deionization instead of ro

[cjsrch]

i cant find a way to run an ro water waste line...

will the kent marine deion 200 r be good?

 

[Anonymous]

Really depends on your tap water. You will probably go through DI resin rather quickly.

You could connect the RO system under your kitchen sink so you can run the drain there.
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[cjsrch]

kitchen is on an island. wont really work.
i found my naeibor has a drain pipe running throu the wall 3 ft away. its in my wall (condo) so im just gonna drill into that if i must use ro)

anywasy the di resin is 2 part and rechargable.

 

[Anonymous]

drain out the window onto a flower bed or something. Of course when you make a garbage can full of water for a water change there's a good chance you'll kill any flowers with 120 gallons of water or so

 

[Anonymous]

You can send the waste line a long way if you need to. Just snip off some of the restrictor if there's too much back pressure. The waste water is fine for anything, even drinking. I use mine for my pool.

 

[sediener]

Your washing machine has a water supply and drain, might be able to use that ... where did you get your 2-part DI??

- Steve

 

[Anonymous]

After my RO the TDS is 35 - I go through 2 DI cartidges every 2 months
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[Anonymous]

How high is your TDS out of the tap?

Rob - my tds out of the tap is 35!

 

[Anonymous]

Tap - 350
RO - 35
DI (1) - 4
DI (2) - 0
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[cjsrch]

problem is... there are no drains near the thing... or even on the same wall.
unless i tap the guy who lives above me drain pipe

 

[Anonymous]

>...my tds out of the tap is 35!
Lucky Basta*d!

cjsrch, don't know if you want to spend the extra money, but you can use the hot water plumbing as waste output, so there is no "waste" water when the RO is on. I don't recommand this for most people, but if you TDS is relatively high, and you must put the RO in, this maybe worthwhile.

 

[cjsrch]

why on hot water? ohh.. there are no hot pipes near by anyways..

 

[cjsrch]

but im still intrested how and why to do hot water.


i could run my pipe throu the ac duct and then out in my bathroom... lol if i could fish it throu the 30 ft long stretch lol

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry guys, I meant whats cjsrch's tap water TDS.

 

[cjsrch]

dont have a tds meter (
we have arsinic in our soil ( jsut found out) wondr if its getting into the water systems ome how.. not sure lol



im guessing the water has more calcium then normal. we are built on lime stone.

 

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't buy anything till I found out what TDS you are dealing with.

 

[Anonymous]

if you have a sink you have a drain.

You could even do it in the bathroom sink. Or get a kit where you attach it to the faucet while making the water then remove it when not in use. You could make X gallons then use that for topoff .
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[Anonymous]

I feel you are making it harder than it really it, cjsrch. The only place that I can think of that has a cold water tap without any drain nearby is the refrigrator water filter. Everywhere else indoor, you will have a drain associates with the water outlet. Maybe I missed something here.

The "zero-waste" RO filter use a pressure pump to push the waste water back thru the hot water line. I don't think you can make use of it when I really think about it.

 

[Anonymous]

dont have a tds meter (
we have arsinic in our soil ( jsut found out) wondr if its getting into the water systems ome how.. not sure lol



im guessing the water has more calcium then normal. we are built on lime stone.

Just an fyi.....all soil has arsnic.


cj, call your county health dept. for a water test....it's usually free. Or you could just find out from your water dept. what it is.

My tds in 1995 was tested at 50ppm
A couple weeks ago tested at 77ppm
with di it was down to 7 got to get the ro/di hooked up....bad.

 

[Fastmarc]

Remember, with a DI alone, uncharged organic or inorganic molecules passes through. Does it come with some kind of sediment filter or activated carbon?
I used to use a Tap Water Purifier which works well, but won't give you much gallons if your tap water is bad.

Rob, what kind of RO/DI system do you have?