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11/06/2017, 12:43 PM | #1 |
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Who buys their saltwater?
How much do you pay?
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I used to pay 12-13 bucks for 5 gallons of premixed saltwater. I bought a RO a few months back and its much much easier! Mix my own now. Saves the trip to the store, is cheaper, and I get clear RO water for ATO. No more buying distilled at the store! Trust me, just in ATO water, it pays for itself quick!
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11/06/2017, 02:16 PM | #3 |
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Most places in the Twin Cities, Minnesota area charge 50 cents per gallon for RODI freshwater, and $1 per gallon for RODI saltwater.
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11/06/2017, 02:26 PM | #4 |
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I'm way to lazy to lug buckets of water from the LFS to home. I don't even haul them to the tank. That's what my Mag18 is for!
Couple that with the need to test any "ready-made" water to make sure it is what they say it is and it just does not make any sense whatsoever to buy it elsewhere.
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12 bucks for 5 gallons ($2.40 / gallon) seems way too high.
$1 per gallons is more like it. Seems like I've seen 1-1.25 per gallon, not that I ever bought it.
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I saw a store employee throw salt in someone's bucket and swish it around with his hand once. It was a long time ago in a different state but it left an impression. You never know what you are getting.
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11/06/2017, 03:12 PM | #7 |
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I do have an RO system but I was curious. For what ever reason I go through more resin than I should but even so my cost per gallon of finished saltwater is under $.30 and I go through about 50 gallons per month, my cost for plain RO is under a dime. I suppose if a person has a nano it may not be worth the upfront cost of an RO system.
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11/06/2017, 04:10 PM | #11 |
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Well, it has happened to me twice in 3 months. You shop Petco and I will go to a real lfs.
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JTL do you have a post about your DI usage/problem?
We can address/fix that...
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John, you should see my system. I have a Cirqua RO that I got used from a friend. He got it from a coffee house that was going out of business, a steal of a deal. It has 2 RO membranes that are each 2' long (in the stainless steel sleeves in the middle of the unit) along with pre and post filters. It has a huge pump that makes 120psi and it makes about 30gph. I added a 'normal' DI canister and have to refill it every 4 to 6 months. I use about 100 to 150 gallons per month (mostly freshwater for evaporation from 4 tanks). I have a 45g RO/DI storage tank and a 120g reject water storage tank (an old cistern) and we use the reject water to do laundry.
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Ron, you could start a bottled water business as a second career.
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More then likely your issue. Those saddle valves just plain suck, and do not let enough water through for decent pressure. If I were in your shoes, a pipe cutter(assuming you have copper), and a couple sharkbite fittings with T so you can get your full pressure at the RO/DI system. If your into DIY and can sweat copper pipes, best way, and the only way you know 100% it won't leak(I've had those sharkbite fittings leak over time) is to just sweat a T on your line. But not everyone knows how to, or can sweat copper properly.
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I can sweat fittings but don't need to since my house is all cpvc. I will check this out.
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I agree that 50psi isn't that bad. I wish I had 50 psi. Something else is going on there. Adding a tee is a good place to start.
P.S....And I'm jealous of Ron's system.
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CPVC even easier. Cut and glue.
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I drilled out the pinhole made by the saddle valve to 1/4" since the rest of the tubing is
1/4". It did not change the water pressure, still at a little over 40 psi.
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