00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[Calmwaters]

Do you mean it's a surprise!!? That makes it even better!!! Can't wait to see what you get in so excited for you!!!

 

[kevgib67]

Mwahahahahaha

Excited, leaving in a half an hour, how far are you from Strongsville Becky?

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Good morning Jimmy! Fishing today right?

sunday

 

[tharbin]

Good morning everyone. I hope you all have a marvelous day.

Kevin and Becky, have a great time at LEAR. I hope the weather is nice for you.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Good morning y'all.

 

[TheNative192]

Good morning y'all.

Good Morning Wes!

 

[kingranch2003]

Good morning everyone. I hope you all have a marvelous day.

Kevin and Becky, have a great time at LEAR. I hope the weather is nice for you.

I hope you do too Tom! Good morning

 

[kingranch2003]

Good morning y'all.

Howdy Wes

 

[tbrown]

 

[Calmwaters]

Heading back to the LFS to get the blood worms i forgot yesterday...

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Just hooked up a TDS monitor. Is this what I should expect if my RODI system is OK? I'm on well water

 

[tbrown]

Just hooked up a TDS monitor. Is this what I should expect if my RODI system is OK? I'm on well water

TDS out should be 0.

 

[tbrown]

Either the RO is spent or the DI is spent or both. Or it's short circuiting around one or the other.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Just hooked up a TDS monitor. Is this what I should expect if my RODI system is OK? I'm on well water

my city water is well water pumped to towers, i hit 85 to 95 going in, 0 coming out

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

ok, let me know what you think, I had to add a bubble trap, and adjustable weir and baffle, I think the return chamber should be plenty big. the AIO is 24 long, 16 tall, 3.5 deep

 

[tbrown]

ok, let me know what you think, I had to add a bubble trap, and adjustable weir and baffle, I think the return chamber should be plenty big. the AIO is 24 long, 16 tall, 3.5 deep

Looks good. I'd have considered raising the top of Baffle #3 another inch or 2 but that's probably unnecessary.

The tubing from the return pump to the bulkhead should be flexible tubing for easier removal. Most people use flexible tubing on all return pumps but just something to keep in mind if you hadn't considered it yet.

 

[tharbin]

Just hooked up a TDS monitor. Is this what I should expect if my RODI system is OK? I'm on well water

Where are the sensors connected? If the 'In' is on your feed line it is very good. If the 'Out' is the final output it is too high. It should read zero. If it is the output of the membrane being fed to the di stage, it is good but you want to meter the final output as that is the best way to know when your di is depleted. If it is your output then if the di stage is brand new it may need to settle in for a gallon or so or your membrane may not be fully seated in its cartridge or worn out. If it is an old di, it is time to replace it.

 

[tbrown]

Where are the sensors connected? If the 'In' is on your feed line it is very good. If the 'Out' is the final output it is too high. It should read zero. If it is the output of the membrane being fed to the di stage, it is good but you want to meter the final output as that is the best way to know when your di is depleted. If it is your output then if the di stage is brand new it may need to settle in for a gallon or so or your membrane may not be fully seated in its cartridge or worn out. If it is an old di, it is time to replace it.

@Imrahilwjz I'd add to this that if there's large bubbles in the DI chamber it may need to be repacked a little better. Sometimes it's as simple as resettling (or packing it a little better) the DI as Tom mentioned.

 

[tharbin]

ok, let me know what you think, I had to add a bubble trap, and adjustable weir and baffle, I think the return chamber should be plenty big. the AIO is 24 long, 16 tall, 3.5 deep

Looks good but

- if you have the skimmer, i would use it to double check the height of baffle 2. It may need to be little higher to allow the water level to be at the correct height on it while still leaving room for the heater beneath it.
- Baffle 3 should go at least 1/2" higher than Baffle 2 to force the water down through the bubble trap. As it is if the bubble trap starts to be restricted in any fashion the water will just cascade over Baffle 3 instead.
- Personally, I would move Baffles 2 and 3 two inches to the right. The size of the middle chamber will restrict your choice of heaters somewhat and the ginormous return chamber will have larger salinity swings between ATO fillings.
- With a Tunze skimmer I've never seen a need for a bubble trap. They are more a remnant of the old style skimmers that didn't have built it traps.

 

[tharbin]

@Imrahilwjz I'd add to this that if there's large bubbles in the DI chamber it may need to be repacked a little better. Sometimes it's as simple as resettling (or packing it a little better) the DI as Tom mentioned.

+5 (it sure is inconvenient that +1s are no longer minted)