It's the first time I own a dryer. When I poured out the water it has collected (a few liters per run) I quickly tested the EC and pH and found out, that it is almost identical to the one made by my reverse osmosis filter!
No wonder, since the dryer is basically just a big distillation machine.

Thats super neat. It will save me a lot of work filtering tap water.

I will collect it from now on and use it for watering my plants.

Why does it matter?

Plants really don't like tap water. Even in a country like mine, where no chlorine/ fluoride/ whatever is added, the dissolved minerals cause trouble. They will build up over time and make nutrients unavailable, even if you adjust the pH.

The buildup and nutrient lockout will harm the plants a lot in the long term, and you will have way more trouble checking and correcting EC and pH.

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[–] 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Don't drink it though, the our drier tub likes to grow pink mold bacteria.

Edit: fixed inaccuracies.

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  • [–] 29 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Living up to my username: Pink mold isn't an actual mold, it's usually a growth of a common airborne bacteria, Serratia marcescens. It's not particularly dangerous but can cause urinary tract, wound, skin and lung infections in immunocompromised people.

    Condensate from home driers, air cons, dehumidifiers (etc) is not sterile or potable, it gets lots of airborne bacterial and fungal spores in it.

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