RO storage

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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Ok, but it's cheaper to get 5 gallon buckets at the local hardware store.

Sure. They're $5.00, instead of $5.75, at the Home Despot near me. US
Plastic discounts purchases, starting when you buy more than 5 pieces of the
same product. The pour spout lids aren't available at my local HW store,
either... and look at the pretty colors! Thats sometimes a consideration,
depending upon one's spouse/SO/co-habitant(s)... *shrug*

And also cheaper to get the Rubbermade Brute trash cans, 33gal,or 50 gal,
at the hardware store.

I like those a lot, especially because of the wheels and handle (fill 1/2
way and cart 25 gallons easily to the tank), but I haven't found them to be
cheaper than 55 gal plastic drums... Did you compare prices? The cheapest
Brute 50 gallon I've found is this one:
http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_s...38321%3A956685

at $85. Local hardware store is even pricier ($99)... Can I get it elsewhere
for less?

The 55 gal drums I suggested are less than $60 each...

But the sad thing is that, one used to be able to get rubermade trash cans
for $10.00 that work well, but those cheaper ones are not made as strong
anymore.

Yeah, and it'd be 'exciting' to figure out which ones are the ones that work
well, and which ones are the ones which are not "as strong anymore" ;-)

Given that I have no idea where the original poster's RO/DI will be stored
(in a barn? on the second floor? Next to the wedding photos? *shrug*) I
offered the most rigorous option. From personal experience (no comments
from the peanut gallery... ;-) those plastic drums will withstand puncture
impact from a 4000 lb forklift going 15 mph, and distend, rather than
breach.
Is that probably more than an aquarist will ever need? Sure. But you
won't ever have to worry about it leaking (or staving open)...


Wayne Sallee


FYI, I work in a chem plant, so I actually buy through my co., and get
wholesale prices from US Plastic, between 35-60% off. :-)

Regards,
DaveZ
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