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Originally Posted by zeuspaul
Interesting. I made my primitive water distiller with two glass jars. The outer jar is a 2 gallon Anchor Hocking Heritage all glass jar with glass lid. The inner jar is an Anchor Hocking Heritage 1/2 gallon jar with black marbles on its bottom.
The inner jar (evaporator jar) without its lid is filled with water. The unit is placed in the sun. Water evaporates from the inner jar and condenses on the outer jar.
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I measured the output rate over thirty days. One set-up yielded 1 1/4 ounces of distilled water per day based on the average yield of three units over the thirty day period.