needed for osmosis and reverse-osmosis is based on pure pressure.

[@respectkindness-oj6xz]

@@SebastianBerger-e5u thanks for clarifying, i probably was not very accurate, but i guess the idea was understandable

[@commonsense5729]

More like distilled water with a trace of micro plastics🤷‍♂️

[@StopTeoriomSpiskowym]

clear is harmful an this is toxic. innovation of toxi his self

[@murray821]

Trace? Those pipes are not food grade. It will taste like how a new inflatable swimming pool smells

[@imnotcrazyforeal2706]

Yeah, a bit short sighted. The pipes aren't even properly sealed, so micro-contaminants will still get through. A laudable attempt at a reclamation project, needs work

[@yoced1468]

@@murray821LOL

[@shannonlute2735]

If you had little to no drinking water, would you rather have microplastics in your water, or no water at all? We're all full of microplastics at this point anyways

[@joe-zj8js]

As a plumber we aren't allowed to use pvc on potable water lines. Secondly, idk why he used schedule 80 pvc when schedule 40 is cheaper and it's not a pressurized line. 3rdly, pvc will degrade over time in the sun.

[@ToriLynnH]

Ooooo Uh oh Still In an emergency, it will get rid of dirt and microbes

[@ZeeroDubs]

Master plumber here, we still use plenty of PVC for potable water and it's code approved. We tend to prefer Pex but still, PVC is not forbidden by the UPC or IPC. At least not where I live and work.

[@michaeloliver1143]

@@ZeeroDubsmaster bater here and yeah, pvc is safe for potable water but it should not be exposed to direct sunlight like this. I’m sure it’s leeching into the water from the heat

[@brianrussell4717]

Schedule 80 is better than schedule 40.

[@noway5173]

There's CPVC that's rated to handle hot water, but I don't think it's meant for exterior use.

[@numberlover8181]

It's a neat prototype, but I would have gone with glass bottles and copper pipes. Copper pipes kill bacteria so it is less likely to grow in there. And you can heat sterilize the glass bottles.

[@1969MARKETING]

def would be the best solution. no way you can use that pvc and plastic bottles...it's great for a concept build but not real world use.

[@SHAM11_22]

That's nice addition bro 👍

[@cidchrist]

Серебро гораздо лучше справляются с бактериями

[@mooweer]

@@cidchrist Of course, silver pipes are a great life hack! 😄

[@140theguy]

$500 in copper tubing later... If the guy had $500 he could go buy a water filter! 🫣

[@christopherdesbaux5950]

This man just created an algae farm 😂

[@StevePringle]

That's because he's great at algae-bra! 🧮

[@ZakirHussain-nd4fw]

plastic taste

[@godofallgodswithnoothernam920]

Spirilina chlorella - I don't know what the difference is - are algea bad?

[@zzzzzz3708]

😂😂😂😂

[@Swanlord05]

Birth Control

[@TheRock1.0]

Points for improvement: 1. Use Glass bottles 2. Pass the distilled water through a mineral cartridge to make the water drinkable for daily usage.

[@mydrouno]

3. Change tubing to copper 👍

[@Laura-mz6ut]

And how often do you have to refill the bottles? Is this really practical?

[@TheRock1.0]

@@Laura-mz6ut It's not practical. But a good personal project nevertheless.

[@angusmctwangstick4079]

I think you'd need much more surface area of water, bottles, and a way to cool the water to condense it and a better way to heat it for water to flow at the rate it was coming from his pipe. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think this is 100% legit. I know this works, it's called a solar still. I just don't believe it works as well as this.

[@f87115]

And then run it through a Brita water filter

[@ParagonChumba]

Use dark glass bottles, Use copper tubing, Mineral filter you can make them yourself with different aggregate, Cheap solar panels wired to uvc led diods, Boil it on capture, Clean and maintenance appropriately.

[@Internet_user777]

Ty❤

[@keithwilkinson2688]

Correct

[@EDantes77]

nice

[@broomar]

@@keithwilkinson2688he’s drinking purified liquid plastic

[@philritter9042]

Isn’t there still the problem that the condensed water should be pure H2O so distilled water which in bigger quantities such as drinking water it would be quite bad for the body. Or how do Mineral filters work do they add the necessary minerals?

[@shellythie6227]

EXCEPT... At least 150 chemicals are known to leach from PET plastic beverage bottles into the liquid inside, including heavy metals like antimony and lead, and hormone-disruptors like BPA.

[@MoriKitsune]

It would be better if all the bottles were glass, to avoid heating up plastic and releasing chemicals. Maybe also make the bottles dark, to increase heat (which would make for faster evaporation) and decrease light to discourage algae growth Otherwise, this is very clever!!

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

Comments like these are very helpful and informative. Hell, maybe I can make a better version based on your inputs and second opinions. Thanks, man 👍

[@buzzsailer]

@@jehoiakimelidoronila5450green wine bottles

[@laurahall3094]

Very good answer.

[@tiagopedra1957]

This is distilled water, we can't drink it.

[@MoriKitsune]

@@tiagopedra1957 you do realize distilled water is safe to drink if distilled in the proper way and with proper equipment, right? Google is free.

[@idfkidc]

Man invents device to maximize micro plastics in your water.

[@davidtrumble8609]

This wouldn't create micro plastics. It would release BPAs from the plastic

[@AntonySimkin]

Indeed. Microplastic is realesed during mechanical stress on the plastic (as washing synthetic clothes). This will just contaminate water BPA and bacterial too.

[@go-getter2682]

Microplastics don't evaporate

[@idfkidc]

Internet says hit coffee in plastic containers will leech the micro plastics. Chemicals too. The heating of all those bottles will put some micro plastics in the water.

[@davidtrumble8609]

@@idfkidc Do a little more looking into it. "Sources: internet" isn't a great way to say it. I'd imagine Google is the place you used. Google has become less and less reliable over time as the sales of ads have become their main source of income by a giant margin.

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

AND he only has to go on the roof 3-4 times a day to refill the bottles! GENIOUS!

[@lukazlyfe]

Just about to say that😂 smh

[@martindick6001]

I was thinking that the price of the pipes, he could buy a lot of distilled water and not worry about algae and bacteria.

[@DeborahE7]

He’d also need to keep up on his pop drinking habit as the plastic bottles would need to be replaced daily as they’d constantly get dirty with the mineral rusty remnants after the distillation process.

[@d1v1n1ti]

😅😂😂😂😂 i thought that lol

[@GamingWithNikolas]

​@@DeborahE7oh true, I didn't think of that

[@reyanshsrivastava9949]

Microplastics and chemicals in plastic bottles are a big problem but yes if used an alternative this is a great innovation and salute to this person.

[@ryanjohnson4565]

Dark wing duck. Quackety quackers!!!

[@blackstar1557]

THE PLASTIC IS TOXIC IN THE HEAT . Don’t do this .

[@orthrusthetoad]

Just use glass bottles only

[@NoidoDev]

Not sure if you meant the bottles. But do NOT heat up PVC especially not indoors.

[@Idontpicksides]

Yeah, pretty innovative but,

[@MrMoccachinoo]

People who have to rely on such methods habe very different problems. A little bit of micro plastics and a higher probability of cancer in dozens of years vs. drinking contaminated water and dying in a couple of days. This is a great invention for the poorest regions who have no excess to clean water. Those people have often less than a dollar a day to feed a whole family. They won’t call a plumber and buy nice stainless steel and glass components

[@Homiloko2]

@@MrMoccachinoo This is not really an invention, records of solar stills have been found as far back as the Inca civilization. The only thing he did different is using cheap plastics instead of safer materials.

