Dehumidifier "waste water "

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After some trouble with recent grows, I got a dehumidifier for the grow room, budrot was the problem, so I’m hoping that it will help that, after reading the posts about dehumidifier/ budrot I’m pretty sure how to set it up, so all say to empty the tank or bucket from the drainage of the dehumidifier, so the question I have is , can I plum the" waste water " in to my system, I have a reservoir tank outside the growroom, In Australia I call the system flood and drain , I’m putting about 25 litres a day in the reservoir, also emptying a 20 litre bucket, I’m not a scientist but has anyone tested the" waste water " can I recycle it , my air-conditioner drains on the lawn and its green so ? Any information about this or what should I get to test it, thanks in advance

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20 litre bucket is from the dehumidifier

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Should be equivalent to distilled water.

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Yes you can use the waste water from your dehumidifier in your humidifier because it’s sweat it’s like distilled water

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You beat me to it :laughing:

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I mix my dehumidifier’s water in with my well water. I don’t produce enough from the dehumidifier to use exclusively plus I want the minerals in my well water. Its use does reduce overall PPMs

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I would check the water ph. I started using the wastewater from my dehumidifier on my plants and immediately started having problems. I checked all of the water jugs I had and all read between 4.5 and 5.5. Easy to fix, but mine definitely wasn’t like distilled.

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Did you check the ppm of the dehumidified water? It is my understanding if ppm is very low, pH readings with the type of equipment home growers use are unreliable. I think ppms need to 100+ in order to read pH.

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I didn’t check ppm, honestly didn’t think about it. I’m starting to refill my jugs again for an upcoming grow, I’ll definitely check it. Thanks!

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I tried checking the pH of my rain water. I am of the Acid Rain age. It took forever. Put my PPM meter in it - only 15 parts/M. Took another sample a week or so later. PPMs still below 20.

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I just checked mine-94PPM and 5.6ph.

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Thanks for info, I will check before I use it