Using evaporated water from tumble dryer

A question about : Using evaporated water from tumble dryer

Hi

As daft as it may sound, I am trying to find good uses for the water that we would ordinarily throw away from our condensing dryer. We use this water for topping up the iron at present (saves having to buy distilled water) so as to avoid the build up of limescale.

I was thinking of also using it in our 10 month old's Tommee Tippee baby bottle warmer (the unit that works like a kettle for rapidly heating up a bottle or baby food jar). This might sound strange but because the water is not contaminating the milk or food supply, is this safe? Would there be so much bacteria in the evaporated water to make this a bad idea? The reason again is to avoid the build up of lime scale in the bottle warmer.

Thanks.

Best answers:

• Is it worth the risk? Why don't you just water the plants with it or something...
  Jx
• You can use the water for your iron instead
• I don't see why not as long as you wipe the bottle dry after. Just doesn't sound too nice.
  If you want to save water you could use the water to flush the toilet. Sounds strange but it would save a small amount of water or possibly fill the water tank on the car? Water plants, boil it to fill a hot water bottle.
  Just a few ideas
• I feel stupid asking this question now! How do you close this thread off?! Lol
  It's not a huge amount. I would just drain it but thought about avoiding limescale on the bottle warmer.
  Anyway lets end this pointless question of mine. Too much time on my hands.
• I don't think it's a stupid question. Every time I empty ours I think I should be doing something useful with it rather than just pouring it down the sink.
• I often think I should be doing something with it instead of throwing it away!
• Silly question, but how do you collect the water? Can you add it to/top up a water butt with it (if you have one)?
  Jx
• A water butt connection would not be practical and probably not possible. Most condensing dryers have a removable drawer containing the evaporated water which you can simply pull completely out and empty at will (like a washing machine soap dispenser).
  Some machines can also be connected to a waste pipe to rid the water.
• I put mine in my mop bucket and use it to mop the floor with
• OOOO I never thought to mop the floor or fill the iron!!
  I water the plants with mine
• I have often thought its such a waste....moping the floor is a good idea. so is the cistern(bit of a hassle). Trouble is it does smell of detergent/soap.
  Its clean - I wonder if you could put it back in the washing m/c(unsure if it would sense/save water)
  could sling the water in the dishwasher on a prewash cycle.
• Not a silly question at all, i dont have a tumble drier now but when i did i emptied a HUGE amount which seemed such a waste!
  Fill the iron
  flush toilet
  use in heater (its not doing any harm at all by warming a bottle)
  Plants - i use bath water in the summer when my water butt is empty and never had any issues from it!
• Curious to know how you empty your bath water into your flower bed.
• Watering cans and buckets - keeps you fit too
  We are on a water metre and refuse to use a hose unlike our naighbours.
• Wow that's extreme bathing / extreme watering.
  I'm planning on gutting out my new home which I understand will be metered by force as the previous owners had one installed on their larger property. Can't say I'll be as dedicated as you on emptying bath water (then again we only shower) but I will either buy one those underground water storage butts or am thinking about a bore hole but the cost of the latter is not cheap.