condensate water

[stevin]

this might sound silly or just plain ol lazy on my part
my brooder is the basement as well as the dehumidifier. i'm typically emptying the bucket out every 2 days sometimes less.
i use the water for my house plants and sometimes it gets dumped outside. could this water be used to fill the waterers?
this would save me a trip from having to go upstairs to the kitchen. but if it's not a good idea i will just continue to water the plants with it.

 

[Laurajean]

I would say absolutely. It's probably better than using regular tap water. I deliberately use that water for my plants because they grow better than they do with tap water. A lot of the impurities are removed this way, I think it's a great idea (as long as your dehumidifier isn't old and producing rusty water or anything weird of course).

It's not lazy, it's reusing a perfectly good source. Think of it as conserving water, which it is!

 

[A.T. Hagan]

I would not. Condensate also collects whatever else is floating in the air along with that water vapor - dust, mold spores, and so on.

.....Alan.

 

[Laurie's Silkies]

I agree with Allan on this one !!

 

[Laurajean]

To each his own, of course, but I would rather give chicks water with potential dust in it than water with potential hazards like chlorine and arsenic, metals, etc. I think tap water impurities would have more potential for harm. I don't mean to imply that tap water is bad for chicks, but I really believe the leftover water from the dehumidifier would be just fine.

 

[aprophet]

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not sure how it is for chicks but when I installed my heat pump I purposely ran the condensate line into the flower bed and the roses are thriving

cleaning A/C's for a living alot of what an A/C pulls out of the air gets stuck on the coils hence I have to clean them if someone ever services your dehumidifier and cleans it never give water from it to an animal then the cleaners we use are nasty.

 

[PhilErvin]

I would think that maybe the chickens would benefit from the minerals in tap water.