[@WingedLunarWolf]

Ok really cool experiment but 2 problems 1) plastic slowly releases chemicals when left out in the sun for long periods of time 2) you still have to manually pour the water into each and every bottle, with how much water the average household uses (drinking, cooking etc) not many people would be willing to manually pour their intended water then wait hours for it to become usable. I’m not saying the project doesn’t have massive potential and good on them for trying something new. I just think it could use some refining and more testing

[@redseven4040]

He’d have to have like 1,000 of those things to get flowing water out of that too. It’s literally just crude solar power.

[@etienne8110]

That s why since the 90s the UN and WHO have adopted the slow sand filtration méthod. It s cheaper, more efficient, lower ressources needed, doesn t rely on sun exposition etc... This bottle thing is just a child play for rich westerners making fun of the poors.

[@haroldradido]

Makes me curious, how does charcoal and sand filters work? Might be faster and more convenient. The plastics can be recycled into bricks or carpet.

[@marypentecost1296]

Thinking outside of the box. Path to solutions. Experiment. GROW.

[@redseven4040]

@@marypentecost1296 Solar desalinization and solar humidification methods have already been invented

[@crimson90]

Purifying water and recontaminating it with microplastics. Genius!

[@GOP_Ignorance_DNC_Hypocrisy]

not purifying, distilling. and drinking only distilled water can cause serious health problems. ...and all the microplastics wont help that.

[@scottbubb2946]

And with so many unnecessary steps.

[@OGJessie]

how do you thing water gets to your taps?

[@scottbubb2946]

I wouldn't drink water out of my tap if you paid me. It smells and tastes like it came directly out of a pond.

[@lollsazz]

The microplastics aren't the biggest issue here - the PVC pipes that release plasticizers are.

[@walkingdeadbarbiedoll]

With kids like this the future isn’t doomed as previously thought! 😂💯

[@ObiWanBillKenobi]

He did not invent a new device. This is called a still and it’s been in use for centuries.

[@Andrewbert109]

The video never says he invented anything, just that he "created a device".

[@PurpleRaam]

But he's brown

[@inesawaki2765]

@@PurpleRaamNot even remotely funny 😅😅😅😅

[@jims7773]

@inesawaki2765 but it's true so he deserves more recognition right? 🤪

[@Andrewbert109]

@@jims7773 only if your brain is rotted from maga

[@redhandsbluefaces]

"Purify water" -pvc pipe -plastic bottles -leaving it out in the sun Enter microplastics

[@iancoachwerksllc]

The Egyptians had a better idea, make beer!

[@cmarkn]

You’ve probably got PVC pipe bringing our drinking water to your house.

[@mission3479]

@@cmarkn most people don't drink unfiltered tap water

[@randomprojects1671]

I do. Lol

[@ashleykerlin]

​@@mission3479privilege lives here

[@TheJestersDoor]

It's called a solar still, he didn't invent it and it's all completely wrong😂😂

[@adamburdt8794]

All I wanna know is.... Does this work with booze?

[@atozzerotoninedude]

@@adamburdt8794 Roof Booze!

[@adamburdt8794]

@atozzerotoninedude runnin' shine from a rooftop! We got that rooftop sunSHINE! Also Rooftop rum available for pre-order .

[@ChapsShrugged]

​@@adamburdt8794DO IT! "You're sitting on a goldmine, Trebek!"😂

[@rombouts91]

@@adamburdt8794 in the right climate it would, and if youre drinking roof booze, youre probably too pissed to be bothered by all plastic

[@sublime335]

Despite using electrical conduit as water pipes, there is also the issue of having to get on the roof and refill the water bottles manually. It’s a cool idea, but needs a more efficient way to add water into the system and some better materials

[@RikerSLS]

Pvc gives cancer… the idea is solid but the materials are toxic

[@jjrossitee]

Guessing where they come from it's normal.

[@sinformant]

So what is the plumbing in your walls made from if not PVC?

[@steeleanderson1172]

Probably lead pipes used in OP'S water supply

[@tpolutts3309]

Am I crazy? I thought plumbing for potable water is copper. ​@@sinformant

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

​@@sinformant Those PVC pipes are usually lined with epoxy which is classified as food-safe material (non-toxic). Besides PVC, many modern home water pipes are now also made with copper, cast iron, or galvanized steel. These are the same metals used for cooking pots and pans.

[@craig-m8]

Bro is gettin straight COOKED in the comments. Almost as much as those bottles an pvc will be in the summer

[@sabinegiannamore8711]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@malakiyahamari8448]

The plastic is the flaw. It'll get better. He's definitely got major potential to perfect it. Give it time, we're only human.

[@romancetips365]

What he's done is already pretty good and it can of course be modified by anyone

[@oprecourt]

Yeah, that’s all fine and well except he’s making distilled water and you can’t edit:live on distilled water

[@malakiyahamari8448]

@@oprecourt actually you can. Because we're getting minerals and nutrients from the things we eat.

[@jc7997aj]

​@@oprecourt eh get a couple rocks rubbem together put the dust in the water boom mineral water 😎.

[@OpticMoos]

​@@jc7997aj😂 it's funny cause it's a little bit true

[@cablecar3683]

Only problem is that not only would this most likely increase the microplastics in the water, but also the moisture in the glass bottles could potentially lead to algae.

[@was273]

It is clearly a proof of concept. The major "flaw" is not the micro plastics as they do not evaporate and condense like the water do. The condensers are glass. The flaw is the need to go on the roof to refill.

[@JordanAF808]

I’m sorry I had to reply to this weird comment. Do you really think they use all that piping and go to the roof to fill up? Also plastic chemicals can leach into the water and be evaporated, it’s not just micro-plastics. Think a little more before you act like you know what you’re talking about

[@was273]

@@JordanAF808 :) That is why I started with: This is clearly a proof of concept. :) I really do not see any easy way to refill the bottles with the current design apart from pumping back from the output which has its own challenges (like the need for the system to be open in order to let the air escape - but this escape will let some of the vapor as well) It would be much easier to have another tubing to fill the bottles. Next about the chemicals. I surely won't recommend drinking directly without proper testing what actually goes out and the testing done several times a month etc. However, I really do not expect chemicals in harmful doses even with the current design (which surely can be improved considerably). All: acetaldehyde, antimony, phthalates, and other volatile organic compounds should be in the lower ppb (part per billion) in the water and even less in the condensate. And my reasoning is: People leave their plastic bottles in direct sunlight quite often - sure not for a month (or more) but they drink whatever is in their bottles directly - not via evaporation and condensation so ... if it was that harmful we wouldn't use them for any drinks right? (Again only a proper analysis at different times can tell) If any I am mostly worried about molds etc. developing in this system in time. I expect the plastic bottles to become brittle and break instead of poisoning the water.

[@JordanAF808]

@@was273 I totally agree with your first two points, but these last couple sentences are just filled with massive assumptions and totally ignores the profit motivation that beverage and the plastics/oil industry have in maintaining their absolute monarchy over society... vs the health of their customers. They have lawyers on retainers to defeat any claims of harm, have you heard of Purdue Pharma? You are a smart guy and this isn't complicated so I'll refrain from explaining the fine details, but please inform yourself.

[@khazoury]

That was my issue too. The need to refill the bottles. Replacing the plastic is an obvious issue. Use ceramic for the pipes.

[@T.VALHÖLL]

Micro plastics are also oils smart guy, chemicals in the oils can evaporate...facts

[@Syclodelict]

This is not purified water, it is distilled water. Big difference. Distilled water may save you from dehydration and be ok in small amounts but is really bad for you for regular drinking

[@captaincinema5066]

Why?

[@petrsvec946]

@@captaincinema5066 See Health effects: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_water

[@desotofiresweep58]

@@Syclodelict The only thing that has to be put back into distilled water so that you can drink it long-term is iodide We drink distilled water everyday on the ship and I was in the Navy for almost 20 years and we never lacked any vitamins or minerals or anything like that

[@Alansky_1]

Just add a pinch of salt.

