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Do you guys rinse out between making up new batches?
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I don't.. The way mine works though, I instantly fill my salt mixing barrel after I do a waterchange.. this way I can start to make more r/o on my top barrel and be ready with saltwater on hand in the lower barrel.. The nice thing is to have both ro/di and saltwater on hand just in case of an emergency or something.. I hear people say that some salts leave a residue but I havent looked into it that throughly..
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If you are making large enough batches (several hundred gallons) you will get a sludge on the bottom. The best thing to do is to suck out that sludge before sending it to the tanks. You might also see it after several smaller batches if your output pipe is off the bottom a bit.
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For those that do not live in a climate where outside it gets to 110 during the day and agarages ARE NOT climate controlled. LOL What about salt water in garage where it could get in the 90's?? To me the RODI water is not an issue but what aboult salt water??
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06/22/2011, 05:35 PM | #258 |
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Very nice built, MARLANDO. Those are good and expensive ball valves. Are they +GF+ ?
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Where did u get the stainless table? very clean setup
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Im alittle late but that is a very clean set up.
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06/23/2011, 06:13 PM | #264 |
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seen some great ideas that i mite have to use
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an attic fan with a ventilator would may maintain to the garage temp to no hotter than outide. This wouldn't be a complete solution, but I would do this in addition to the any of the others. Wall-in the Changing station and hook-up a small window unit a/c or connect the walled-in area to the inside of the house. The latter is less good because then you have to heat the water, but you could set the window unit to maintain about 80 degrees. add a valve setup to a chiller that (during changes) could bring the water down to temp after mixing the saltwater. This only works if you already have a chiller...though if you have deep pockets. I live in Tennessee now, but when I lived in california water coolers were used instead of a/c (no humidity). They are pretty much just water being cooled by pumping water over a large surface area in open air. I glad you asked this question because now I am thinking about a large 500 or 1000 gallon container to add capacity and stability to my 400 gallon system. The container would be exposed to the elements entirely. |
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Great thread... I see a lot of great ideas.
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Anyone know a cheaper place to get the ball valves with union? $44 a piece! Is it because Marlando's are schedule 80?
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I guess I could go with Brute containers and cheapy valves from Home depot but not sure I want to go that route.
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The 40 gallon tanks, but to save 90 bucks I may go with the smaller tanks. I usually only do a 15 to 20 gallon water change. I thought by going with slightly larger I'd be prepared if I ever upgraded or what not.
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Here are a couple quick pictures of my very simple design. I only have a four foot wide room so width was very difficult to deal with. I use one of those slim jim 23 gallons for the freshwater from the RO and a 40 long for the saltwater. I use some cheap pvc for the plumbing.
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