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Originally Posted by SV650rules
Water from condensing drier can still have traces of fabric conditioner and detergent in it, as well as plastic fibres, as it is the water from the clothes that is evaporated and condensed.
If you have a de-humidifier / airconditioner in the house the water from that should be OK.
There is a difference between distilled and de-ionised water, distilled water still has all its 'ions' (positively charged particles) but should have no other impurities. De-ionised water is ok in batteries but if you put it in a cooling system containing metals it will do its very best to become 'proper water with ions' and scavenge back the ions it is lacking, this will cause corrosion. De-ionised water is cheaper and more readily available than distilled water because it is very cheap to make - just pass normal water through resin filters and the ions stay in the resins.
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Not entirely convinced as tumble drier water has still been distilled and filtered. Admittedly it smells funny.
The de-ionised water thing is the recommendation written on my coolant/anti-freeze bottle. I think that you would probably be correct if you weren't using additives, but the anti-corrosion properties of the additive should nullify any real difference.