RO Water System

[dwstonebraker]

Hey DC -

Were the other 55 gallon drums (closed tops with a square hole used?) I talked to RMC the other day and he said you had picked up that new 55 gal barrel. I am looking for a few but do not want to spend the 70 ea from the local provider.. A place downtown has used for 20$ each food grade, but I do not know that I want the hassle either. Did you have any luck with used?

Your system looks great btw!


Dustin

[yoink]

I got mine used from DC. It said "Bus Wax" on the barrell, but a couple days filled with water and a good scrub and it was ready to use. None of my animals have shown any problems, you should be fine with a food grade barrell.

[DiabloCanine]

Originally Posted by dwstonebraker

Hey DC -

Were the other 55 gallon drums (closed tops with a square hole used?) I talked to RMC the other day and he said you had picked up that new 55 gal barrel. I am looking for a few but do not want to spend the 70 ea from the local provider.. A place downtown has used for 20$ each food grade, but I do not know that I want the hassle either. Did you have any luck with used?

Your system looks great btw!


Dustin

I had no problems with used barrels, purged them for a few days and they were good to go. I do not know how much water you want to store but I was going to buy a 100 gallon barrel before RMC hooked me up with the new one. I think it was around $100 for a vertical barrel that has the same foot print as a 55 gallon drum. Let me know if you are interested and I will post the link (I am at work now). This new barrel is working great and I can already tell the humidity difference in the room with the closed system........DC

[dwstonebraker]

Please post the 100 gallon link! Sounds great


Thanks

Dustin

[dwstonebraker]

any idea where to get 2 inch gate valves that are not 100$ each? I just tried to order from aquaticeco but they are on a one month back order..

Always something --

Thanks

Dustin

[DiabloCanine]

Originally Posted by dwstonebraker

Please post the 100 gallon link! Sounds great


Thanks

Dustin

Here you go.....DC

http://www.tank-depot.com/product.aspx?id=123

[DiabloCanine]

Originally Posted by dwstonebraker

any idea where to get 2 inch gate valves that are not 100$ each? I just tried to order from aquaticeco but they are on a one month back order..

Always something --

Thanks

Dustin

How about here?....DC

http://www.watergarden.org/s.nl;jses...n0?it=A&id=536

[dwstonebraker]

Thanks for the links - i found them at Aqua Pools in Avon - 17.90 each - I cant ship them for that

Thanks Again!

Dustin

[DiabloCanine]

Originally Posted by dwstonebraker

Thanks for the links - i found them at Aqua Pools in Avon - 17.90 each - I cant ship them for that

Thanks Again!

Dustin

RMC has my old barrels. You might want to see what he wants to part with them. I left them pretty much intact; you would need a float and pump, most of the pvc was left connected.......DC

[dwstonebraker]

I was using a float of the same brand for my RO system. The float did not seem to stop the flow though. Did you have the same experience? I have a 125 psi pump behind the ro system, that might make a difference.

Dustin

[DiabloCanine]

Originally Posted by dwstonebraker

I was using a float of the same brand for my RO system. The float did not seem to stop the flow though. Did you have the same experience? I have a 125 psi pump behind the ro system, that might make a difference.

Dustin

I have never had a problem, pressure out of my softener is a little over 60 psi. Did you try to email Kent Marine? They are very responsive. I bet they would recommend using the FVKITKENT2 for that pressure. I'm curious why you need a 125 psi pump. What is the gpd rating of your RO unit?.....DC

[dwstonebraker]

Its 100gpd but it was well water with about 400 tds, so the pressure helped move things along.


I may contact them.

Thanks

Dustin

[DiabloCanine]

Originally Posted by dwstonebraker

Its 100gpd but it was well water with about 400 tds, so the pressure helped move things along.


I may contact them.

Thanks

Dustin

Wow, 400, you could almost mine that. I never checked mine coming in, wonder what it is? My RO unit prefilter is a pretty orange......DC

[noresull]

Just a little note about what could fail with that float system. It is possible for the float itself to fail and fill with water thus preventing it from floating and shutting the flow off. This is not likely with plastic floats, but any motor heads here have probably seen a float in a carbereutor do this. I would think the best thing for redundancy would be to install an electric float switch set a few inches higher than the primary float and connect it to an electric solenoid on the inlet side of the RO system.

I really like your system and am, in no way trying to bash it, I just wanted to point out a possible failure that I believe did not get enough attention in the beginning of this thread.

[DiabloCanine]

Originally Posted by noresull

Just a little note about what could fail with that float system. It is possible for the float itself to fail and fill with water thus preventing it from floating and shutting the flow off. This is not likely with plastic floats, but any motor heads here have probably seen a float in a carbereutor do this. I would think the best thing for redundancy would be to install an electric float switch set a few inches higher than the primary float and connect it to an electric solenoid on the inlet side of the RO system.

I really like your system and am, in no way trying to bash it, I just wanted to point out a possible failure that I believe did not get enough attention in the beginning of this thread.

Do you know of any of the Kent floats that have failed?......DC