RO top up through a wall.

[Fisherman Joe]

Hi all.

In my new house the utility kitchen is 8 foot away from the tank, but there’s a dividing wall (breeze block).

Has anyone had any experience running an RO unit to a small top up tank?

Is water pressure alone enough to move the water or is a small diaphragm pump needed? If it is needed, how do you wire it up just to come on when the ATO unit does?

 

[KrisReef]

My kitchen sink has an ro unit underneath. It has a storage tank for drinking water that supplies a spigot on the sink and also the refrigerator ice maker and in door water feature. All of this runs off water pressure in the 3 gallon storage tank and 60lbs in the house pipes.

 

[Fisherman Joe]

My kitchen sink has an ro unit underneath. It has a storage tank for drinking water

Was this a non aquarium product?

 

[BestMomEver]

We piped RO water from my laundry room, up through the attic, across the house, and down into the fish room. It was about 25 feet. All run on water pressure.

 

[KrisReef]

Was this a non aquarium product?

Yes, drinking water tank, ro only not rodi but adding a di canister would not stop it from flowing. Gravity or head pressure will limit how high it can go but not how far. The run to the ice box is probably 12’ of supply tube.

 

[Fisherman Joe]

We piped RO water from my laundry room, up through the attic, across the house, and down into the fish room. It was about 25 feet. All run on water pressure.

This answered everything I needed to know lol.

 

[mnosz]

We piped RO water from my laundry room, up through the attic, across the house, and down into the fish room. It was about 25 feet. All run on water pressure.

I am curious where you live? Weather wise like do you ever worry about freezing? Is that ever a worry anywhere? Like My weather here is dramatic summer is really hot and winter gets pretty cold. But Idk does an attic even get cold? lol

 

[BestMomEver]

I am curious where you live? Weather wise like do you ever worry about freezing? Is that ever a worry anywhere? Like My weather here is dramatic summer is really hot and winter gets pretty cold. But Idk does an attic even get cold? lol

We live in Mobile, Al. Freezing isn’t a problem. If it gets that cold (and it does every few years), we wrap our outside faucets. ;Jawdrop