I am tired of using distilled water. I buy the stuff from Walmart and I test it. It show zero tds and the water report online shows zero copper and other bad stuff. The water is actually pretty decent. However, I am tired of buying the water all the time and and filling the recycle bin with countless bottles. I decided it is time to buy a RO/DI unit. I do not have a permanent spot to place it unless it loop it into my washing machine in my basement, which is not gonna happen. So what are my options? Is there a unit they I can hook up to my faucet in my bathroom by removing the threaded cover? Then when I am done just put it in the closet or something like that. My faucet water is pretty bad. Measures at about 400 tds.
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I installed mine under the ensuite bathroom sink using some plywood and richelieu drawer slides.
I used a saddle attachment to run the drain into the sink drain, and a john guest valve connected to the supply. Both are visible in the first pic
I used a saddle attachment to run the drain into the sink drain, and a john guest valve connected to the supply. Both are visible in the first pic
I just installed under my basement sink and get whatever amount of water i need. I am not big fan of having big batch of rodi water sitting in a bucket since water still rot if you keep them settled. Always fresh rodi for fresh salt water mix to do my water change
You can make any unit portable, just depends on how much effort you want to put into it. Truth is, you can mount these as separate items into tight spaces. Just make it so you can change filters.
I used to have my unit under my kitchen sink similar to above. But I recently moved it to my laundry area. I mounted it all in a cabinet above my washing machine. I have 6 canisters consisting of carbon, pleated and DI resins and 2 RO all in the space of a 30" tall cabinet. Plus there is room for detergents and other laundry room things to get stored. You say you have a basement.. I would be using that space big time.
Keep in mind your High TDS water of 400 will drop significantly at each level of filtration. So don't worry about that to much.
If you mount it some place you need three major considerations.
1. Where will it drain? the drain line is waste water that comes from the RO side. The average RO unit will create 50% waste water.
2. Where will you get water from? You can hook it up to an outside spigot, laundry spigot, faucet line under a cabinet or direct to your faucet if you can get an adapter to fit it.
3. Where will you collect Output water (processed clean water)? the output on some units can be as low as 50 gallons per day(24 hrs). You can improve output in many ways, but that adds to costs.
I used to have my unit under my kitchen sink similar to above. But I recently moved it to my laundry area. I mounted it all in a cabinet above my washing machine. I have 6 canisters consisting of carbon, pleated and DI resins and 2 RO all in the space of a 30" tall cabinet. Plus there is room for detergents and other laundry room things to get stored. You say you have a basement.. I would be using that space big time.
Keep in mind your High TDS water of 400 will drop significantly at each level of filtration. So don't worry about that to much.
If you mount it some place you need three major considerations.
1. Where will it drain? the drain line is waste water that comes from the RO side. The average RO unit will create 50% waste water.
2. Where will you get water from? You can hook it up to an outside spigot, laundry spigot, faucet line under a cabinet or direct to your faucet if you can get an adapter to fit it.
3. Where will you collect Output water (processed clean water)? the output on some units can be as low as 50 gallons per day(24 hrs). You can improve output in many ways, but that adds to costs.
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My source water runs between 350 to 400 TDS. I run a BRS 4 stage 75 GPD unit. Works pretty well for me. I also keep it in a Rubbermaid tote, and just hook it up when I need to make water. Literally takes about 2 minutes. Just make sure you either get the one with the TDS meter installed, or buy a TDS meter to install yourself. Again, installation takes no time.
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That’s impressive!I installed mine under the ensuite bathroom sink using some plywood and richelieu drawer slides.
I used a saddle attachment to run the drain into the sink drain, and a john guest valve connected to the supply. Both are visible in the first pic
how do you hook it up? do you remove your aerator and just screw on.
do you need to do anything after using it to flush water from the system? Does it get stagnant and bad if water is sitting in the system after use?
All you need to hook up to any sink is this:
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/mur-lok-garden-hose-utility-sink-adapter.html
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/mur-lok-garden-hose-utility-sink-adapter.html
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I personall just leave the aerator off of the faucet in the laundry room. The BRS unit comes with hardware to either permanently hard plumb, or screw to a faucet.
I have never drained the unit after using it. I just open the flush valve and run water through it for a couple of minutes before using. Never had a problem.
So I finally got my a hold of the public works department and asked if they know how the water is cleaned, with chlorine or chloramine. He told me it was gas chlorine. Would a four stage rodi unit from brs be good to go then?
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