Mixing Station / Automatic Water Change

[dustinc]

I tried an ATK first but the head pressure was too much for the pmup. I tried a check valve as well, but it added resistance to the lline and didn’t work for me.

Hey sir, I read through your description on your AWC system, and think I understand it overall. Biggest question I have is where you drain your water you're removing from the system? Is it going directly to a drain? I have my RODI unit in my garage, but my 2 mixing station containers are in my fish room. I would like to setup 3-4 gallon water changes daily from those containers. Would be easy to get a dose for that and the run wouldn't be very long from the containers, but would need to find a solution for the waste water. Any insight you can provide would be appreciated. Your build thread is awesome BTW!

 

[sdreef]

Hey sir, I read through your description on your AWC system, and think I understand it overall. Biggest question I have is where you drain your water you're removing from the system? Is it going directly to a drain? I have my RODI unit in my garage, but my 2 mixing station containers are in my fish room. I would like to setup 3-4 gallon water changes daily from those containers. Would be easy to get a dose for that and the run wouldn't be very long from the containers, but would need to find a solution for the waste water. Any insight you can provide would be appreciated. Your build thread is awesome BTW!

Thank you. Yes, the waste water goes to a drain.

I had friend help me figure this out who is a plumber. There is a vent for the drainage system in the attic space in the vicinity of the 1/4" tubes. We used a saddle drain to the drainage system for the waste water. Do you have a sink near the fish room? A saddle drain is one possible solution depending on how things are layed out.

 

[dustinc]

Thank you. Yes, the waste water goes to a drain.

I had friend help me figure this out who is a plumber. There is a vent for the drainage system in the attic space in the vicinity of the 1/4" tubes. We used a saddle drain to the drainage system for the waste water. Do you have a sink near the fish room? A saddle drain is one possible solution depending on how things are layed out.

That's what I figured, I installed a saddle drain in the drain for my hot water heater for the RODI waste. I'm sure there is one in the attic I can tee in to, will just have to find one... ha ha. There is a sink not too far away, so hopefully I can find it.