Questions on RO placement

[betta4ever!]

My parents said I could finally get an RO system. But is there another spot to place it other than under the sink? Might sound dumb, but it's pretty impossible to place it there honestly, and 5 hours of searching for another way did nothing. I'm pretty sure I know the answer, just making sure... Thanks.

 

[Back in the fold]

Yes there is another place. Anywhere there is a faucet. Get a garden hose attachment and adaptor to replace the aerator on your bathroom sink faucet. That allows you to operate the unit when you need it. Store it away when not in use.

 

[betta4ever!]

Yes there is another place. Anywhere there is a faucet. Get a garden hose attachment and adaptor to replace the aerator on your bathroom sink faucet. That allows you to operate the unit when you need it. Store it away when not in use.

Thanks that helps a ton!

 

[steveb87]

There is an adaptor that you can screw into a mains feed pipe to add an outlet?

 

[betta4ever!]

There is an adaptor that you can screw into a mains feed pipe to add an outlet?

Now I'm lost. Sorry. I'm terrible at those things.

 

[betta4ever!]

Yes there is another place. Anywhere there is a faucet. Get a garden hose attachment and adaptor to replace the aerator on your bathroom sink faucet. That allows you to operate the unit when you need it. Store it away when not in use.

If I understood correctly you mean something like that?

 

[steveb87]

I think "Back in the Fold" meant that you might be able to unscrew an item which is in the end of your tap and replace it with something like the photo attached, then reconnect what was there when you are finished?

 

[betta4ever!]

I think "Back in the Fold" meant that you might be able to unscrew an item which is in the end of your tap and replace it with something like the photo attached, then reconnect what was there when you are finished?

Oh OK, thanks for explaining. I got it now lol. I'm soo bad at this. Guess I'll have to show my dad this conversation. He'll be able to understand better (I hope lol)

 

[Back in the fold]

Maybe this will help explain it.

 

[betta4ever!]

Thanks . Now I understand.

 

[betta4ever!]

So, I can get that for my 1/2'' faucet. https://www.primato.gr/products/wat...and-accessories/1-2-1-4-primato-1214t-en.html Correct?

 

[Back in the fold]

So, I can get that for my 1/2'' faucet. https://www.primato.gr/products/wat...and-accessories/1-2-1-4-primato-1214t-en.html Correct?

Yep, looks like it but . . . if you’re like me you’ll buy half a dozen things that don’t work before you end up with what you really need. Nothing more UNstandard than plumbing. I have a whole drawer full of stuff I’ll never ever use.

 

[betta4ever!]

Yep, looks like it but . . . if you’re like me you’ll buy half a dozen things that don’t work before you end up with what you really need. Nothing more UNstandard than plumbing. I have a whole drawer full of stuff I’ll never ever use.

Same for me also lol. Fingers crossed I'll get it right because I want the RO set up soon

 

[Back in the fold]

If you get completely flustered and nothing works then take the last resort. Go underneath the cabinet and put one of those needle valve pipe piercing saddle valves on the supply line that has its own shut off. Then you can shut off the supply and disconnect your fittings at the unit when youre done making water.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I use a portable RO/DI unit/ I have great well water that I need to lower the pH and TDS of for fish that need this. I also batch water for use in humidifiers used by my brother. As important is the fact that I can take the nit with to fish events where I am selling. I have all the adapters available and lots of hose as well.

I do not know if the company from whom I have bought two 75 gpd units sells outside of the states. They make all sorts of units from small ones like I use to much bigger. This is the model we have. It has a carbon, an RO and a DI module. If I had it to do all over I might have a sediment module rather than the carbon, However, when new my system puts out 0 TDS water.

I cannot have the system permanently installed. But I have a fish space I carved out of a storage space and I had a utility sink installed. I use the garden hose hookup and the sink faucet actually has a splitter to create two independently controlled outputs. One has a hose permanently hooked up and the iother feeds into the sink. I hook into that second output when I need to make pure water.

One important consideration in this sort of system is that, once put into use, the RO membrane must not be allowed to dry out or it is done. With my model I can buy replacement cartridges as needed.

Finally, to monitor what I am doing, both for the tank water and the pre-batched water I use for water changes (I mix RO/DI and my tap in the ratio of 11/9), using this piece of equipment which is actually about double the price of the RO/DI unit. https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-...urements-Calibration-Hydroponic/dp/B0081K32B0

I also have a hand held TDS meter https://www.amazon.com/HM-Digital-TDS-3-Handheld-Carrying/dp/B000VTQM70

I cannot say if the above two items are available in Greece, and if they are, at what price.

I run the Guardian monitor on the tank itself and I batch my changing water by the tank. So I am able to move the two probes from the monitor into the can in which I prepare the changing water. Between water changes the parameters tend to drift up a bit and I bactch the changing water to parameters designed to get the tank back to "normal," i.e. the targetted parameters.