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My water storage and salt water mixing setup. The right tank is RO/DI and the left is salt water. These are 65 gallon storage tanks.
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Do you have to do water change while everyone is asleep?Mine is quite complicated, took forever to design and plumb correctly... I'm talking MINUTES of prep.
noob question, how does the plumbing work for this?
what is the need for the tube that connects the two tank and what does the tube that run vertical to the pump do?
thanks
I have always felt that the only truly "noob" questions were those that folks are afraid to ask.
I am a retired sysadmin so I have had a lot of questions ask of me. Mostly starting with "Why..." but that's for another time...lol!
How this system works is, the bottom pipe allows water to be pumped from either tank depending on how I set the ball valves. Closing the ball valve on the RO/DI tank and opening the ball valve at the bottom of the salt water tank allows for circulation of the salt water with the ball valve on the vertical pipe open or if I open ball valve on the outlet port than salt water flows out that. If I leave the ball valve open on the vertical pipe I will continue to circulate the salt water as well as pump it out but the flow is cut by around 1/2.
When I close the ball valve on the left, the salt water, open the vertical ball valve, open the RO/DI ball valve and close the outlet ball valve on the outlet, I fill the salt water tank. That's the valve setting in the picture.
Closing the vertical ball valve while opening the outlet ball valve and leaving the RO/DI valve open allows for RO/DI water to flow to wherever I have the hose running to.
The ball valve on the inlet side of the pump is normally open and would be closed only when I need to replace the pump or to do some kind of pump maintenance; I can isolate the pump completely for easy removal/replacement.
I hope that explains the workings of the system. Honestly, it's a lot easier to use than it is to explain.
thank you for the explanation. im a network guy and we are probably asked the same questions. what size of pump do you have in there?
People that use round water containers... How do you tap into the bottom. Do you use a regular bulkhead?
Thats a bumber I know Tractor Supply and farm and fleet stopped a year ago. They had to be loosing money with the free shipping, freight cost has skyrocketedFYI: I went to buy another ace roto mold storage tank from Rural King - they stopped carrying them.
What is the foot print of those tanksJust a pic love it