Using water from dehumidifiers

[MRTom]

I recently installed a dehumidifier in my fish room and I was shocked to find 3 gallons of water collected in one night! Do you guys have dehumidifiers running? And what do you do with it? At worse I could just use it on plants... But maybe it is safe for tanks? What do you all think?

I found the following discussion elsewhere... Makes for interesting reading too.
http://community.theaquaponicsource...n-fish-tanks?commentId=4778851:Comment:540653

 

[zach_discus]

Its usually very pure water, very close to RO quality.

 

[Madness]

I run one 24/7 and it drains constantly all day into the flower bed on the side of my house. That side of the house is always damp.

 

[Cory]

Yep, I have mine drain outside, but it's fine for aquariums as long as you know it's close to R/O water.

 

[MRTom]

I'll keep draining it out into the plants until I figure out the quality of the water and post more info once I know more.

 

[Madness]

When you find out more info let us know. I would love to drain directly back into my sumps.

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

I would as well guess it's pretty pure, however, do all the API (or like) tests and maybe set up a small (5 gallon) tank with some test fish maybe? And use solely the water from the dehumidifier to fill the tank with. I hate using fish for experimenting but sometimes its the only way to know. A few cheap neons should work?