Rodi Here, Rodi There...

[Tastee]

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

The drought has been pretty tough, but really nothing we aren’t used to. Like all droughts it’s also patchy, and those of us city folk on the coasts don’t really feel it like those inland do, due to the coastal rain. Fruit, vegetable and meat prices are certainly higher, some particular items quite a lot, others not so much. It’s showing signs of breaking in some areas, but on the other hand longer term forecasts aren’t that promising.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

I put the one for my 150 gallon In my utility

Nice

 

[RichtheReefer21]

The drought has been pretty tough, but really nothing we aren’t used to. Like all droughts it’s also patchy, and those of us city folk on the coasts don’t really feel it like those inland do, due to the coastal rain. Fruit, vegetable and meat prices are certainly higher, some particular items quite a lot, others not so much. It’s showing signs of breaking in some areas, but on the other hand longer term forecasts aren’t that promising.

Weather rules all. I assumed u were near the coast. I imagine as u travel inland the reefs disappear with the water

 

[DiscGolfRob]

Mine is located in a laundry room, in the basement, right across from my tank. The product line runs across the ceiling, to the storage room behind the tank, where the mixing station is located. Water will pump from the station, around the corner, to the tank. Work in progress.

 

[Rich Klein]

Missing a choice "Under the Bathroom sink", which is next to my Fish Room (used to be a guest room, but well...).

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Missing a choice "Under the Bathroom sink", which is next to my Fish Room (used to be a guest room, but well...).

Ha... I added kitchen sink. 2 votes each

 

[K7BMG]

Ok so I am a bit nutz and somewhat OCD on my RO/DI.

My system is on the backside of the display tank in my shop, the DT is in my office.
Started out with the BRS 6 stage, and two small 65G horizontal tanks on shelves for FW storrage.
Used Brutes to mix when needed.
That was just ok, but wanted a better system so I upgraded to the following.

From the water line in the shop I added a T and a ball valve.
The First filter in line is the Pentek big blue. This is a pre-filter and removes Sediments, Iron, and other crap in my well water.
Yea on a well so no chlorines to deal with.

Then it goes to the Booster pump, then to the RO/DI's sediment filter, carbon blocks, RO cans, and to the DI resins starting with a pair of Cation canisters, followed by two Anion canisters, followed by two Mixed bed canisters.

Out to the manifold with a Apex flow meter (Meter has yet to read still troubleshooting it) then to my pair of Norwesco 165G vertical containers used as my salt water mixing station.
Tank on left is fresh water and is also my ATO container.
Tank on right is saltwater and also used as my AWC container.
I have a timer on the mixing pump, so it stirs the saltwater storage tank for thirty minutes twice a day.
I should always have enough mixed saltwater to do a major water change in case of emergency.
Or at the least fill up my QT tanks for emergency transfer.

I have two TDS meters on the system.
First probe is set on the source water, average input is around 180 to 200TDS.
2nd is located after the BRS sediment and carbon blocks before the RO canisters, Reading matches source of 180-200 TDS.
3rd is after the RO canisters and before the DI stages, readings are around 5-7 TDS.
The forth is between the Cation and Anion canisters, reads at 11.
The final two are for redundancy on the product water, just in case one fails, Both have always read 0 TDS.

I use the BRS swap method, When the first canister is consumed and the second starts to show color changes, I pull the depleted canister from the first position to be re-filled, take canister two and put it in position one, and the re-filled canister goes into the second Spot.
I have done it this way to make sure I don't mess it up.
I made the manifold so I can send product water where ever I will need it now or in the future.

I still have to refine and finalize a few things. Find a permanent home for the manifold, add heaters to both storage tanks for the winter months, summer heat is not a problem here, and finalize my drain system for both the RO/DI and AWC, systems.
Clean up the routing of the lines and cables.

 

[N2950H]

Another vote for in the closet. I wanted to be able to hide it when not in use.

 

[Curtis Skinner]

Another vote for in the closet. I wanted to be able to hide it when not in use.

Nice, where did you get your container?

 

[N2950H]

It's a Norwesco 65gal that I found in a Seattle area Coastal Farm and Ranch. It's kind of like a Tractor Supply.