[@dorian33]

Lack of minerals from water . Once you distilate water practically remove all chlor , calcium , magnesium from water .​@@captaincinema5066

[@n085fs]

I am proud to see the number of comments from knowledgeable members of society calling out the fallacy of using plastic with this. Do it right. Use glass and copper.

[@YallBetterDuck-c3j]

Copper isn't toxic? I know they used it in old time moon shine distilling,but it probably added potency to the shine

[@IONATVS]

@@YallBetterDuck-c3jCopper is not only nontoxic if ingested, it is antimicrobial. can kill a LOT of bacteria, without harming animal or plant cells at all. Will get VERY hot in a solar still like this, and copper, like most metals, will leave a distinct metallic taste in water that flows thru it, but that taste won’t harm you. Glass is a macromolecule, so physically CAN’T dissolve in water and won’t even leave an aftertaste.

[@Zhcwu]

@@YallBetterDuck-c3j quite the opposite copper is actually antimicrobial and prevents bacterial growth.

[@etienne8110]

Do it right, use slow sand filtration. Distillation is less effective and costlier, whatever the material used.

[@workoholekhh7542]

The problem is the whole project not plastic, Distill water is not safe. It will kill a person slowly.

[@TrafficConeJam]

Awesome video! You guys did a great job on the traffic control, it’s cool that you used channelizer tubes too!

[@DeRothschild]

Yes, purified water with microplastic, PFAS and BPA.

[@Diekgraaf]

Sie vergessen die Legionellen welche so auch noch entstehen. Die fühlen sich bei um die 40 grad so richtig wohl.

[@pankillakan9728]

Oh boy. Sheeps were told to talk about micro plastics to give corpos a new angle of taking our money. Good sheeps obey. You don't even realize how much of a problem you are repeating something you are clearly clueless about.

[@DeRothschild]

@@pankillakan9728 How about a decade and a half of following the news and researching and reading actual studies? Contrary to what you say, the corporate press has buried this kind of news and shadow banned anyone who talked about it. Please site a study contrary to micro plastics. Look up the damage 3M has done with their "forever chemical." Look up the estrogen mimicry caused by bisphenol-a. I'm not including the half of it. You have said nothing and have added nothing to the conversation.

[@DeRothschild]

@@pankillakan9728 My other comment was deleted. My background is not in science. In fact, I'm an accountant. But it's important to me to keep up with the latest research on health. I've used PubMed and Google Scholar religiously for 20 years. Over these couple of decades I've read thousands peer reviewed articles on these topics. Do yourself a favor and earn your right to lob such trite accusations. PainKillaGhettoKan. lol

[@alibi247]

Exactly to the initial comment not the other idiotic one above from pan

[@TheRealWattLife]

He actually made the water more harmful!

[@arjunratnadev]

It's the PPP PPPP PVC PAPE PVC PEEPS PVC. PAAPS

[@arjunratnadev]

Why TF? is Ytube notifying me about this dead comment thread?

[@gelvax69]

How much plastic do you want in your water? Yes.

[@TheUnfortunate0ne1]

Did you type this as you drank your bottled water? Or was it bottled soda?

[@Fernanderth]

That one unemployed bro on a Tuesday:

[@rastaralph7154]

One major flaw with that. Water gets contaminated in plastic, even more so with sunlight. Maybe if he was to use glass and stainless steel pipes it would work.💚💛❤️

[@rodenreyes6320]

Is gray uPVC food grade?

[@rastaralph7154]

@@rodenreyes6320 I don't trust any plastic. They say all kinds of things are safe but it's usually the complete opposite like Teflon for instance.👍💚💛❤️

[@ohcrap3263]

What about copper pipe and it’s antibacterial properties? I understand a huge cost increase.

[@Aelda69]

​@@ohcrap3263 Try buying a foot of copper piping nowadays. Expensive AF.

[@Aelda69]

​@@rodenreyes6320 All plastics shed microscopic fibres. Micro Plastics are a major cause of obesity and other health issues.

[@MiLi-b1u]

Just an idea or two: #1. Glass collection container for rainwater #2. Mineral and carbon filter post collection for purification #3. Question for improvement....can you add a electricity free way to also COOL the water?? After sunlight distillation no doubt, you wouldn't want to drink without cooling first.....Overall 8.3/10 keep going, you're on the right path, impressed!

[@jbrice2010]

The final collection point is the big bottle inside the house. Assuming the house is properly insulated, the water should eventually be room temperature.

[@deeptruthss]

I love that unlike the others who shut down the idea and criticized the person, you stay positive and give solutions to help the person improve. A great sign of intelligence and emotional intelligence as well at that.

[@taitheguy85]

Most ppl in asia don't drink cold water. It's associated with illness. The hotter the better

[@natashahess5971]

I was thinking the same thing about the glass bottles. I don't really know much about the PVC and if it's safe or not. You c I ld probably do some kind of natural water collection to assist with filling bottles

[@Homiloko2]

@@deeptruthss It's not so deep bro, we're looking at an AI generated video showcasing what's most likely a middle-school science project

[@dhavalsavalia]

I mean you gotta take that daily dose of microplastics.

[@sheogorath-the-incrazy]

You know PVC is vinyl and not plastic, right.... the top bottle is glass.... microplasics don't travel up in the air from the plastic bottle on the bottom with the steam.............

[@joaquimmatabelejr3074]

can I have a glass of water bro? Yea, sure. just wait for 3 hours

[@bamf6603]

@@sheogorath-the-incrazycheck mate! You got him straight in the a$$ haha!

[@trivedi_rahul]

Broooooʻ​@@sheogorath-the-incrazy

[@turolretar]

So they got you huh

[@davidlogan3361]

PVC ≠ Purified 💅🏻

[@d1v1n1ti]

IT IS A GREAT CONCEPT as stated below, there are sadly many components that make this toxic. Heat/ plastic/ PVC / Foil. The labor of filling each bottle one by one, on a roof and preventing algae is going to be intense- as well cutting all the PVC AND PLASTIC adds BPA and toxic pvc to the bottles which are also leeching used in sunlight. Trading one pollution for another. This could be modified to eliminate these toxins... but refilling the bottles? and which water is he purifying? There are so many plastic bottle water plants already, that people already drink, it takes electricity to create all the products of the invention. this definitely has potential for other reasons so good for him with his creativity 👍🏼

[@trishmcl9055]

Everyone just wants to find fault. Dang! Give the boy some encouragement!

[@mafirearmsafety]

put a silver dime in each bottle

[@tw8464]

Yeah maybe this set up could be used on a temporary basis for distilling water for batteries or something like that. The chemicals and microplastics would not be healthy

[@FreyWhatburg]

Aluminum foil? Toxic? The fuq?

[@BlueMoon_726]

Wowwww, great idea! Some changes made, but overall, excellent!!!❤️💯💯

[@Periwinkle110]

Improvements needed... 1. Once evaporated, the plastic bottles need an automatic continued water supply - not manual refilling. 2. Replace the plastic with glass bottles.

[@BamrariGamer]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-vk7cp1op9p]

Still, great idea! I am sure you have many many more, and I wish you the best!

[@DavidFrankland]

Plastic drinks bottles are safe

[@Periwinkle110]

@@DavidFrankland Not at all...When the sun sends mercury high up, the chemical bonds in the plastic break down.

[@jimbojangles9056]

Wouldn't it just be just as simple to use rain water thru a filtration system (coal,sand,rock) ?

[@TheZoenGaming]

This does not purify water. Water purification typically involves completely converting the water into steam, further heating the steam, then filtering the water as it condenses. At the very least the water should be boiled for 20 minutes to kill biological contaminants.

[@misterwirez7731]

Or chemicals. Besides gray PVC is toxic for drinking water. CPVC pipe the white stuff is for potable water.

[@TheZoenGaming]

@@misterwirez7731 Color of water-safe piping is dependent on where it's made/sold. Here in the US it's white, but I've seen blue water-safe pipes in other countries. I'm giving the benefit of doubt on color.

