Drip System for Stingrays

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Geez maybe i should run the 30 micron sediment to get the big stuff, then a 5 micron sediment for the little stuff, and then the carbon filter...

All my drips are set up with 3 stages anyways


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I just looked and my sediment filter and my carbon are 10 microns.
I'm using 2 of each in line for my drip.
I was thinking about using 3 carbons and 1 sediment.
Maybe I need to find a better carbon?
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vamptrev said:
Geez maybe i should run the 30 micron sediment to get the big stuff, then a 5 micron sediment for the little stuff, and then the carbon filter...

All my drips are set up with 3 stages anyways


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I have really enjoyed 5 micron then a 1 micron setup. You will change the 1 micron more often though (especially in my case). I wouldnt bother with 30 micron, just switch out to 5 micron and you and your rays will be happy. You could do two 5 micron in a row and the first one will catch more than the second. That makes 30 not needed as 5 would catch anything 30 would, if that makes sense?

Or you can run 30 then 5. The end result will only keep getting better.
 
I use 2 filter systems. One is a commercial grade 5 micron sediment / carbon combination filter capable of handling 3 gallons per minute that I use for the cold water drip and as a pre-filter for the 3 stage (sediment, carbon & carbon block) RO / DI Filter dripping 2.5 gallons per hour RO/DI and 3.5 gallons per hour tap.

One thing I found out in research is once the DI resin has expired, it not only stops filtering, it actually starts leaching back into the water adding the contaminants it once filtered out.


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burbon44s said:
I just looked and my sediment filter and my carbon are 10 microns.
I'm using 2 of each in line for my drip.
I was thinking about using 3 carbons and 1 sediment.
Maybe I need to find a better carbon?
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I have 3 stage so 3 pods first pod sediment second pod pod is a coconut carbon third pod is a carbon block

If you buy RO pre filter sets they work out cheaper

I'm lost now with the micron so does 5 micron filter out more or less than 30 micron

As I always thought the lower micron stopped smaller partials than a higher micron

Meaning the 5 micron would filter the water to the carbon block better than a 30 micron


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Raymann88 said:
I use 2 filter systems. One is a commercial grade 5 micron sediment / carbon combination filter capable of handling 3 gallons per minute that I use for the cold water drip and as a pre-filter for the 3 stage (sediment, carbon & carbon block) RO / DI Filter dripping 2.5 gallons per hour RO/DI and 3.5 gallons per hour tap.

One thing I found out in research is once the DI resin has expired, it not only stops filtering, it actually starts leaching back into the water adding the contaminants it once filtered out.


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Yes your right about di resin it's a total waste of time it burns out fast it costs a bomb and can make the water have even higher tds

When I was running di after just a 3 stage unit sediment carbon carbon I was lucky if the resin lasted longer than 72 hours and the tds started going up from 0 after 24 hours

Di resin is only good if you want 0 tds which is a bit pointless for our use
Or to polish RO with a tds of about 4 max and yet again it's a waste of money for our use and the amount of water we need

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