ClownsRCoo
12/15/2014, 04:24 PM
For all of you that have a task done and leave your RO/DI unit on at all times hooked up through a float switch to regulate when it comes on or off i have a question for you.
When i fill up my saltwater mixing containers with my RO/DI unit i turn my input water line to the system off when Im finished. I do this because I know that if it were to sit idle for some time and then be activated suddenly I would have high levels of TDS creep flowing through the lines for a while.
How do all of you that leave your RO/DI units constantly on (meaning that the second your float switch is activated the unit begins filling back up the container it is hooked to) deal with that spike in TDS of the water initially?
Do you just accept that its going to be a factor and deplete your DI resign that much quicker but the automation is worth that to you or what?
Is there anyway around that situation?
Why i ask all of this is because I have 2 tanks located on opposite sides of the house from my water change station. My limited space in my stands only allows me enough room for 5g ATO containers and i have a high evaporation rate in my tanks. I have to fill them up every 3 days or so. I would like to run a water line from my RO/DI right into the ATO containers with a float switch but worry about letting some of the higher TDS water make its way into the system by accident. Like if i dont catch that my filter or resin need replacing in time.
Also, since i have 2 ATO containers, and 2 holding tanks i would like them all to be refilling as needed automatically. Is this possible to create some type of manifold from 1 output line from my RODI unit? If i have the single output line with multiple "T's" in it going to the different tanks all with their own float switch would it activate the system each time no matter which tank around the house needs filling? I have a booster pump as well that is on my system so its autoshut off valve needs to be taken into account too.
Any suggestions?
When i fill up my saltwater mixing containers with my RO/DI unit i turn my input water line to the system off when Im finished. I do this because I know that if it were to sit idle for some time and then be activated suddenly I would have high levels of TDS creep flowing through the lines for a while.
How do all of you that leave your RO/DI units constantly on (meaning that the second your float switch is activated the unit begins filling back up the container it is hooked to) deal with that spike in TDS of the water initially?
Do you just accept that its going to be a factor and deplete your DI resign that much quicker but the automation is worth that to you or what?
Is there anyway around that situation?
Why i ask all of this is because I have 2 tanks located on opposite sides of the house from my water change station. My limited space in my stands only allows me enough room for 5g ATO containers and i have a high evaporation rate in my tanks. I have to fill them up every 3 days or so. I would like to run a water line from my RO/DI right into the ATO containers with a float switch but worry about letting some of the higher TDS water make its way into the system by accident. Like if i dont catch that my filter or resin need replacing in time.
Also, since i have 2 ATO containers, and 2 holding tanks i would like them all to be refilling as needed automatically. Is this possible to create some type of manifold from 1 output line from my RODI unit? If i have the single output line with multiple "T's" in it going to the different tanks all with their own float switch would it activate the system each time no matter which tank around the house needs filling? I have a booster pump as well that is on my system so its autoshut off valve needs to be taken into account too.
Any suggestions?