[@b.w.22]

Not trying to be contentious, but what do you think is condensing on the inside of the vertical glass bottles? I think most would consider water vapor and steam to be roughly synonymous - disregarding leached chemicals and cleanliness, I’d think distilled water would be near enough pure.

[@TheZoenGaming]

@@b.w.22 Water vapor can form at near freezing temperatures under the right conditions, as such, bacteria can survive in water vapor. If the water is not heated to temperatures equal to or greater than 212° Fahrenheit for a sustained period, then most bacteria _will_ survive. Properly purified water is heated to well beyond boiling, with the steam heated even further to kill surviving bacteria inhabiting the steam. This is repeated multiple times to ensure all bacteria is killed, and the condensing water is chemically and physically filtered each time so that all manner of problem causing contaminants, such as heavy metals and dead bacteria, are removed. Once it has been declared safe, certain minerals are added back in to the water to make it potable. Distilled water goes through even more rigorous sterilization, does not have minerals added to it, and then is ionically stripped. This makes distilled water safe for certain applications such as humidifiers and oxygen concentrating machines so that the water doesn't react chemically at the molecular level, but makes it _unsafe to drink_ . He is creating neither purified nor distilled water, he is filtering it via evaporation a single time. That won't even guarantee that lead is removed from the water.

[@b.w.22]

@@TheZoenGaming - Ok, let’s assume for the sake of argument that this system is sterile and that no chemicals will be leached from the materials. If he hasn’t contaminated the system in assembly but the water in the plastic bottles isn’t “pure” and contain some algae, bacteria, and dissolved minerals. Are you saying that bacteria will be hitching a ride on the water vapor itself, along with lead possibly, or is your issue with the mechanics here? Like sure, “cooties” from the source water could be belched out of the plastic bottles or convection currents could mechanically carry viruses, let’s say, from the surface of water, but “evaporation” of water (at least as I understand it) happens on a molecular scale and to individual molecules. Other things might also be boiling off and condensing, like the esters which make up flavor, but aside from heat, a water molecule changing its state from liquid to vapor isn’t bringing things along with it. Now, I totally get what you’re saying that this rube-Goldberg apparatus isn’t making purified water and there are all sorts of practical and procedural ways this is dumb. But while this system may not produce purified water, it is distilling water. Edit: And the sunlight powering the thing is bombarding all of it with sterilizing UV rays, which is why I believe he’s using clear vessels and not dark ones.

[@jzajac75]

Very smart young man! Btw to buy safe purified drinking water cost about £0.04 per liter, is it worth it?

[@StephenKennington]

For all those moaning about micro plastics and chemical leaching. Remember this sort of setup is for people that are $1 a day poor, live were there is no mains water. Not dying of a water bone infection is preferable to micro dosing plastic. If they live past 40 they can start worrying about that.

[@Hugh-Glass]

Harsh truth you've got there. Lol

[@Hugh-Glass]

However, with little brainpower a human can make a water purifier with carbon, sand and some moss.

[@susannpatton2893]

​@@Hugh-Glass😂 where you getting moss in a place that has to make condensation for the water to begin with? No moss in a desert dahling

[@letitiastull9686]

Where can you get carbon?

[@GladHe8Her_Booty]

Well and if shit hit the fan and this is the cleanest water you could get I highly doubt those dweebs would cry about micro plastics 😂

[@juanamaral8162]

All good, except for the BPA particles released by heated polyethilene, so that "pure"water is actually poisonous.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Since when did bpa come from polyethylene?

[@solarsynapse]

BPA has not been used for years in anything that comes in contact with food or drink. At least, it is not supposed to be used.

[@alanwalton5735]

Pure water is bad for you anyway. It will drain your body of minerals.

[@ryz3929]

this is just amazing but two comments only ... first u should have used glass instead of plastic bottles then use aluminum foil to wrap only the 1/3 surface area of the bottle from down, this is more effective than just putting aluminum underneath it as it will work as a concave mirror second, cover the upper bottles from sun to make it cooler which will accelerate the condensation of water vapor

[@Garsonxxx]

hs ur super smart! am taking notes…

[@russell2185]

And paint them black

[@GerardVaughan-qe7ml]

​@@russell2185 The evaporator bottles, yes - or - put shredded black polyethylene bag inside. That works very well.

[@GerardVaughan-qe7ml]

..and pray that you don't get a Gale !!

[@Divy-Merc18]

Won't that ​increase the heat? @@russell2185

[@Anna-Sofia_L]

If he put a little bit of chlorine in the pet bottles, would that also reach the clean water pipe? Or would it just stay in each pet bottle and prevent algae growth?

[@allineedis1mike81]

Covering the beer bottles in something reflective or insulating should speed up condensation. And everyone that just learned about chemicals in plastic should chill a little. This looks like a HS science experiment. Probably not the exact materials and setup anyone who's not chronically online would use for a permanent setup. Kind of a pain in the ass filling all those bottles several times a day, on the roof. Great project!

[@mickimicki5576]

There should be an auto top off system for the source water. Going up on the roof constantly will eventually kill you.

[@deeptruthss]

I love that unlike the others who shut down the idea and criticized the person, you stay positive and give solutions to help the person improve. A great sign of intelligence and emotional intelligence as well at that.

[@taitheguy85]

U could just drip feed the 1st/highest bottle. Plenty other issues overlooked, but u wouldn't have to fill all the bottles

[@Ksoism]

I guess, as others, that this is somekind of a school science project. And it's an A as that. Filling of those bottles is the first thing that tells you this isn't a viable long term solution, the amount of water you get out of it isn't a lot, bit it's easily scalable.

[@andimoraru5539]

You can chill a little after you drink this water for months and accumulate BPAs in your body 😂

[@fabians.6061]

Purified water with just a hint of BPA.

[@asura8495]

proud of this comment section to be so educated about this. 10 years ago there would only have been a few comments like this

[@sandstorm6605]

Mmmm I love the taste of BPA in the morning. Tastes like cancer.

[@glenndouglas8822]

Ultra purified water or distilled water is INCREDIBLY bad for human health. We are not supposed to drink it. We need all the minerals etc..

[@slidethru468]

If your bottled water doesn't say BPA free...you're drinking the same.

[@cianmoriarty7345]

No, BPA just isn't used to make PET or PVC.

[@Fernando_S]

Besides what everybody is commenting about pvc, microplastics, etc, there's another thing to point out: water for human consumption is not pure water. This invention is basically a distiller, and what comes out is pure water, only water. The water that goes to our houses goes trough a treatment process to remove unwanted chemicals, debris and dirt, but is not pure water. It contains minerals (Na, K, Cl, F, Mg, Fe) that must be provided to ensure good health.

[@TuviiOfficial]

Your comment has merit and I 100% agree. However microplastics are not minerals we need to ensure good health.

[@jesterprivilege]

Don't forget the much needed fluoride. Mmhmm. Plus all the unfilterable pharmaceuticals.

[@Fernando_S]

@jesterprivilege Fluoride is indeed needed as a public health good measure at 1 milligram per liter of potable water. Since the 1940's, when fluoride started to be added to potable water, studies have shown the decay rate of dental cavities, although nowadays toothpaste already has enough quantity of this mineral. Regarding pharmaceuticals, a curious thing was found out in the Atlantic Ocean near the shore of Rio De Janeiro city, Brazil. Between 2021 and 2023, 13 sharks got mistakingly trapped in fishing nets. Scientists took them to study, and what they found in all 13 sharks was cocaine and its metabolites. In all shark tissues, from muscles to liver. It is still unclear where the cocaine came from. It is believed that it comes from illegal laboratories that serve the drug trafficking business and that they flush their chemical residues in the city sewage system. Similar findings already happened in the past near Florida shore and near London.

