What if I ran it to fill my pool? Does anyone thing that would be a problem? Water evaporation in my pool is a problem!
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What if I ran it to fill my pool? Does anyone thing that would be a problem? Water evaporation in my pool is a problem!
You might want to research that first. All the extra minerals could have an impact on you pool plaster/liner and equipment. Just a thought.What if I ran it to fill my pool? Does anyone thing that would be a problem? Water evaporation in my pool is a problem!
I start the washer and let it start to fill a bit. Once that happens I pause the load and dump in about 5 or so gallons. No more than that because I don’t know if this would cause any long term problems.
Does anyone know if that could hurt the washer?
The main problem with starting and stopping RO/DI systems is the TDS creep you get. If you’ve never closely monitored your system you’ll notice you get a drastic rise in TDS at start up and after a few minutes it calms back down to usually single digits. Mine usually spikes around 74 but we have good water to begin with. Well and other city water may spike even more. This ends up consuming your resin much faster than having the portion that comes out at start up purged before going through resin which is the proper way to do it if you want to make your resin last longer.I haven't seen anyone do this before, but I'm thinking about using the waste water to automatically fill my toilet tank. When someone flushes, a float sensor in the toilet water tank turns open a solenoid located just before my RO membrane (but after the carbon filter) to make clean water and waste water to fill my toilet tank. The clean water will be automatically stored in a pressurized water container (located between the RO and DI), while at the same time the waste water will fill up my toilet. I plan to get rid of the automatic shut off valve, and let the float switch shut off the solenoid once the toilet tank is filled up, stopping any water from entering the RODI system. Even if my pressurized tank is full with clean water the solenoid will allow water to still pass through the drain line and fill my toilet since I got rid of the automatic shut off valve. Instead I will use a check valve to make sure water doesn't go backwards from the pressurized tank.
The XP AQUA RO/DI flood guardian has all the features needed with water level sensor and solenoid.
Let me know if I'm overlooking anything or if I should keep the automatic shut off valve.
We are pretty new to the hobby. We bought a small rodi system that we installed above the laundry sink in the utility room. We run a long siphon from a 5 gallon waste bucket out the back door and connected to hose that I can move it to the various plants in the backyard. I have a couple of large bananas that are really enjoying the extra water.Hey all,
I have been in the hobby now for about 2-3 years for this second tank and a year or so prior.
When we look for information in this hobby we hope to gather as much outside experience from other reefers before we do something. Well sometimes. Lol. However for this post I wanted to hear how other use their waste water.
I then thought This would be a great way to also maybe encourage people who don’t reuse the water and just let it go down the drain. As we all know, we as hobbyists should have a greater awareness for things like this.
I personally gather my waste water and use it for the laundry.
I was planning possibly running a line to the outside for watering the gardens.
Does anyone have any other ideas and or ways to set stuff up this sort of thing?
I’ve thought about doing this exact thing. If you end up doing this you should definitely add it to the DIY forum!I haven't seen anyone do this before, but I'm thinking about using the waste water to automatically fill my toilet tank. When someone flushes, a float sensor in the toilet water tank turns open a solenoid located just before my RO membrane (but after the carbon filter) to make clean water and waste water to fill my toilet tank. The clean water will be automatically stored in a pressurized water container (located between the RO and DI), while at the same time the waste water will fill up my toilet. I plan to get rid of the automatic shut off valve, and let the float switch shut off the solenoid once the toilet tank is filled up, stopping any water from entering the RODI system. Even if my pressurized tank is full with clean water the solenoid will allow water to still pass through the drain line and fill my toilet since I got rid of the automatic shut off valve. Instead I will use a check valve to make sure water doesn't go backwards from the pressurized tank.
The XP AQUA RO/DI flood guardian has all the features needed with water level sensor and solenoid.
Let me know if I'm overlooking anything or if I should keep the automatic shut off valve.
Here in AZ we have liquid rock for water. My TDS is 650, and I’m one of the lucky ones. Others in the state have higher TDS than me. I wouldn’t even consider putting the waste from my RO/DI into my pool. Just adding standard house water into the pool to make up for evaporation causes my TDS in the pool to skyrocket. I have to drain my pool (15,000 gallons) every 18 months and then refill. I was considering getting an RO system for my evaporation water, but when I looked at the waste water amount, it’s less water to just drain the pool and refill. There is a local company that can run a large RO system on the pool to get the TDS levels down. Cost is $650 dollars. It costs me $70 to drain and refill. As for my RO/DI waste water, I use it to water my trees.What if I ran it to fill my pool? Does anyone thing that would be a problem? Water evaporation in my pool is a problem!
I live in New Hampshire and I enjoy 2 ppm coming in during winter months and maybe 25ppm in mid to late summer. It is city treated water.It's about 275ppm, but I have an Ro1000(actually can produce around 1200gpd) that I added 20" sediment, and 20" 1micron carbon pre filters to, with the chlorashield block that comes with it and the two membranes at 70 ish psi it does well. Then I run dual DI canisters after. With that system it comes with a 2:1 and a 1:1 fitting as well.
I live in New Hampshire and I enjoy 2 ppm coming in during winter months and maybe 25ppm in mid to late summer. It is city treated water.