RO/DI water supply connection

[ron thomas]

I'm just starting to have a house built and the builder is asking for a list of options. I will have a laundary tub in the garage with hot and cold taps. If I get a Typhoon III RO/DI unit (which seems to be highly recommended) should I have the builder put in a second cold water supply. Or, do I screw the unit's input hose to the one cold water faucet when I want to generate water? I want to make sure I have what I need put in while the house is built?

 

[chipmaker]

By far the simpliest and easiet thing is to put whats needed in place now during construction and not have to work around it larter. Its a simple matter to add an extra T and a piece of pipe / tube and a shutoff valve with an adapter to fit RODI unit now andnot tie up a faucet later on. I would doubt it could add much more than $15-20 or so to what its gonna take to plumb up the laundry tub without it.

 

[bmwaaron]

I just installed a Typhoon III this weekend and it would really depend on the way they set up the tube, all you need is a way to tap into a cold water pipe. If the sink has an exposed supply line you wont need a second line but I have seen some of these sinks installed so that the fausets come directly out of the wall in which case you would need a diffrent pipe run. But there would be no benefit to run a seperate pipe other then you couldnt install onto the supply line for your tube. I would leave the unit connected all the time and try not
to rely on a setup that you have to remove everytime.

 

[ron thomas]

Thanks. What type of connection to the cold water supply does the Typhoon II need. The same type of threaded faucet that one cdonnects a clothes washer hose to? I expect the builder will ask what I want on the end of the teed off pipe.

 

[bmwaaron]

no it doesnt take a threaded connection, it uses a saddle tap.
All you need is a exposed cold water line and you tap onto it.
Same as the drain

 

[agent707]

Hands down... do the seperate water outlet. The typhoon III comes with everything you need to hook it up to a water source.
What I would recommed, is have them put in a water hookup EXACTLY like what they do for refigerators. A little cutout in the wall with a valve to hook up the plastic line to. Refrigerators use the exact same type of tubbing these water filters use. The Typhoon comes with shutoff valves so you need not worry about that.
OR... have them put in a washer/dryer hookup box (with drain too) with only a cold water outlet.
I wouldn't mess with hooking it into your garage sink... NOT if you are doing new construction. There's no sense in it.
Good luck.
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[agent707]

Originally Posted by bmwaaron
no it doesnt take a threaded connection, it uses a saddle tap.
All you need is a exposed cold water line and you tap onto it.
Same as the drain
Being a new construction home. I would NOT do this.

 

[ron thomas]

The unit does not require an electric outlet, does it? A picture of the "Pureflo" shows a power cord.

 

[chipmaker]

no they do not requre a power source., Just a water feed and a drain line.