[@jesterprivilege]

@@Fernando_S I remove fluoride from my water because it doesn't have any positive health effects on the rest of my organs and inhibits uptake up iodine/iodide. They have fluoride in paste form nowadays for those that want to apply it topically. I want to study the people that want the public to drink it.

[@jesterprivilege]

@@Fernando_S also, I'm speaking of hormones and hormone disrupters in municipal water, not the ocean.

[@FunkInvesting]

Using science to solve the worlds problems. This is an amazing example of a simple fix to a simple problem!

[@LuckyJim5050]

Great idea, and I would not drink that water, the evaporation isn’t boiling and those bottles will grow all sorts of fun biological communities in no time, keep tuning it and you’ll have something, great start

[@Mornepin]

The idea is cool, he should probably change the materials used if he can

[@cheeseballs2250]

how about glass

[@Dhhsiisgtafevdnjfiff]

@@cheeseballs2250 glass would not have any leaching and be easier to sanitize. That would be a separate process though. This contraption in it's location and with and unsealed system is going to be a microbiome in no time either way

[@lokeshgnanasekar]

This is DISTILLATION with extra steps and yes Micro plastics and microbes

[@Mornepin]

How could we sanitize it without doing maintenance and without polluting the water with chemicals ? I've zero knowledge on this, it's interesting.

[@lokeshgnanasekar]

@@Mornepin actually it is possible only if we use either higher temperature or near vaccum atmosphere. The first one is obviously distillation, which we use rankine cycles where the heat energy keeps on flowing through chambers in the most effective method but it requires higher energy. Secondly its the flash evaporation method where the water enters a chamber where the chamber drops it's pressure which causes water to evaporate at atmospheric temperature (Pressure, Temperature relation and Triple point of water - please explore)

[@n8zog584]

I see a lot of comments here about how many problems there are with the design, however i would like to point out that this is a FANTASTIC proof of concept. Its not as effecient or small as some consumer grade filters, but it works. And it works using things you could find anywhere. The idea needs to be workshopped a little, and perhaps we could use glass and some kind of mettal pipe instead of plastic (this might actually get a tighter seal using a blowtorch). Anyways this deseign has great potential

[@ianroot5465]

Neat idea definitely would use glass and copper myself but great for a prototype, also needs a quicker/easier way to fill the bottles to make it viable.

[@damnfreakingsien]

Despite so many negative comments, this is honestly a cool creation using a simple existing idea we were taught in elementary school. A few tweaks: - don’t use plastic bottles, as many of the comments indicated. Micro plastics. And UV rays will damage the bottles over time. - increase surface idea within the glass bottles to increase rate of condensation. Like a fractionating columns found in your science labs. - add one way values to increase efficiency. Tesla Valves would be great. I’m no engineer, but someone who has an interest in building things, so don’t stone me.

[@chereejohnson2400]

I can tell that you are Extremely knowledgeable! You didn't attack, you joined in and improved! Thanks for your loving spirit to help!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@allenhermans]

Tesla valves only work with pressure. How slow this process would make Tesla valves completely useless. Even if he 20x his production speed, they would do nothing. Simple one way valves can be bought at Lowe’s or Home Depot for just a few bucks.

[@damnfreakingsien]

@@allenhermans Tesla valve works on fluids too like regular one way valve. And no, you dont need pressure, gravity also works. The downside of Tesla valve is probably not being fully unidirectional, although this isn’t a big deal in this scenario. Regular one way valves works too.

[@theirishviking9278]

​@damnfreakingsien fluids provide the pressure needed for a Tesla valve to work Something a gas like evaporated water can't do unless it's under an external pressure Though for health and safety reasons any form of one way valve would be usefull on the end point with the recondenced water

[@damnfreakingsien]

@@theirishviking9278 gases are also fluid haha

[@ryanseddon4800]

Excellent proof on concept. Many house should be built with non toxic (glass etc) water capturing devices . Many uses and free.

[@Aaron-oe8xw]

Distilling water is a low tech option to get somewhat clean water. There are many flaws with this design, not only the plastic bottles but mainly the fact that none of it is boiled or filters. Very likely algea and other microbes will make their home inside the nice warm wet area and will need to be cleaned out regularly, on top of that youd still need to filter the water. While this is a fun science project for solar distilling, its far from some innovative design. I dunno if people know this, but rain is distilled already, so distilling it again isnt really doing much, anything that can be carried through evaporation is already in the rainwater. Better solution, spend all that money that they used on PVC pipe to buy a rain barrel and build a scaffolding to keep it raised up, and use a gravity filter from the upper container to a lower container. Youll still have to replace or clean the gravity filter and clean the tabks but itll be much faster than cleaning 100 bottles every week.

[@scoobyphd]

This.

[@Canthus13]

You assume they have the ability to 'spend all that money'. Or they're in an area where rain barrels are useful. This is a perfect solution for developing nations, whether because the rain barrels you suggest would be great places to spread malaria, or because they're in arid areas with access to bodies of water that would be otherwise undrinkable. This also does not add heat into the immediate environment the way a fire would, nor does it consume resources to heat the water. You could build this from found materials if you had to.

[@Joey_Fabitz]

​@Canthus13 Comprehension is not your strength. Okay, I can still help you. I'll get a colorful set of Crayola crayons and draw a picture for the simpletons like Canthus from the Shortbus. The author of the original comment to which you embarrassed yourself with your reply made NO MENTION of heating the water in his alternative method. Additionally, said author did not assume ANYONE had money to purchase the materials he was proposing as an alternative. No... he was saying RATHER THAN SPEND SAID MONEY on PVC pipes, the money would be better spent on HIS proposed method. Hopefully you absorbed my intellectual backhand slaps to your nugget.

[@DaraRich]

Would make sense IF there‘s rain. In many areas of the world there‘s none for weeks or months. But the remains of the plastic and the lack of minerals in the distilled water are a thing to be fixed🤔

[@katyaflippinov9197]

The OP has a lot of good points; however, rainwater may have been distilled in cleaner times or at least in places away from cities. Think of soot and smog-filled air. Now, plastic is in rainwater and in freshly fallen snow. Burning plastics releases microscopic plastic particles into the air. Trackers were put on plastic bottles that were collected for recycling in Europe in order to see where the plastic bottles ended up. They ended up in Romania or Hungary, where plastics were the fuel burned in furnaces for the manufacture of cement. Plastics are everywhere even in the fresh rain. It's sad.

[@angela_eric]

You can do this without all the pipes. Get the bottles and put them in the sun for a few hours. This will kill most of the harmful bacteria, and the sediment would fall to the bottom if there is any. If you don't want to drink sediment, you can fill the container while using a cloth to filter out the sediment before or after this process when pouring into another container. Your best solution to dirty water, though, is to always boil it if you can.

[@o0cscore0o]

Great initial design. But need to revise the system to be safe for consumption using non toxic materials and an automated way to fill it again. Also distilled water can cause harm in the body when drinking as it lacks zero minerals, so a final mineral stage is needed to add them back in before it lands in a reservoir for consumption.

[@SlickArmor]

Or get minerals and vitamins from a healthy variety of food.

[@planethedgehog2427]

> it lacks zero minerals. So, it is not lacking any minerals?🤔

[@olliefoxx7165]

​@@planethedgehog2427"lacks zero minerals " means it has NO minerals.

[@planethedgehog2427]

@@olliefoxx7165 > "Iacks zero minerals" means it has NO minerals. Nope! What do you think lack means? So, if you *lack* the money for a down payment for a house, that means that you actually have the money?🤔

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@planethedgehog2427 Really. "Lacks, zero minerals". Since you're bogged in a pedantic rut, I fixed it for you.

[@Andrewbert109]

I see a lot of people giving the dude shit about using plastics due to the potential microplastics. The guy is clearly in Southeast Asia, and if he needs clean water he's probably willing to risk potential health issues down the road if it means not drinking water that's gonna give him immediate health issues, or that he doesn't have to spend his already limited resources buying clean water. It's like advocating for taking away crops meant for developing countries because they're GMO.

