lets see those r/o set ups !!

**binford4000** · 08-12-2011, 09:08 PM

The pump is fine the way it is and I'll keep the two DI--TxPerminate pump is hooked up like the manufactor suggest and yes there is a bladder tank in the closet that is redirected to the water softner thanks for your thought's anyway.I updated the orignal post with the new dual DI's(they hold 2.5#'s of di) I think everyones systems look sharp and the point was to share not critcize so hopefully others will keep the pics comeing.

**AZDesertRat** · 08-12-2011, 11:22 PM

I did not critize, I gave you some experienced advice that could improve your system andsave you money on DI in the future. Water treatment is my profession and has been for 35 years, it's what I do for a living but you can take it or leave it.

**binford4000** · 08-12-2011, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by AZDesertRat

I did not critize, I gave you some experienced advice that could improve your system andsave you money on DI in the future. Water treatment is my profession and has been for 35 years, it's what I do for a living but you can take it or leave it.

Woo didn't mean to twist your nozzle,advice is fine when it's asked for but publicly posted advice without inquire is another thing.No harm and I do see your points.But wouldn't you come of little more helpful if you just say hey guy,I see some room for improvemnt I'll shoot ya PM instead of this is wrong and do this and that.I respect your experience but question your presentation that's all.I like your sytem tho

**MizTanks** · 08-13-2011, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by binford4000

Woo didn't mean to twist your nozzle,advice is fine when it's asked for but publicly posted advice without inquire is another thing.No harm and I do see your points.But wouldn't you come of little more helpful if you just say hey guy,I see some room for improvemnt I'll shoot ya PM instead of this is wrong and do this and that.I respect your experience but question your presentation that's all.I like your sytem tho

A+

**AZDesertRat** · 08-13-2011, 11:48 AM

I guess I was trying to help you please Mrs. Binford. Go back to your very first sentence of this thread.
I have lots of do dads on my RO/DI too and if they took up that much real estate my Wife would shoot me. By keeping it compact I'm in her good graces. Maybe I'm wrong here but you seemed to be asking for photos of other systems so maybe you cold please the wife?

**binford4000** · 08-13-2011, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by AZDesertRat

I guess I was trying to help you please Mrs. Binford. Go back to your very first sentence of this thread.
I have lots of do dads on my RO/DI too and if they took up that much real estate my Wife would shoot me. By keeping it compact I'm in her good graces. Maybe I'm wrong here but you seemed to be asking for photos of other systems so maybe you cold please the wife?

WOW,your just not going to let this go are you.I will your right I'm wrong I'll go spend 800+ dollars on an ro and a new garbage can to be like you.This thread was meant to be a fun way for people to show what they got and that's all and maybee give someone a name to talk to if they like what they saw and and wanted nore info.I started my thread that way as humor,you know a joke a stab at my screen name(tooltime,Tim Allen) A way to get a chuckle out of someone.My wife and I have been very gracious to the thread comunity and fellow reefers who enjoy this hobby but sometimes are tight on cash and need the equipment anyway,and we have responded many times never asking anything in return.So you want to get the wife in it,ok.She's fine with it really and for several reasons.1 the brine is not sent down the drain and wasted it's stored and recirculated to our house water softner,it also is used for the de humifier and the dog too! 2 it is spread out like that so it's easy to change filters and to find leaks if they occur and she can even change filter easily herself if I'm living at work as usual,I work hard and the wife has close to 3000 sp ft so it's really not that much room.3 the pump and power supply are above the unit because it's electrical and the ro has water in it,should be a no brainer,4 the dual di's are being used 1st because the manufactor designed it that way and 2nd the dual add on di manufactor recomended to leave them in place to get the expected 20,000 gallons of water it's meant to filter before replaceing it,that's allot of RO 5 this attitude is another example why I'll go back to staying off these fourms. You are an expert so try to act like one.Personaly I am sorry to start a thread in your subject matter now and kinda thought you'd be a problem when I started this thread. Goodluck to you and CR !!

**mrs binford** · 08-13-2011, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by Badfish

Here's Mine guys. This is by far the best the investment I have made for my tanks, I actually look forward to doing water changes now.

It's a 75gpd RO/DI Mixing station. The greatest thing about this mix station is that I have the supply hooked up to my well and the waist drains to my basement sump. (Not an aquarium sump) were it pumps back out to my lawn. So I have really no waste water and all I have to pay for is the power to pump the water from the well and salt!
It's plumbed so that the left bin fills with RO/DI water, then I can transfer that to the other bin where I add the salt and mix it together by recirculation the water in the bin. Both bins can be isolated from each other and/or the pump. I also set it up so I can either gravity feed the water in to small buckets for top offs and such, or you can do a super fast W/C by pumping the water to the tank's sump with this hose I made; it uses a PVC union fitting to connect to the mixing station.

173751 - lets see those r/o set ups !!

I installed 2 float switches as well; one that shuts off the RO/DI unit when the bins are fill and the other shuts off the power to the Blue Line pump when the water level gets too low.