RODI configuration opinions

[JoeIII]

My water storage/mixing/etc location is across my 2car garage from my water feed.

My question is: which is worse, having my pure water line run up the wall and across the ceiling (possibly through the attic) or have the feed and drain lines do this? I know head pressure and drag from a long waste line is a problem, but is the long pure water line also an issue?
Having a drain near the storage/mixing location is not possible given the layout of my garage.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Frictional loss through small tubing is very high. Put the RO/DI next to your water source and use containers with carts to wheel around the garage.

 

[JoeIII]

just not an option - the water source is on the "off" side of the garage.

Even without the car in the way our garages are our only storage here in Florida, RODI/SW storage and mixing has to be on the side of the garage near the door to the house or else it will be inaccessible.

 

[AZDesertRat]

Run the treated water over to your mixing station. The small amount of headloss on the treated line is minimal if it is only going up a single story and say 35 horizontal feet or less. When you start extending the tap water line using the 1/4" tubing friction losses start being an issue, same with the waste line where extending it can change your waste ratio.

 

[JoeIII]

That is what I suspected, thank you.

Eventually there will be a tap line near my mixing station, but getting a drain over there would require cutting the slab.