 

[Steve Erekson]

Buckeye Hydro 4 stage value system under the bathroom sink which is just around the corner from the tank. 49 TDS from the tap so a cheap RODI does perfectly fine for my needs.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Buckeye Hydro 4 stage value system under the bathroom sink which is just around the corner from the tank. 49 TDS from the tap so a cheap RODI does perfectly fine for my needs.

Same. I get 43 TDS from my tap
Got a 100gpd AquaticLife 4 stage. 0 all day.

 

[CraigMixedReef]

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?

Permanently mounted in the basement for the RO/DI - Main floor for storage tanks.

 

[Saveafish]

I named mine. Roodee




Roodee
Roodee

 

[RichtheReefer21]

I named mine.


Roodee
Roodee

Niiice. Thanks for sharing!

 

[vetteguy53081]

In my laundry room. It is concealed, at a water source with its' own shutoff and the laundry room has a drain

 

[RichtheReefer21]

In my laundry room. It is concealed, at a water source with its' own shutoff and the laundry room has a drain

Looks super clean.. do u mind sharing a photo of where its located in the laundry room itself? Like, in relation to other stuff u have in there...

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks super clean.. do u mind sharing a photo of where its located in the laundry room itself? Like, in relation to other stuff u have in there...

Not at home but I have front load units and RO is above the washer

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Ok so I am a bit nutz and somewhat OCD on my RO/DI.

My system is on the backside of the display tank in my shop, the DT is in my office.
Started out with the BRS 6 stage, and two small 65G horizontal tanks on shelves for FW storrage.
Used Brutes to mix when needed.
That was just ok, but wanted a better system so I upgraded to the following.

From the water line in the shop I added a T and a ball valve.
The First filter in line is the Pentek big blue. This is a pre-filter and removes Sediments, Iron, and other crap in my well water.
Yea on a well so no chlorines to deal with.

Then it goes to the Booster pump, then to the RO/DI's sediment filter, carbon blocks, RO cans, and to the DI resins starting with a pair of Cation canisters, followed by two Anion canisters, followed by two Mixed bed canisters.

Out to the manifold with a Apex flow meter (Meter has yet to read still troubleshooting it) then to my pair of Norwesco 165G vertical containers used as my salt water mixing station.
Tank on left is fresh water and is also my ATO container.
Tank on right is saltwater and also used as my AWC container.
I have a timer on the mixing pump, so it stirs the saltwater storage tank for thirty minutes twice a day.
I should always have enough mixed saltwater to do a major water change in case of emergency.
Or at the least fill up my QT tanks for emergency transfer.

I have two TDS meters on the system.
First probe is set on the source water, average input is around 180 to 200TDS.
2nd is located after the BRS sediment and carbon blocks before the RO canisters, Reading matches source of 180-200 TDS.
3rd is after the RO canisters and before the DI stages, readings are around 5-7 TDS.
The forth is between the Cation and Anion canisters, reads at 11.
The final two are for redundancy on the product water, just in case one fails, Both have always read 0 TDS.

I use the BRS swap method, When the first canister is consumed and the second starts to show color changes, I pull the depleted canister from the first position to be re-filled, take canister two and put it in position one, and the re-filled canister goes into the second Spot.
I have done it this way to make sure I don't mess it up.
I made the manifold so I can send product water where ever I will need it now or in the future.

I still have to refine and finalize a few things. Find a permanent home for the manifold, add heaters to both storage tanks for the winter months, summer heat is not a problem here, and finalize my drain system for both the RO/DI and AWC, systems.
Clean up the routing of the lines and cables.

Wowzers :eek:

 

[MLSReefer]

I have mine mounted in my laundry room (which is technically my equipment room..) lol and my reservoirs+mixing station reside next to the unit. I use electrical high/low floats to operate the unit and it does a tap water flush with solenoids+timers.
I use 3 prefilters - sediment, carbon, Chloramine removal. 2 membranes and 3 DI stages (cation, anion, Mixed-Bed) and a EC meter rather than a NaCl meter for precision.