Rodi Here, Rodi There...

[RichtheReefer21]

Where did you decide to instal your RODI station?

Or are you mobile?

Or semi- Mobile?

I am buying my first home soon and the plans for the dream tank are in the making already. And I have pros and cons to Basement vs Tank-Floor rodi stations.

I've heard of carts, closets, auto ato lines through the house, basement is best from what I've seen but at more cost...

What's your rodi location in your home and why did you like it their best?

 

[Mjrenz]

Where did you decide to instal your RODI station?

Or are you mobile?

Or semi- Mobile?

I am buying my first home soon and the plans for the dream tank are in the making already. And I have pros and cons to Basement vs Tank-Floor rodi stations.

I've heard of carts, closets, auto ato lines through the house, basement is best from what I've seen but at more cost...

What's your rodi location in your home and why did you like it their best?

Mine is permanently mounted in my garage, which is heated and cooled. The only reason it's there is because I don't have a basement

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Mine is permanently mounted in my garage, which is heated and cooled. The only reason it's there is because I don't have a basement

Garage added.

Thanks. @Tanggirl12 show us your complete garage. LoL

 

[JoshH]

Where did you decide to instal your RODI station?

Or are you mobile?

Or semi- Mobile?

I am buying my first home soon and the plans for the dream tank are in the making already. And I have pros and cons to Basement vs Tank-Floor rodi stations.

I've heard of carts, closets, auto ato lines through the house, basement is best from what I've seen but at more cost...

What's your rodi location in your home and why did you like it their best?

I think it really depends on your goals for storage. If you plan on storing 100 gallons of it than wherever you plan on storing that water whether it's in the basement or in a closet near your tank. Is where your system should be. Mine is currently in the basement in my future fish room but it spent a couple years over my toilet in the bathroom on the same level as the tank as I didn't store any water and made it fresh for each WC.

 

[Peekay]

Mounted mine in the laundry room, all the plumbing was already there, so it was convenient.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Mine is in the basement, about 20ft from my tank. I had a hose spigot put in to hook up the rodi, I like it here. I fill brutes and wheel them to the tank. I didn’t want 20ft of tubing to deal with

 

[Curtis Skinner]

Its in my laundry room. I don't have a basement and I didn't put it in my garage because I live in Scottsdale Arizona and the temp in the garage during the summer can get up to 120 degrees. I read some posts here saying the temp is not an issue but I was not comfortable with it. I may move it to the garage in the future though. And the laundry room is closer to my tank.

 

[trmiv]

Laundry room under the utility sink.

 

[a4edwin]

Mines in my yard

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Mine is in the basement, about 20ft from my tank. I had a hose spigot put in to hook up the rodi, I like it here. I fill brutes and wheel them to the tank. I didn’t want 20ft of tubing to deal with

So u fill the brutes that are already upstairs?

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Laundry room under the utility sink.

This is the way I'm thinking of going. But I suppose if I had a basement sump, running a booster pump and topping off right into the overflow box sounds interesting to me too.

Its in my laundry room. I don't have a basement and I didn't put it in my garage because I live in Scottsdale Arizona and the temp in the garage during the summer can get up to 120 degrees. I read some posts here saying the temp is not an issue but I was not comfortable with it. I may move it to the garage in the future though. And the laundry room is closer to my tank.

My grandparents retired outside tuscon, ya I cant imagine trying to keep 79° tank water and rodi from getting over temp as well. I like the idea of having it on the same level as the tank, that is, if I didnt have a basement sump.

Although I wonder, what if u had your filters in the garage... and the lines ran to an ATO closer to the tank?

 

[TriggerFinger]

So u fill the brutes that are already upstairs?

Nothing is upstairs, my tank/sump, the rodi and the brutes are all in my basement. The rodi is on the opposite wall of the tank, I fill a brute and wheel it over by the tank to pump into the tank. No stairs and no buckets.

If my tank was on the main living floor then my rodi would have been put under the kitchen or bathroom sink on the same floor and I would have ran hoses when making/moving water. I have concrete basement floors so I use the brute on wheels down there.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Nothing is upstairs, my tank/sump, the rodi and the brutes are all in my basement. The rodi is on the opposite wall of the tank, I fill a brute and wheel it over by the tank to pump into the tank. No stairs and no buckets.

If my tank was on the main living floor then my rodi would have been put under the kitchen or bathroom sink on the same floor and I would have ran hoses when making/moving water. I have concrete basement floors so I use the brute on wheels down there.

