George Patterson
March 6th 06, 03:31 AM
Cleetus Awreetus wrote:
> Is there
> any way to hook up a float switch to some sort of valve that controlled
> opening the faucet/input to the tapwater filter? Do ro/di systems support
> any sort of hookup like that more easily ? Planning on buying a ro/di
> system soon anyway.
It shouldn't be difficult to adapt a modern toilet float valve to control the
water level. The modern ones have a float that slides up and down the water tube
instead of the old ball float on an arm. These valves are designed to have a
constant water supply coming in the bottom. You'd have to work out how to plumb
it and support it in your system.
RO filters are used a lot by people who raise orchids. The systems that are
marketed to these people have optional shutoff floats. I'm sure that they're
also available for the ones used by aquarists.
George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.
> Is there
> any way to hook up a float switch to some sort of valve that controlled
> opening the faucet/input to the tapwater filter? Do ro/di systems support
> any sort of hookup like that more easily ? Planning on buying a ro/di
> system soon anyway.
It shouldn't be difficult to adapt a modern toilet float valve to control the
water level. The modern ones have a float that slides up and down the water tube
instead of the old ball float on an arm. These valves are designed to have a
constant water supply coming in the bottom. You'd have to work out how to plumb
it and support it in your system.
RO filters are used a lot by people who raise orchids. The systems that are
marketed to these people have optional shutoff floats. I'm sure that they're
also available for the ones used by aquarists.
George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.