ro units

Hi new to reef keeping, at the moment I collect ro water from my lfs , I
would like an ro unit but have little room and a wife who is not keen on
having it set up perm. I have been told they must be kept running constantly
, yet I see on ebay units for sale, good prices and say can they be run
intermittently. how do you go about storage when not in use and does it
damage them to use like this?
thanks Paul, Beds UK

"PAUL COAN" wrote in message
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Hi new to reef keeping, at the moment I collect ro water from my lfs , I
would like an ro unit but have little room and a wife who is not keen on
having it set up perm. I have been told they must be kept running
constantly
, yet I see on ebay units for sale, good prices and say can they be run
intermittently. how do you go about storage when not in use and does it
damage them to use like this?
thanks Paul, Beds UK



I keep mine in the garage and only set it up when I need it- typically once
a week or so unless I am doing a lot of water changes for some reason.


--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/reef.htm

"PAUL COAN" wrote in message
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Hi new to reef keeping, at the moment I collect ro water from my lfs , I
would like an ro unit but have little room and a wife who is not keen on
having it set up perm. I have been told they must be kept running constantly
, yet I see on ebay units for sale, good prices and say can they be run
intermittently. how do you go about storage when not in use and does it
damage them to use like this?
thanks Paul, Beds UK


I know of no models that have to be run continuously. You can buy a five gallon
(unsed, of course) plastic gasoline can and fill it up for use as needed. Just
be sure to mark it NOT to be used for any other purpose.

"PAUL COAN" wrote in message
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Hi new to reef keeping, at the moment I collect ro water from my lfs , I
would like an ro unit but have little room and a wife who is not keen on
having it set up perm. I have been told they must be kept running
constantly
, yet I see on ebay units for sale, good prices and say can they be run
intermittently. how do you go about storage when not in use and does it
damage them to use like this?
thanks Paul, Beds UK



You do not need to have the unit run continously. It will be costly for your
water bill and replacement media. You can use a five gallon bottlle to
storage your water with a lid close. Five gallon jug bottle can be purchase
almost anywhere like Walmart / KMart / Target or any local water purfication
shop.

With RO unit, you should thinking about a TDS meter for investment to check
your RO performance if you do not own one yet.

CapFusion,...

I wasn't too sure myself but I bought a 100gpd unit. a saddle valve clips
onto a water pipe and the unit is mounted onto the wall so it's well out of
the way.
I bought an auto-shutoff unit so the pressure's on all the time. its mounted
inside a 30 Gallon water butt and so only runs when the level drops.
the only other thing is it needs a waste pipe to connect to. this means I
have 30Gallons of RO water any time that I need it.
a bit of fine tuning on set-up with the pipe connectors needing tightening
and that was all the hassle, except for paying for it.

Robin

HTH

"rjag" wrote in message
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I wasn't too sure myself but I bought a 100gpd unit. a saddle valve clips
onto a water pipe and the unit is mounted onto the wall so it's well out of
the way.
I bought an auto-shutoff unit so the pressure's on all the time. its
mounted inside a 30 Gallon water butt and so only runs when the level
drops.
the only other thing is it needs a waste pipe to connect to. this means I
have 30Gallons of RO water any time that I need it.
a bit of fine tuning on set-up with the pipe connectors needing tightening
and that was all the hassle, except for paying for it.

Robin

HTH


Just some curious question -
You have RO unit inside a 30G container?
Is that a 30G pressurize container or tank?
What is the cost of that 30G container?

If you have an auto Flush kit would be better addition to your AutoShutoff.
This does not apply if you constantly using the unit. If the RO turn on like
say once a day or so, your will need to flush it for a few minute to get rid
of the extra. Use a TDS meter to test for quality product water.

CapFusion,...

the RO unit is mounted on the wall above the tank (£15 from B&Q if I
remember) and there's a small ball-cock device (like in your toilet only a
lot smaller) drilled and mounted inside the tank itself.
my TDS readings were over 210 but after this came down to 8ppm. I know that
its not as pure as some would like but its a hell of a lot better than if I
didn't have the unit.
sorry I would have included a photo attachment but these NG folk don't seem
to like that sort of thing.

Robin

"rjag" wrote in message
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the RO unit is mounted on the wall above the tank (£15 from B&Q if I
remember) and there's a small ball-cock device (like in your toilet only a
lot smaller) drilled and mounted inside the tank itself.
my TDS readings were over 210 but after this came down to 8ppm. I know
that its not as pure as some would like but its a hell of a lot better
than if I didn't have the unit.
sorry I would have included a photo attachment but these NG folk don't
seem to like that sort of thing.

Robin


8ppm shoulde around that range if you have like 5micron carbon / 1mircon
sediment or similar. Or unless it used filter. If you have low PSI feeding
your unit may also cause less performance. Your PSI should not below 40PSI.
Average PSI should in the range of 80 or so. 8ppm for reef tank may cause
aglae bloom. I would try to reach 3ppm to be the minium range. 8ppm will be
good for human consumption, though.

CapFusion,...