If you put it into the tank, an ultrasonic will put it up in the air. When these first came out, they didn't have demineralization filters. My parents bought a console size one, it held 5+ gallons. It could pump out that much in a day.
Let me tell you, 5+ gallons of hard water contains a lot of minerals. Something looking like frost started to grow, first on my CD covers, then on the plexi front of the stereo, then on the TV screen. You wiped it with your finger, and it was just white dust. Took a couple days to put 2 and 2 together, we thought at first it was some weird mold.
They (meaning scientists) figured out soon afterwards that breathing these ultra-fine minerals into your lungs could cause problems. They largely pulled ultrasonics off the market, until they came up with the demineralization cartridges.
(edited: I meant to say "meaning scientists", not "mean scientists")
How do the demineralization cartridges work? Filtration? Ionization? That might cause a problem for your coffee scheme. I suppose there's one way to find out.
Well, I trust that you will keep us all apprised on the progress of your experiment. Then, we'll know.
I'm not sure how you're going to get metrics. It's not like there's a device that can measure caffeine concentrations in the air. At least not at a reasonable cost.
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on 2007-12-20 03:54 pm (UTC)Let me tell you, 5+ gallons of hard water contains a lot of minerals. Something looking like frost started to grow, first on my CD covers, then on the plexi front of the stereo, then on the TV screen. You wiped it with your finger, and it was just white dust. Took a couple days to put 2 and 2 together, we thought at first it was some weird mold.
They (meaning scientists) figured out soon afterwards that breathing these ultra-fine minerals into your lungs could cause problems. They largely pulled ultrasonics off the market, until they came up with the demineralization cartridges.
(edited: I meant to say "meaning scientists", not "mean scientists")
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on 2007-12-20 03:57 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-12-20 03:59 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-12-20 04:23 pm (UTC)I'm not sure how you're going to get metrics. It's not like there's a device that can measure caffeine concentrations in the air. At least not at a reasonable cost.
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on 2007-12-20 04:29 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-12-20 06:31 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-12-21 01:24 am (UTC)