Will an RO unit under my sink work

[drewdog82]

Ok, I'm in the slow process of setting up a 135 reef with 55 sump/fuge. I just got lighting and my next item will be an RO unit. For convenience I was wondering if the RO units that you can by for under your sink work the same way. That way I would have a seperate faucet where I could just grab RO water easily. If needed and possible I would also like to split the line and have one go to a faucet for drinking water, and the other go through deionization and have a seperate faucet for that. That way I would have 3 faucets, 1 for tap, 1 (RO) for drinking, and 1 (RO/DI) for my tank.... Is this possible?

 

[jackri]

I run a RO/DI under my sink -- the faucet is for the RO drinking side as it has a 3 gallon reserve pressure tank for instant drinking water (up to 3 gallons).
The DI side would be too slow for a faucet to work effeciently... I just let it run into a 5 gallon bucket for a few hours (3-4) so sitting there waiting to fill even a glass isn't really feasible.
Hope this helps.

 

[drewdog82]

It does help. thanks... could I just ask you 2 questions about your unit. 1) how many gph is your system rated at? and 2) If you don't mind me asking, how much was the cost? and was it installed for you?

 

[jackri]

I got the dual reefkeeper from airwaterice (google it or add the dot com) and it was 120-140 ish don't really remember. It's pretty much all plug n play and pretty easy to set up. I got the 50gpd set up I think. The gallons per day really depends on your water pressure as well as they base gallons per day on a certain pressure and temperature so it will not be exact.
My 50gpd is more than enough to keep up with 2 - 100g tanks though.

 

[drewdog82]

Ok, I'll look into it. Thanks for the info,.

 

[jdl]

I have a similar setup.
I have a 75gpd unit from **************, around $160
I also bought the kit to run RO drinking water to a faucet.
I split my RO line, 1 going to the DI which goes to a 35gallon brute trash can with an automatic shutoff when full.
The other split goes to my ice maker on my fridge, and then to the 3.5g pressurized tank. The line then goes to a nice little faucet that i installed in my kitchen sink so i can easily get drinking water from it. I didnt need any pumps since i have good water pressure.