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I spent 7 years getting my water from the LFS. 2 years ago, I moved, cutting the distance from the same LFS from 8 miles to 2. I told myself “this is supporting my local store, a small business in my neighborhood.” They charge $0.45/gallon for RO. I change 10 gallon at a time, so I was paying $4.50 a week. I got an RODI with my tax return this year, because i can make the same amount (10 gallon) of RODI water for $0.30 worth of water a week (including rejection water, not counting filter costs—we are on septic, don’t pay for sewer, so it’s just watering my backyard).
My wife was FURIOUS this week. She could hear the rejection water going down the drain. “Our water bill is going to go through the roof, isn’t it?!?” I did the numbers for her, and said for $150 I could get a pump, new flush restrictor, and second membrane to reduce the waste water and bring down the cost from $0.30 to $0.18, which would pay for itself in 25 and a half years. She wasn’t impressed but grumbled about finding a catch basin.
I'm constantly shaking my head at the things some women get upset about. Petty, trivial stuff. A couple 10 dollar bills a month on a hobby? Really????
Would she prefer you were at the bar drinking and perhaps flirting with the cocktail waitress or local fluzzy?
You could get a race car. Tens of thousands of dollars every year, to maintain the car, the truck it takes to tow that car to the track, the entry fees, the fuel and hotel costs......
Radio control airplanes? Minimum $5--$7 thousand every year.... if you want to really enjoy that hobby.
Fishing? Hunting?
Many of those hobbies aren't interesting to women, so it separates you two. But a fish tank keeps you HOME, where you can be with your wife and family.
I'm a blessed man. My wife likes fish tanks, fishing poles, guns and hot rods. We're on the hunt for a 1930's --1940's fat fender coupe or pickup for a resto mod project. She wants to learn how to rebuild an engine and use a welder. I've already taught her how to use a torque wrench, change lubricant in the engine, transmission and differentials, and flush the cooling system.
You've got a good wife there.(Rcpilot: we also share a hobby I think: I'm not 5k per year for RC but at least 1k. This year I'm going to be flying paper airplanes. )
I bought an extra carbon block and canister. We have chloramie so I run the basic chlorine block 1st, then the chloramine block.Vertex 4 stage great unit comes with booster pump I have added additional membrane, carbon, di & 2 hm dual inline tds meters works awesome
Need all this since our tap is about 275tds
To be fair, mine is a woman who gets PTSD at the idea of wasting water and electricity. We’ve had the surprise $300 water bill, the $300 electric bill, the $250 gas bill, never because of the fish, but those surprise utility fees that spike from a normal $50-100 are big wrenches. Once she heard the numbers, she still hates that we are wasting water and is on a mission to find ways for me to use the rejection water around the house.I'm constantly shaking my head at the things some women get upset about. Petty, trivial stuff. A couple 10 dollar bills a month on a hobby? Really????
Would she prefer you were at the bar drinking and perhaps flirting with the cocktail waitress or local fluzzy?
You could get a race car. Tens of thousands of dollars every year, to maintain the car, the truck it takes to tow that car to the track, the entry fees, the fuel and hotel costs......
Radio control airplanes? Minimum $5--$7 thousand every year.... if you want to really enjoy that hobby.
Fishing? Hunting?
Many of those hobbies aren't interesting to women, so it separates you two. But a fish tank keeps you HOME, where you can be with your wife and family.
I'm a blessed man. My wife likes fish tanks, fishing poles, guns and hot rods. We're on the hunt for a 1930's --1940's fat fender coupe or pickup for a resto mod project. She wants to learn how to rebuild an engine and use a welder. I've already taught her how to use a torque wrench, change lubricant in the engine, transmission and differentials, and flush the cooling system.
To be fair, mine is a woman who gets PTSD at the idea of wasting water and electricity. We’ve had the surprise $300 water bill, the $300 electric bill, the $250 gas bill, never because of the fish, but those surprise utility fees that spike from a normal $50-100 are big wrenches. Once she heard the numbers, she still hates that we are wasting water and is on a mission to find ways for me to use the rejection water around the house.
Hey @mfinn do you know how long the wires are on this meter??? Looking to replace mine with a few of these but need longer cables than what I have or the standard ones are..
Just saw this.
The wires are pretty tangled up, but my best attempt at measuring without disconnecting them, is 36" to 40".