[@hectorpascal]

Yep, If I had THIS water to drink or muddy water that could give me illnesses like diarrhea, giardiasis, dysentery, typhoid fever, E. Coli infection, and salmonellosis (just to name a few), I know what I'd choose!

[@evgeniybeschastnov4627]

This used to be called "knowing physics", now this is called "being talented"

[@littlewidget]

Fr

[@lukasvandewiel860]

This is called 'generating ad revenue by creating a few hundred thousand youtube views'

[@evgeniybeschastnov4627]

@@lukasvandewiel860 indeed, possible

[@JesusPlsSaveMe]

​@@littlewidget *Revelation 3:20* Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. HEY THERE 🤗 JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY. Turn away from your sins, confess, forsake them and live the victorious life. God bless. Revelation 22:12-14 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

[@onnaquest]

I think the further back in history you go, the more "magical" applied physics seemed to be so I'd call BS on the idea that it's some recent phenomena confusing talent with knowledge and application. It can be both. Always has been.

[@velarswood]

I like how people are bitching about the plastic heating up and I bet half these mothers are nuking plastic in the microwave for lunch lol. Swap out the plastic bottles for glass and use salt water for basic sesalination

[@Surannhealz]

I used this technique during the zombie apocalypse of 2021. Worked wonders.

[@allseeingotto2912]

We’re still in the zombie apocalypse

[@FunctionalJunkie_]

I just got mine from the supermarket 😂

[@BillyBob-ov5ef]

Amen brother, glad to see you made it outta that Circle K back in '22, that was a bad day....😂

[@jakestablettableto9453]

You mean the gumby apocalypse ♿️ where everyone willingly took poison and wore nappies on their faces

[@Leeohlin89]

🤣

[@vantagefinancialalliance5400]

Plastic is toxic alone. When heated it's more toxic. So while that's a great idea, it needs another way to get the water purified!

[@karlkoskie2891]

Dying of dehydration will hit you long before the plastic will

[@spaideman7850]

bingo. plus some dangerous bacterias love to grow on these soda plastic bottles.

[@bertkilborne6464]

Pretty good for a prototype

[@JureDoon]

Don't really know much about the contamination from the plastic bottles, but remember that the water is condensing on glass. Unless those contaminants manage to evaporate and recondense the same way water does, the condensate won't include the junk in the plastic bottle.

[@JureDoon]

Of course the PVC could be a plastic issue, but PVC can be used for water afaik.

[@XEvil9]

Microplastic generator, what a genius man

[@phatrick8848]

This young man is truly talented His young talent allows him to take old bottles with the help of young pvc plastic Then old water youngify it with youth electrical none smart talent boy young bottle plastic water

[@a990121zz]

It's not purifier water. It's only distilled water. You can use for battery 😂.

[@tw8464]

Maybe that's a better use for it

[@HuntergamerbenOfficial]

wait couldnt you technically use it for vehicle radiator coolant because if you use regular water for that it will corrode the radiator

[@ItchyKneeSon]

@@HuntergamerbenOfficial Yes. It's distilled, so all the minerals are removed.

[@HuntergamerbenOfficial]

@@ItchyKneeSon ok but first you have to wait quite a while for it to convert it also it doesent catch rainwater so your forced to fill the bottles with water in order to convert one

[@ItchyKneeSon]

@@HuntergamerbenOfficial lolwut

[@josephbrewer7026]

This effectively makes distilled water which is not okay to drink. Minerals essential for electrolyte balance in the body are removed by evaporation (distilling). Drinking distilled water will actually leech essential minerals out of the body causing damage to organs.

[@Savethepandabears]

😂 not true distilled water is perfectly fine to drink ,and is completely safe if you're eating a balanced diet. The distillation process removes impurities like heavy metals, organic compounds, and dissolved salts from water, but it also removes minerals like calcium, sodium, and magnesium that give tap water its flavor. Because of this, distilled water can taste flat or bland. However, if you eat a healthy diet, you're likely getting enough minerals from other sources, so drinking distilled water shouldn't have a major impact on your health.

[@josephbrewer7026]

@@Savethepandabears Absolutely not. Do your research.

[@elevate5136]

@@Savethepandabearsit’s called reverse osmosis it is bad for your body

[@digitalis2977]

​@@josephbrewer7026 Do yours. He's 100% correct.

[@kramnivlek95]

​@@josephbrewer7026Do "your" research, repeating what others say, even supposedly experts it's not research btw. He's totally correct.

[@lesserevil8136]

Water vapor doesn't carry microplastics. Only microplastics you'd remotely worry about is from the pvc pipes

[@kevinthompson7649]

Microplastics are in clouds, dude. They kinda look like water vapour to me.

[@khalaq2]

@@wrightwinger85 You should use glass bottles with non-plastic pipes for conveyance. The entire setup may get quite heated sitting in the sun on a hot roof.

[@PixelCortex]

Source? Are you aware that PVC is commonly used for potable water supply?

[@OverRule1]

Good luck avoiding micro plastic. It's in almost everything on this planet including us the animals and the fish both salt water and fresh water

[@jmcassonetto]

Water vapour condenses on surface of bottle due to thermal differences & hydrogen bonding…like taking a shower in bathroom resulting in the mirror, toilet other surfaces have condensation formation.

[@pradeepkrish6050]

He's getting distilled water in this process. Distilled water is technically safe to drink, as it is free from impurities, contaminants, and minerals. However, it lacks essential minerals like calcium, magnesium, and sodium, which are beneficial for health. Drinking distilled water over a long period may lead to mineral deficiencies. Additionally, some people find it less palatable because of its flat taste. For regular consumption, it’s generally better to drink mineralized or filtered water.

[@DesperateForSanity]

This guy probably designed Roman aqueducts in a previous life. Despite the design flaws, it's genius mental ability.

[@paulbutikofer4284]

yes the Romans used a different toxic material, lead.

[@NathanTschetter-ye1hz]

Yes that's good thinking

[@eugene7518]

Roman aqueducts were held together with lead. All Romans, including the emporers suffered from acute lead poisoning

[@Nuffsed81]

Wow, the bar is set quite low then. "ingenious" because they collected evaporated water. Think about how ingenious that is or sint, really think about it. I think you got obvious and ingenious mixed up. This is obviously far from ingenious.

[@jg-bf7ik]

​@@Nuffsed81 How old is the guy doing this? Is he 8, 13, 40...? That makes a big difference, before we automatically judge without knowing the whole of the circumstances...

[@jonathanehn3525]

Totally attainable for those who can't afford to buy/purify water. All you need is... 1. A water source 2. Over a dozen perfectly clean washed out plastic bottles and beer bottles 3. A heat gun for precision 4. Aluminum foil for speed increase 5. Over a dozen feet of brand new clean flexible rubber/PVC pipe and multiple different connective angle joints 6. A clean closed storage apparatus to safely store and retrieve the water and prevent contamination. Alternatively, you could just filter the water with a crude filter for big particles, then boil it to kill the germs, but this seems much more do able.

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

This video is kinda trying to reinvent the wheel, for clicks.

[@nickabel8279]

1. Pond/ stream/ rainwater 2. You can boil water to get clean water and then washout bottles. Plastic bottles are all over this world. 3. Nope. Just heat. Hold it above a flame. Sun and magnifying glass to a point... 4. Even a metal roof will work. A black trash bag behind it will work too. 5. Again. Don't need to focus on new or clean but yes you do need the pipe. 6.

[@jonathanehn3525]

@nickabel8279 I would advise that if the end goal of all the set up is to have clean water ready for consumption to come through the pipe into the reservoir, that the piping that gets it there is also clean. The entire process is pretty pointless if the new clean water has to pass through a dirty pipe. And if the 2nd step is to boil water to clean the pipes/bottles to then put water in for the whole process to work, then why not just skip the entire process and boil the water and clean only the necessary items to then store it? Remove all the piping and other points of failure. What I'm saying is, it's a neat little backyard experiment, but just not practical to those who would actually need it in any real clean water situation.

