cpbirds407
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I would like to know if I'm the only one who forgets that I have the Ro unit filling up a bucket and when I come back to it I have a bucket full and a flooded kitchen!!!!! Anybody else?
Who has forgotten and overfilled the bucket w/ RO water?
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nietzsche
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Originally Posted by cpbirds407
I would like to know if I'm the only one who forgets that I have the Ro unit filling up a bucket and when I come back to it I have a bucket full and a flooded kitchen!!!!! Anybody else?
happens to me all the time. the only thing is i hooked mine up to the sink in the bathroom and run the line to my bathtub where my 5 gallon jug is. that way if it overfills itll just drain until i remember
I would like to know if I'm the only one who forgets that I have the Ro unit filling up a bucket and when I come back to it I have a bucket full and a flooded kitchen!!!!! Anybody else?
happens to me all the time. the only thing is i hooked mine up to the sink in the bathroom and run the line to my bathtub where my 5 gallon jug is. that way if it overfills itll just drain until i remember
cpbirds407
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Originally Posted by nietzsche
happens to me all the time. the only thing is i hooked mine up to the sink in the bathroom and run the line to my bathtub where my 5 gallon jug is. that way if it overfills itll just drain until i remember
Great idea! LOL At least I'm not the only one! Thanks for my selfesteem boost! LOL
happens to me all the time. the only thing is i hooked mine up to the sink in the bathroom and run the line to my bathtub where my 5 gallon jug is. that way if it overfills itll just drain until i remember
Great idea! LOL At least I'm not the only one! Thanks for my selfesteem boost! LOL
I flood my basement at least once every 2 months or so. The problem is that I only really think about putting in a float valve cut off switch when I am down in the basement cleaning up the water, which is usually late at night and I forget about the switch till the next time it happens.
thoroughbred
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It happens to me all the time but luckily I put the jug in the bathtub. Even when it was there someone bumped the line out of the jug and it landed on the floor so for 2 hours it was pumping onto the floor...Floor soaked along with the carpet in the hall and the dining room ceiling downstairs. I got hell for that one...
wangotango
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Get a float switch with shut-off valve and you'll never have to worry about it again. They're worth every penny, especially if you have a terrible memory like me.
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pbienkiewi
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It is amazing how fast you learn to fill up the bucket in the sink.
grumpygils
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I did it today but I mix in th garage sink so it just drains.
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jkcrumb
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many,many, many close calls.........so close that I was afraid to move an inch when I saw it
.........if your filling up 5g buckets u could place the bucket into a wider/ shorter bucket that it would overflow into....My setup is on the second floor of my house so if I forget it's gonna run into the ceiling of my living room!!!!
..........Ive woken up out of a DEEP sleep before so fast that u would have thought a bomb went off!!! to find that the water was about 1cm away from overflowing!!!! somebodys lookin out for me!!!!!
cpbirds407
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OMG!!!!!!! After I posted this thread, I did it again!!!!! TODAY!!!!! ALL over my floor, carpet and all over my living room!!! I swear that from now on I will fill it up in the tub!!!!!!! Errrrr.....!!!!!!!
good alex
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man i used to do that all the time, until i came up with a great idea to time it one day and now i just add an hour and a half to the current time, set it as an alarm on my cell phone and whenit goes off i go to the bucket and turn it off. Only fault is the cell phone has to be with you. lol
1journeyman
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Exactly. I now set an alarm to remind me.
Originally Posted by Good Alex
man i used to do that all the time, until i came up with a great idea to time it one day and now i just add an hour and a half to the current time, set it as an alarm on my cell phone and whenit goes off i go to the bucket and turn it off. Only fault is the cell phone has to be with you. lol
I do the same thing now too! I'll set the alarm on my cell phone for 12 hours after I've started the water going. I usually start the water when I get home from work and have the alarm go off a few minutes after I get up the next morning. It takes a few days to fill my 55 gallon holding tank this way but it's way better than having to vacuum up water from the basement floor!!!
man i used to do that all the time, until i came up with a great idea to time it one day and now i just add an hour and a half to the current time, set it as an alarm on my cell phone and whenit goes off i go to the bucket and turn it off. Only fault is the cell phone has to be with you. lol
I do the same thing now too! I'll set the alarm on my cell phone for 12 hours after I've started the water going. I usually start the water when I get home from work and have the alarm go off a few minutes after I get up the next morning. It takes a few days to fill my 55 gallon holding tank this way but it's way better than having to vacuum up water from the basement floor!!!