Ah I missed the part about a basement sump. Gotcha.

 

[DesertReefT4r]

I carry my rodi outside and hook it up to the garden hose and fill 5g jugs. The plan is to set up a water station in the garage. Need to deal with summer heat though.

 

[MTBake]

Mine was under the laundry room sink. I moved it Sunday to the other side of the wall the sink was on. Both cases, it's in my basement. I ran hoses to where I need water. I also have the ro hooked up to the fridge for ice and drinking water. I'm adding a faucet at the kitchen sink this evening.

Before;

After;

I still need to clean up the hoses. Want to make sure it's working right first.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Mine was under the laundry room sink. I moved it Sunday to the other side of the wall the sink was on. Both cases, it's in my basement. I ran hoses to where I need water. I also have the ro hooked up to the fridge for ice and drinking water. I'm adding a faucet at the kitchen sink this evening.

Before;

After;

I still need to clean up the hoses. Want to make sure it's working right first.

Are you using booster pumps? If yes, which ones?

 

[Tastee]

I guess it depends a lot on the physical layout of your house. In my case I live in a single level home on a fairly long narrow block. My tank is in a room about 10’ from the external wall. Outside that is the ‘dead side’ - a long narrow bit of land about 4’ wide. This part of the house is on brick piers.

I built an open fronted, roofed cabinet to house the RODI and an 80 litre (sorry, I’m an Aussie) reservoir. This cabinet is located outside the house on the dead side mentioned above, near the tank. The RODI runs on it’s own tap and I use a pressure sensitive solenoid to shut it off. Every couple of weeks I turn on the tap, leave it to do it’s thing and after it’s finished turn the tap back off.

I run an Apex and have a PMUP in the reservoir filling my RSR 250 ATO daily so I never have to top it up. I have an Eheim CompactOn 3000 in the reservoir connected via 1” tubing to a hose inside the house next to the tank - the power for the Eheim comes from inside the house with a switch near the tank. All the piping runs under the house, up through to the floor to the tank. So I have RODI on tap inside the house from the reservoir for water changes etc.

I am planning a second tank in another part of the house later on so will just run RO line etc from the reservoir to the new tank in a similar fashion. This will be about a 35’ run. I may also upgrade the reservoir to a 160 litre tank and re-use the 80 litre tank as a (outdoor) SW mixing station, with AWC driven by DOS units I would house in the RODI cabinet. I am even considering AWC of RODI into my small FW tank in the same way.

 

[MTBake]

Are you using booster pumps? If yes, which ones?

No booster pumps. I'm getting 60 psi at the membrane, which is enough to fill my ato reservoir and a brute can for water changes. If I had a longer run of tubing or a bigger tank, I would most likely add one to pump the di water to the tank.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

I guess it depends a lot on the physical layout of your house. In my case I live in a single level home on a fairly long narrow block. My tank is in a room about 10’ from the external wall. Outside that is the ‘dead side’ - a long narrow bit of land about 4’ wide. This part of the house is on brick piers.

I built an open fronted, roofed cabinet to house the RODI and an 80 litre (sorry, I’m an Aussie) reservoir. This cabinet is located outside the house on the dead side mentioned above, near the tank. The RODI runs on it’s own tap and I use a pressure sensitive solenoid to shut it off. Every couple of weeks I turn on the tap, leave it to do it’s thing and after it’s finished turn the tap back off.

I run an Apex and have a PMUP in the reservoir filling my RSR 250 ATO daily so I never have to top it up. I have an Eheim CompactOn 3000 in the reservoir connected via 1” tubing to a hose inside the house next to the tank - the power for the Eheim comes from inside the house with a switch near the tank. All the piping runs under the house, up through to the floor to the tank. So I have RODI on tap inside the house from the reservoir for water changes etc.

I am planning a second tank in another part of the house later on so will just run RO line etc from the reservoir to the new tank in a similar fashion. This will be about a 35’ run. I may also upgrade the reservoir to a 160 litre tank and re-use the 80 litre tank as a (outdoor) SW mixing station, with AWC driven by DOS units I would house in the RODI cabinet. I am even considering AWC of RODI into my small FW tank in the same way.

Thanks for sharing! Hows the drought down unda? I heard its historic right now, or recently was anyways.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

No booster pumps. I'm getting 60 psi at the membrane, which is enough to fill my ato reservoir and a brute can for water changes. If I had a longer run of tubing or a bigger tank, I would most likely add one to pump the di water to the tank.

Gotcha. That's what I get, 60psi