RO/DI Hookup for an Apartment?

geckoxp

geckoxp

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Set up my 90G Saltwater tank last Friday and cycling it now...the Diatoms are finally showing up and the shrooms on the live rocks and little critters are doing there job...
Anyways anyone using a RO/DI in an apartment? I do not have a laundry hookup to attach the system too...and I admit a complete idiot on hooking it up under the sink, plus I dont think the landlord wants to much screwing around.
I have been looking at the Typhoon system from airwaterice as the price seems real good from what I have seen around. I am just trying to figure out a way to hook it up. I was thinking about hooking it up to the shower and using the garden hose adapter. I would unscrew the shower head and screw on the hose attachment and then just mount the unit someplace...
any thoughts on a setup that would work or any advice on someone that has it hooked up in an apt?
I appreciate all the help!
 
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dragonzim

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The garden hose adapter is the way to go. You can get one for your kitchen sink as well and just leave it on there if you wanted to.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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I totally drilled a hole in the copper pipe under the sink to install the RO/DI. I just sealed it back up when I left. I was so easy and clean I couldn't NOT do it.
 
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dragonzim

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3104660
I totally drilled a hole in the copper pipe under the sink to install the RO/DI. I just sealed it back up when I left. I was so easy and clean I couldn't NOT do it.
What did you seal it with when you left? Unless you soldered a copper sleeve over the whole then the next person in the apartment probably ended up with a leaky sink!
 
geckoxp

geckoxp

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Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/3104647
The garden hose adapter is the way to go. You can get one for your kitchen sink as well and just leave it on there if you wanted to.
I've been looking for one for the kitchen sink...I must be completely out of it or have no idea what to look for. I see the garden hose adapter but I haven't been able to find the kitchen sink one. Any link for one that is available or where I could pick one up? I would imagine it would have the nozzle end so I could put the tubing through just like the hose adapter had...
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/3104664
What did you seal it with when you left? Unless you soldered a copper sleeve over the whole then the next person in the apartment probably ended up with a leaky sink!

Plumbers putty. And it was actually the drain part high up... not anything under pressure.
Now the last apartment I moved out of before moving into a house, I drilled and cut up everything again.... I just replaced those pieces of pipe when I left. I'm a chick with zero plumbing experience and I figured it out..... anybody can.
 
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dragonzim

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Originally Posted by GeckoXp
http:///forum/post/3104790
Would this work?
Any idea how this hooks up?
http://static.zoovy.com/img/theh2ogu...aptor_ours.jpg
http://www.airwaterice.com/product/F...t_Adaptor.html
With something like that you will need to unscrew the tip of your kitchen faucet. There is usually a little nub that is screwed onto the end of the faucet that contains a brass or copper screen to aerate and break up the water flowing out of the faucet. If you remove that you should be able to screw one of those adapters on.
 
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dragonzim

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3104793
Plumbers putty. And it was actually the drain part high up... not anything under pressure.
Now the last apartment I moved out of before moving into a house, I drilled and cut up everything again.... I just replaced those pieces of pipe when I left. I'm a chick with zero plumbing experience and I figured it out..... anybody can.
Ahh, ok. I thought you meant that you drilled into the copper water supply line, not the drain.
 
geckoxp

geckoxp

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Went ahead and ordered the Typhoon III from AWI with the faucet adapter and garden adapter so I can try the shower head idea and the faucet idea and hopefully one will work.
1 TYPHOON III AQUARIUM RO DI 75 or 100 GPD - TYPHOON III AQUARIUM RO DI 75 or 100 GPD / Enter GPD Membrane Size and Water Connection: "100" - Faucet Adapter
1 Garden Hose Adaptor-Residental - Garden Hose Adaptor-Residental
I have my tank cycling now with faucet water and another 30g sitting there ready to do a water change with once cycled...after that I hope to use the RO/DI water with the system I purchased to make further water changes.
 
king_neptune

king_neptune

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Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/3104647
The garden hose adapter is the way to go. You can get one for your kitchen sink as well and just leave it on there if you wanted to.
Could you scrape up a picture please? id like to hook my ro unit, but the plumbing tot he saltwater room isn't nearly finished yet. if i could stretch the hose out to it that would be great.
I thought my unit was supposed to come with one...but it didnt.
hopefully i can find the piece at home depot or something.
 
bla403

bla403

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Heres what I did.
Went to home depot and got a T connection that fits the water inputs for my sinks (under the counter) or you can use a toilet connection. Braided end goes into the T and then you get an adapter to go into 1/4" plastic line (also a home depot item).
I have it hooked up in my 2nd bathroom and almost never need to move it but if you get the extra valve it can be easily removed.
 
scsinet

scsinet

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Originally Posted by Bla403
http:///forum/post/3105369
Heres what I did.
Went to home depot and got a T connection that fits the water inputs for my sinks (under the counter) or you can use a toilet connection. Braided end goes into the T and then you get an adapter to go into 1/4" plastic line (also a home depot item).
I have it hooked up in my 2nd bathroom and almost never need to move it but if you get the extra valve it can be easily removed.
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Under your sinks you'll find a shutoff valve. There will then be some sort of flexible connection that leads from that valve to the underside of the faucet. You should be able to find a "T" connector that you can install between the valve and the flexible connection that will give you a semi-permanent hookup for your unit. Then when you move out you can simply unscrew everything and return it to normal.
 
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