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Yes, this & what's your water pressure? You may not need a booster pump. Why complicate matters? For less than $20 you should be able to score a water pressure gauge & handheld TDS meters are also available these days for about $10, usually in the recreational vehicle department of WalMerde or Crappy Tire. Do a little research on your source water before you buy & you can save money, keep things simple. More automation is not necessarily better. Keep in mind that every time you flush your membrane, water is still flowing through your carbon stage, so its chlorine removing capacity is being depleted at a faster rate. I'm still on my original membrane after over 4 years using a manual flush of a minute or so before & after production. Not a big chore.
Something I forgot to mention in my earlier post is that I've noticed after every flush cycle, the TDS out of the membrane creeps up several points until it settles in again. So frequent auto flushes are going to be hard on your DI stage.
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If you're on a well with low water pressure & a pile of iron & other sediment, then yeah, get a booster pump & maybe add a sediment stage. Alternatively, simply change out the sediment stage more often, it's the cheapest component to buy and with a clear filter housing you'll have a good visual when it starts getting real funky. If you're on city water treated with chlorine, TDS below 200 & water pressure of 60 psi or better, you can easily get by with a 4 stage unit. 1 sediment, 1 carbon block, RO membrane & DI stage. If money is no object, knock yourself out . Changing DI more often is not going to break the bank, but I've only done it once & it was a fiddly affair.
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He, yeah I can't take credit for that one. One of my dear Quebec friends blurted that out years ago. I cracked up too. Very apropos, however, I do find myself shopping there from time to time.
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Still happy about everything
GRRRRRRRRR i whish i'd known these little details before comitting, the price of learning , but the deed is done. I belong to a club and we meet regulary and they all had one so i signed up for one we're all in the same city and these guys know more about this than me. I'm not new to the hobby , but part of it is chineese to me . Anything revolving around plumbing is off my scanner, now i know the price of it. I've been out of the hobby to long too and things are happening very fast now, the tanks are arriving in 3 weeks from Concept Aquariums. Thanks guys for the info i'll munch on that for a while . I thought this was going to be an easy buy it appears not, LOL food for thoughts.....their's was no answer yesterday anywhere to find out about TDS and to my other questions.
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You will be really happy with that puratek system it works really well and it's plug and play nice and simple
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I agree. Puratek are nice units and they have everything you need all ready installed. I run 5 stages on my unit as I have added an extra di just because I had it kicking around. Can't beat the 1:1 good water to waste water ratio either.
I find my filters last for a good 6 months. I installed a chlorine / chloramine whole home filter and it is awesome!! No chlorine or chloramines in any of my household water and it lasts 6 - 7 years before I need to get the media replaced. It helps out my RO/DI unit big time as it has a lot less work to do and saves a lot of money in exhausting filters and membranes as well. Worth every penny!!!! |
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http://www.gatineau.ca/page.asp?p=en...te_eau_potable In Vernon, I have access to Annual Water Reports which have all the good info on TDS etc. There are also monthly reports available. http://www.rdno.ca/docs/2013_wq_north_kal.pdf
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Thanks guys your a great bunch.
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