[@Heat3YT2]

Gotta manually fill up 20 bottles halfway too. After a few times I’d just drink dirty water and let my immune system figure it out.

[@MrDeano-eu9rg]

​@@Heat3YT2 and possibly die

[@simsreject5925]

People in the developing world do things like this all the time. The UV light from the sun kills harmful microorganisms, too.

[@christiandelgado-fix5953]

While releasing the chemicals from the plastic 😂

[@BraydonAttoe-xs4yg]

And breaking the plastic down enough for it to release Microscopic particles into your water as well

[@FN-zg2mt]

To use the right words is has important if glass or plastic material. The " developing countries " and the citizens are wealthy . They are countries controled by the international cartel : Mason - Islamic - Marxist of human predators criminal communist USING POLITICS, pretending to be POLITICIANS to steal what belong to the citizens for more than a century! So, by correcting the vocabulary the citizens of the " under develop , poor, " countries will understand and unite to fight The master slaves aristocrats at DAVOS KINGS, QUEENS, GLOBALIST BUSINESSMEN REPRESENTED BY WEF-KARL SCHWAB AND LARRY FINK . THE CARTEL OF CARTELS have steal, slave and kill the citizens for greed USING THEIR PEOPLE INFILTRATED IN EACH GOVT. THIS PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE CONTRIES, THEY PEOPLE IN EACH CLUNTRY ALSO SUPPLY HUMAN SLAVES THE CARTEL USE THE VOCABULARY AND PEOPLE REPEAT IT. YOU CHANGE THE VOCABUKARY AND WINDOWS WILL OPEN

[@fuzzlewuzzle9388]

I was wondering if he would still have to boil it too

[@breakthecode4634]

Also sitting water makes mildew regardless of heat, This is so stupid.

[@M.Ali_Jinnah]

*Guest:* Give me a glass of water please! *Me:* Please wait for 3 hours

[@peterbonucci9661]

This would be great for disaster response. A place where you need clean water for a lot of people fast and cheap. Soda bottles are cheap. Sun probably disinfects the water. PVC is used in household water and doesn't have alge problems. It's probably rated to 180F, so it's safe at these tempratures. The hottest temps are in the glass bottles. If you can touch them everything is OK. The connector on the bottles mean they can just be popped off and replaced quickly. Just give the kids a bunch of bottles of unsafe water and have them run to the roof and replace them. On a sunny day, one of these might deliver 30 L (8 gal) per day. That seems pretty good. Choosing between microplastics and diseases from contaminated water, I'm picking microplastics.

[@Annii_Oakley_]

That’s what I’m talking bout!

[@phylliscarwile3028]

This process is already used (and has been for sometime) in parts of Africa where there is no drinkable water.

[@giancarlof2356]

Except that those bottles and pvc will leach toxins into the water. That type of pvc is not rated for potable water use.

[@danthemanoftheland]

I can believe that. 🤔​@@phylliscarwile3028

[@maddi5109]

@@phylliscarwile3028you saying: this young man isn’t truly talented? 😅😢

[@SphyrnaZygaena-j1u]

What a chore refilling. Blackening increases heat absorption

[@solarsynapse]

Add funnels with screens for rainwater?

[@Nuffsed81]

​@@solarsynapseI think the point of the design is they have only dirty water, if they had rain water this wouldn't be an issue. Obviously this is for areas with no clean water, no rain. Smfh

[@natetyler9799]

A lot of people are making good points about micro plastics, lack of minerals, etc., but, depending on the quality of water available to him before this, it’s very likely he improved his drinking water by 99%.

[@wilmerrose]

If he came from where I live then he just improved it 1000%

[@mickus85]

It’s not purified water. It’s distilled which isn’t actually good for human consumption. You’re better to put a cup outside to catch rain water cause distilled water that’s been heated is a bacteria breeding ground. The water would need to be boiled to kill the bacteria which defeats the purpose of the system.

[@Andrea-LovesYouStill]

Agreed!!

[@WMeier-kd8hz]

Good comment

[@nikolaineverdie7135]

Except that no, dysentery is in itself easier to treat than high exposure to micro plastics. I'd know I'm a biologist, have been the past 14 years. I can tell you for a fact, you'd prefer disease to micro plastics. Much less pain. Dysentery you can recover from. They have no way of digging out the micro plastics once they clog you up they're there for good or you just die immediately to clogged arteries, thanks to all the plastic particles.

[@Hiswaytruthandlife]

Good idea but the plastic particles will be no good, you'll have to keep changing the bottles alot, it's alot better todo it all in glass as glas has no grip with water also, plus glass is made with all natural substances

[@escanor9920]

There is nothing smart about it, he just distilled water and purified it using evaporation. Now he has to go up on the roof and fill the plastic bottles each time he wants clean water and that's a pain in the... The smart thing would have been to find a way to gather all the water from the rain, and have it purified into the system automatically. That would have been smart.

[@sunrazor2622]

Reading the comment section, most people jump to conclusions about plastic before watching to the end. Water vapor is indeed collected in glass bottles. The issue I see is the PVC pipe, which may leach phthalates. Hardly anyone comments on that.

[@tesladrew2608]

It starts in plastic bottles that are heated up enough to evaporate water

[@sushilkumarsaraf4399]

Instead of PVC, CPVC can be used. As it is PBC pipes and filters are use for supply of drinking water

[@adude7944]

Why would there be phtalates in pvc

[@sunrazor2622]

@@adude7944 poly-vinyl-chloride (pvc) have added plasticisers including phthalates and dioxin, which leach out when heated and are toxic to humans.

[@florianh.6256]

To be fair - most of the comment section is bots, the voice is AI and the text is AI. And with the metal sheet and the costs of the piping he would be better to invest into a clear sheet of plastic, span it over the metal sheet and pour the water on it. Then collect the water dripping from the plastic sheet. This whole thing is overcomplicated and inefficient.

[@gregoryjohnston6742]

Smart dude. Potentially he will modify the project as time goes on. Glass bottles and stainless tube would be ideal. This dude will survive a dystopian environment, kudos bro 🖖.

[@Luis-jn7qu]

What is the risk of the chemicals from the plastic causing cancer?

[@rc51rider300exc]

Heated pvc...poisoned water

[@johnraymond91]

😂😂😂 electricity free but more expense when poisoned

[@Whatsthedealsquirter]

I was hoping he was useing water line and not electrical conduits

[@Baxxunderslash24]

Doesn't look like it. ​@@Whatsthedealsquirter

[@Whatsthedealsquirter]

@OneGuysLifeI picked neither I'll boil my water and find the cleanest source I can

[@Whatsthedealsquirter]

@OneGuysLife Don't get me wrong ,on Gilligan's Island I'd do ,I'd feel like the howls with that setup

[@AniMerDol]

Not too sure about the efficacy of the design, but for once, the description/explanation was on point & in sync with the video, so was totally understandable 1st time round. 😂

[@bapbap22]

Yeah, as an outdoorsman who has set up several widgets for distillation, this won’t work. These kind of videos are the bane of social media.

[@RobwithoneB]

Kinda sucks that we are to the point where a video just needs to make any anount of sense in order for it to be seen as a somewhat quality video lmao. We see so much braindead garbage, that when we see a video that makes sense and that's it, we're happy for a moment lmao. kinda sad

[@AniMerDol]

@@RobwithoneB Yeah, it is sad.

[@AniMerDol]

@@bapbap22 Thanks for confirming it won't work.

[@glinteastwood]

What a great cheap experimental template for recreating this setup with non-toxic materials. Hats off.

