question for those with RO units

pontius

pontius

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at the urging of many, I bought an RO unit....the one from AquaSafeCanada on ----. I knew it takes awhile to get RO water, but I had no idea about this. It took me about 10 minutes to get 1/4 of one gallon of water. is this right? I even had a separate faucet put in for the RO water, and it's drip, drip, drip. should I have it unhooked from the faucet and running directly to a bucket under the sink, or leave it as is? I appreciate the input because right now, I'm thinking the RO unit was a waste of money. thanks.
 
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tizzo

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OK, sooo this is what I do, cause I don't get much either. I do this overnight and by morn it's full.
 
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tizzo

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My little bro didn't use RO and his tank looked like this...
 
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tizzo

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He started borrowing my RO and all that cyano is gone!! He's finally convinced to buy his own. It is DEFINATELY not a waste of money!!!
 
pontius

pontius

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it's a 2004A, which should be 75 gpd. I wouldn't care if it was only 5 gallons a day, if it wasn't so slow.
I might have to do the same as you. that faucet is the same kind I have too.
I've been trying to get a copy of the water quality report from my water company, but I haven't been able to get it to download so far. but when I moved in 3 weeks ago, I tested the RO water and tap water, and they were almost the same.
thanks for that pic though, that's probably what I'll end up doing.
 
pontius

pontius

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install it under the sink and screw it to one side of the cabinet so it won't take up the whole cabinet space. then have it run so that the RO water comes out of a separate faucet, like the one that Tizzo's jug is attached to. the unit I bought from ---- was about $65 plus $25 shipping, the separate faucet was around $12.
 
theishkid

theishkid

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how do these things actually work? Does water just fill up in that little tank? Where do you get the water from? We are building a new house and I'd like to put one in my bathroom next to my tank but I wouldn't know where to put it?
 
rbmount

rbmount

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Originally posted by theishkid
how do these things actually work? Does water just fill up in that little tank? Where do you get the water from? We are building a new house and I'd like to put one in my bathroom next to my tank but I wouldn't know where to put it?
If you have a big enough vanity, mount it under the sink. Just be sure no cleaning products contaminate the outlet.
 
matro

matro

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The way I see it, a large container with an auto shut-off valve is the only real non-time consuming way to do it. Maybe like a large garbage can in the garage with a spout on the bottom. Then you won't notice the painfully slow accumulation. I bought the same as above linked, 110GPD, and I fill up a 5gal bucket in my bathtub about every 1hr-20min. It took an entire weekend of babysitting water to fill up my tank. I live on the third floor of an apartment building so I have to be very sure the water goes where it's supposed to. My girlfriend fell asleep with the bath running

theishkid: The water can be "plumbed" into the water piping, or have an adapter that screws onto where the screen threads into the faucet. There is also a "dirty" method which has a hollow needle that pushes right thru your water line, but I would'nt reccomend it.
The tank is for people with low water pressure to hook up an air compressor.
This is my quality plumbing
 
matro

matro

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And this is the result
The white is clean, and the black is the "waste" water. The black runs much faster.
 
dskidmore

dskidmore

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Originally Posted by matro
The tank is for people with low water pressure to hook up an air compressor.
Not the ones I'm familiar with. The standard tanks do need to be repressurized with a compressor if they get low, but don't need a continous compressor. The air bladder in the tank gives pressure to the 3 gallons or so stored in the tank. This reduces the gallons per day you get out of your RO unit, but means you have a small store of water that comes out the tap at a decent rate. You can fill a cup or a small pot at a pretty decent clip. A couple gallon jugs fill a bit slower, but still much faster than the rate the RO unit is producing water.
If you have low water pressure, what you need is a booster pump before the RO unit.
 
pohtr

pohtr

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Matro - why do you not reccommend using the "dirty" method of connecting right to the water pipe? Why is it "dirty"?
Also, someone on another (old) thread said something about using a tank for the DI water was a bad idea....anyone know why?
I'm about to get a RO/DI unit also but just don't get the picture yet. Um...or the picture I'm getting is very very scarey.....big vats of water overflowing....sloshing water from one vat to a smaller one to splash through the house with.....hmmmm
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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Amount of water produced by the RO unit can be affected by many things....Temp of water going into unit, quality of initial water as well, water pressure.....
 
dskidmore

dskidmore

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Originally Posted by airforceb2
Wow Skid...goin back in time huh?!?!
Yeah, heavily reseaching RO right now. I think I'm going for that before my lights upgrade. I'm already spending money on bottled water for my aquarium and household drinking. (The city water makes me sick; I can't imagine it's any better for my fish.)
 
airforceb2

airforceb2

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I'm right there with you on the bad water. My Mother-in-Law gets it the worst. Now with this RO I have, we are all good to go. I'm sure the fish like it too.
 
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