where do you get your ro/di water?
- Thread starter bkov
- Start date
- Location
- Staten Island
That's actually not a bad price, I pay $1 a gallon at my LFS.
I would say, that you probably pay at least that, for drinking water!
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- Location
- Staten Island
yea man making RO is SUCH a PITA I think I'm going to just buy it it takes forever not to mention the amount of water it wastes in the process..not very "green"
- Location
- Flushing, NY
There still is waste water when you buy it, you just don't see it cause they're wasting the water and you only see the clean RO. At least if you make it yourself, you can monitor how clean in PPM the water is.
- Location
- Staten Island
Well obviously lol someone has to waste it..I was thinking about buying seawater I forgot to add that part. Either way though if I was going to use RO I would rather buy it then sit there for 100 hours watching a little tube drip. I got that fire water ice snow sleet hail hurricane tornado unit and it suckssss 150gpd my arse! it takes about 3-4 hours to make 1 5 gallon bucket
- Location
- Flushing, NY
When my water output decreases so much, I just change the prefilters and it goes back to its normal output.
- Location
- Staten Island
my unit is BRAND NEW it's not the filters my tds is 1
- Location
- Flushing, NY
Then unless you're exaggerating on how long it takes to fill a 5 gallon bucket, something is wrong with the unit, either the wrong flow restrictor, not enough PSI in your faucet or something else. Since its brand new, you should contact the vendor. My 60GPD unit produces very close to 60 gallons a day like it supposed to when it has new filters. I actually leave it on for 12 hours to fill my 30 gallon brute can every 2 weeks.
- Location
- Staten Island
yea I was thinking there had to be something wrong with it..maybe you could come by and take a look at it?
- Location
- Rockland County NY
Does it have a pressure gauge on it? how much does it read if you do? I think the pressure should be between 60 and 100, with 100 being the most efficient.
- Location
- Staten Island
I highly doubt the psi of anyones sink is 100..that would be a lil ridiculous mine is like 40
- Location
- Rockland County NY
I know most sinks aren't 100PSI, but that is where the RODI is gonna work best. You will defi need a booster pump if you want more efficient water output. You are getting the bare minimum output.
Well its a bit of a drive for u even for me but I don't mind caus at 2 bucks for 5 gallons u can't beat that in dunellen a place called redsand he's got both clean and premixed premixed is a lil more everytime I go I pick up about 20 gal for 8 bucs can't go wrong
- Location
- East Stroudsburg, PA
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$120.00 - AQUATEC 8800 SERIES BOOSTER PUMP
HIGH FLOW PUMP FOR MEMBRANES FROM 50-120 GPD
THIS IS A QUALITY BUILT 12-24 VOLT PUMP THAT WILL BOOST YOUR RO/DI SYSTEM PRESSURE IF YOU HAVE LOW WATER PRESSURE
WORKS EXCELLENT FOR PEOPLE ON WELL WATER TO BOOST RO/DI SYSTEM PRESSURE
$120.00 - AQUATEC 8800 SERIES BOOSTER PUMP
HIGH FLOW PUMP FOR MEMBRANES FROM 50-120 GPD
THIS IS A QUALITY BUILT 12-24 VOLT PUMP THAT WILL BOOST YOUR RO/DI SYSTEM PRESSURE IF YOU HAVE LOW WATER PRESSURE
WORKS EXCELLENT FOR PEOPLE ON WELL WATER TO BOOST RO/DI SYSTEM PRESSURE
yeah im in essex county also. i heard good reviews about rendsand. so whats the best bet? buy a bunch of 5g buckets with lids from home depot and bringing them over?
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