[@nedoconnor4953]

Only works when sunshine and it's warm enough to evaporate water.Depending on location it might only work a few weeks every year. You forgot to mention lots of sunlight and warm temperatures are needed to make this work.

[@nicb3782]

It's absolutely brilliant... of course, it needs refinement in design and material choice... but most significance of this idea is that it can be filled with saltwater / seawater to make new fresh water

[@jcskyknight2222]

Yeah you could use it to heat salt or seawater to get drinkable water out and then have to clean it all out as the moist warm environment is perfect for some micro organisms. You could just use a fire.

[@matthewcauthorn3948]

Just fill the bottles with water in the morning. You can thermal sanitation with just the heat of the sun long enough during the day. In the evening, remove the bottles and drain them into a filter of some sort could be a sand bed filter or it could be a carbon bed filter. Emptying the bottles daily would cut out the algae growth and not be as complicated and no PVC fittings would be required. This project really needs to be simplified to make it affordable for the people who really can’t afford regular sanitized water.

[@hendrikmoons8218]

Putting a sandfilter at the end before the collector will remove most of the microplastics.

[@witoldschwenke9492]

If you use a sandfilter you may as well just use the filter to clean the water in the first place and you won't need evaporation

[@hendrikmoons8218]

@@witoldschwenke9492 Sandfilter is not as good as evaporation versus bacreria.

[@Shrimp_Insurance]

​@witoldschwenke9492 You'd still have to boil it to remove bacteria, and even then some aren't killed during boiling

[@martinXY]

@@witoldschwenke9492 Sandfilters need to be cleaned occasionally. If it's backflushed to clean it, that uses a LOT of water.

[@sjrni]

what about dissolved chemicals (phthalates)?

[@williamryder5021]

Great idea. Show in use with dirty water, also add on a in line filter inside the house for secondary coverage and maybe a small solar powered uv light 🤷‍♂️, or one could also boil prior to use.

[@pieterbezuidenhout2741]

And everytime climb back on the roof to Fill the bottles now EMPTY with water . Very Clever Johnnie !

[@markcockerham646]

I knew somebody else had to have seen that. 😅

[@fcknspaulding6958]

I figured out a way to fill all the bottles at once on a flat roof with a 5 gallon pale some small diameter hose and silicone, this guys idea tho is brilliant! It just needs a few tweaks and this is so viable to do and scale up

[@innotech]

yeah it needs clean water to create clean water.... ​@@markcockerham646

[@Bambisgf77]

@@markcockerham646it clearly states that the water is flowing through the roof to a container in the house.

[@yceburg1983]

This the comment I was waiting on no rain catching basin either it’s a fail for me

[@JTheUsualMultimedia]

Perhaps he was just showing us the structure, a prototype build, if you will. Intriguing. Replacing the toxic materials and modulating, insulating, make each piece easy to access, clean, weatherproof. Very nice

[@elianeangie6747]

Exactly. This can even be improvised into household reservoirs/wells and works well for those dealing with hard ground water.

[@SinaAla]

This is incredibly intelligent, so I want to acknowledge the young man for this. HOWEVER, he is making distilled water, which should be avoided for drinking. Natural water contains minerals which our bodies need.

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

Let's see, what minerals will I find in water our bodies really need. Sodium is in table salt, potassium in our foods, calcium is usually from dietary sources and everything else is mostly a micronutrient. Not allowing for the fact you'll have no minerals in your water is indeed a way to strip your body of minerals long term, but I strongly suspect my well water has a different mineral profile from tap water in a major city taken from a different river water source. Distilled water is fine for drinking and will soak into your tissues more quickly than other waters. but to actually deplete your minerals you'd have to follow the debunked advice of two litres of water a day. You don't need that much unless you live in hot climate where you'll sweat it out and need more salt inputs regardless.

[@EarCandyPisces]

​@@glenmcgillivray4707 it's more about how of we did this with everything, nothing would be nutritional anymore.

[@Winkelbergo]

"Eliminating the need to buy purified water" sounds so wrong when coming from Germany where tap water is always pure.

[@manminusblood]

This is a good proof of concept idea. Using stainless steel canisters and lines and then a secondary filtration system that will remineralize the distilled water might be wise. This could work for making saltwater potable.

[@lowwoutchea]

Disappointed to come to the comments and see mostly negative comments. Is a smart design and good prototype! Like the innovation of using what’s available. Maybe not a great complete design for safe drinking water, but great prototype and temporary solution for cleaner water.

[@harvey854]

Criticism is not necessarily a bad thing. These comments are making some really good points. There is a difference between (1) just saying "this is a stupid idea" and (2) pointing out potential problems in the design and suggesting possible solutions. In fact, that is exactly what is needed to turn an idea into an actual solution that can be used. If I were someone who actually wanted to use this idea, I would find these comments extremely useful. I would much rather have people point out potential problems and suggest solutions than put all the time and effort into building the thing and only realise what the problems are afterwards. In fact, this is one of the biggest benefits of the ability of humans to communicate. We can tell each other what works and what doesn't, and learn from each other, rather than having to reinvent the wheel every time someone tries to solve a problem. Sure, some of the comments do have a mocking tone to them. But if something like access to clean drinking water is a genuine problem for you, then I really don't think the opinions of random KZbin commenters are going to stop you from coming up with a solution.

[@DemarcusBowser]

Exactly what I said... sad

[@DemarcusBowser]

​@harvey854 true, but some are just negative

[@gemerat]

- Mom, can you bring me three six-packs of beer from the supermarket ? - Building a water purifier son ? - Hugh ? Nope, getting wasted with my friends !

[@jlbistc7]

“Building a water purifier son?” 😂🤣🤣

[@Whatsthedealsquirter]

Nope hydro system😂😂

[@daddyvet478]

The mold this would generate would be astounding.

[@someyoungguyjohnson7239]

I dunno, my first thought is of all the BPA leeching into the water supply because the UV is breaking down the plastic bottles.

[@haddow777]

One problem is that distilled water is not very good to drink. It has no electrolytes in it, so you would need to be vigilant about consuming some while drinking. Otherwise your body will just quickly expel the water as it would dilute the sodium balance in your blood.

[@bobmostafa5149]

True, I was thinking about the same thing. This matters more than micro plastics people over exaggerate.

[@edgargap9587]

That's an easy fix. Just add salt and eat banana and u get your electrolytes

[@bobmostafa5149]

@edgargap9587 Sure at that point, why not make 5 minutes craft out of it and call it a day .😂

[@DieselDog358]

Good to know! Thank you

[@mitchellminer9597]

A good source of balanced electrolytes is Morton's Lite Salt. It has potassium and magnesium. I add it to my drinking water in summer.

[@seekingtruth1233]

A very good idea for desalination, however, it would contain microplastics. Also, the bottles at the top should not drain down through the same tee fixture.

[@Lazo00100001]

This should not be a problem. Since the fixture only contains water vapor/gas from plastic bottles with contaminated water, contaminants can't enter the fixture through vapor 😊

[@newp0rt]

this is the issue with the microplastic debate. people think microplastics are the big enemy when its not even true. this setup is TOXIC. not because tiny plastic particles but because of the chemicals released from heated PVC pipes. people are so scared of microplastics they forget about the actual dangers.

[@sprky777]

A lot of the condensation can flow back into the source water

[@Whitefox_09]

Yeah this not obviously because the problem with plastic is that does not remove harmful bacteria. That could potentially grow if even a tiny of water is left sitting for a long periods of time. Theirs also the fact that it would not remove everything either so its a nice concept but it really needs some serious work. Like one guy said you could use copper because it does in fact kill bacteria though you might have to wait a certain period of time between each use just to make sure. Okay so this might work if you replace the glass bottles with copper ones or use copper tubing instead of plastic either one of these would work. Then lastly you might want to add in your own filtration system even a mineral filter might work to purify the water like another guy said, but of course you'd have regularly maintain this filter.