Hello all. I posted this in the new to salt water forum with no luck so I’ll try here and the DIY section. Question for setting up my RO/DI unit with booster pump. I’m looking for a diagram to show where to place the high and low pressure switches (HPS and LPS) as I’ve found different examples on the interwebs. I’ve seen the LPS placed before the pump on the source line to prevent the pump from running dry should the water source turn off or run low. Makes sense but I’m not really worried about that as if that happens, I have a bigger problem with my houses water supply, lol.
My set up is as follows: used a “Y” splitter on my washer water line which has a ball valve on each connection. Currently, water feeds into a 4 stage RO/DI unit with 25-30 PSI, hence the need for the booster pump. The pump did not come with LPS or HPS so I purchased separately with no instruction with those (obviously). I plan on wheeling my ATO reservoir to the RO unit in the laundry room and turning on the pump when I need to fill. So with this set up, where would be the ideal location for both switches? Or do I even need both switches?
One of my crazy theories, which is probably wrong but makes some sense in my brain, would be to place the HPS on the “good water” line that feeds into the reservoir so when the float valve in the reservoir reaches it shut off point, pressure would build in the line triggering the HPS to turn off the pump. Am I way off base with this thought? Having never really dealt with this, I’m just coming up with thoughts on how it would work.
Thanks in advance.
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My set up is as follows: used a “Y” splitter on my washer water line which has a ball valve on each connection. Currently, water feeds into a 4 stage RO/DI unit with 25-30 PSI, hence the need for the booster pump. The pump did not come with LPS or HPS so I purchased separately with no instruction with those (obviously). I plan on wheeling my ATO reservoir to the RO unit in the laundry room and turning on the pump when I need to fill. So with this set up, where would be the ideal location for both switches? Or do I even need both switches?
One of my crazy theories, which is probably wrong but makes some sense in my brain, would be to place the HPS on the “good water” line that feeds into the reservoir so when the float valve in the reservoir reaches it shut off point, pressure would build in the line triggering the HPS to turn off the pump. Am I way off base with this thought? Having never really dealt with this, I’m just coming up with thoughts on how it would work.
Thanks in advance.
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