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Rxfoote
03/13/2011, 06:20 PM
I am in the process of upgrading to a new tank! My biggest obstacle right now is the autotop off. My current tank evaporate less than 5 gal a week. I just swap out a 5gal bucket every week for the current autotop off.

Issue is, my new tank is twice the size and I won't have room in the stand for RO water, nor do I really want to carry up water every couple of days.

I'd really like to automate the top-off as much as possible , right to the RO source if possible. The biggest problem is my RO is a floor down and unfortunatley not directly below the tank. In addition I don't have a horribly close water source to the tank.

Any thoughts or ideas how this can be done? Thanks!

xaos
03/13/2011, 07:05 PM
You could use one of these (http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/level-loc-auto-top-off-unit-for-ro-systems.html) in your ATO reservoir. You'd probably also have to add on the auto shut-off for the RO unit, and I think I'd want to add an overflow of some sort into the reservoir and plumb it into a drain somewhere just to be sure in case of malfunction.