My reservoir-less ATO system (detailed)

[COreef8]

It was handy using the tank RODI system as the drinking water filter. I was getting a lot of pressure to provide a whole house filtration system, and once I determined that the fridges were the real focus for the request I was happy to add a pressure tank to feed the water dispensers. I figured that if I installed another whole RODI system just for the fridges, it would get less attention and maintenance than my tank RODI unit. At least with the tank unit I do monitor the TDS at several points in the system and do maintain the canisters on a semi regular basis.

I purchased the chloramine monster for peace of mind when I detect a strong chlorine odor coming from the taps. I have never been able to definitely determine if chloramines are present in my area. The city documents show chloramines in use on at least 1 district of their water treatment system, but my municipality has several different water treatment systems, so it is hard to determine which one I am actually being fed from. So I figured better safe than sorry. I agreee, the chloramine monsters are quite pricey. I bought from an online vendor that specializes in filters and they were a fair bit cheaper than BRS (at least for Canadian orders), so I bought a spare filter.

Dennis

I use those Insta-Tesr test strips that you just dip in the water to test for chlorine. I believe they also test for chloramines as well. It’s how I decide when to change my carbon blocks. They had some complaints about accuracy in the BRS reviews, but my city’s water report matches up perfectly with what I see on the test strips so They worked well for me.

 

[Dennis Cartier]

I use those Insta-Tesr test strips that you just dip in the water to test for chlorine. I believe they also test for chloramines as well. It’s how I decide when to change my carbon blocks. They had some complaints about accuracy in the BRS reviews, but my city’s water report matches up perfectly with what I see on the test strips so They worked well for me.

Hmm interesting. I had never thought about using chlorine test strips for testing RODI. I will look into those. Thanks.

Dennis