RODI unit in an apartment
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I live in an apartment too.
I hooked the unit up with a Y-adapter off the cold water in my laundry room.
All the brass parts in this picture are available at your local hardware store.
I used a brass garden hose to 1/4" tubing adapter that I picked up at Home Depot for around $5.
This is a temporary location for the filter set up. I will likely hang it on the wall behind/above my washer as the permanent location.
This is my temporary holding container. A permanent storage container with float valve is in the works.
The water pressure in my apartment is horrible. I will likely end up having to add a booster pump at some point to increase production. Right now, the best part is that my water bill is included in my rent!
I use this RO/DI unit
http://www.melevsreef.com/rodi.html
I hooked the unit up with a Y-adapter off the cold water in my laundry room.
All the brass parts in this picture are available at your local hardware store.
I used a brass garden hose to 1/4" tubing adapter that I picked up at Home Depot for around $5.
This is a temporary location for the filter set up. I will likely hang it on the wall behind/above my washer as the permanent location.
This is my temporary holding container. A permanent storage container with float valve is in the works.
The water pressure in my apartment is horrible. I will likely end up having to add a booster pump at some point to increase production. Right now, the best part is that my water bill is included in my rent!
I use this RO/DI unit
http://www.melevsreef.com/rodi.html
08trdoffroad;5073118; said:the best part is that my water bill is included in my rent!
L O L
Haha that is awesome...everytime people want to get a house with me I tell them "water and electricity should be included"
08trdoffroad;5073118; said:I live in an apartment too.
I hooked the unit up with a Y-adapter off the cold water in my laundry room.
All the brass parts in this picture are available at your local hardware store.
I used a brass garden hose to 1/4" tubing adapter that I picked up at Home Depot for around $5.
This is a temporary location for the filter set up. I will likely hang it on the wall behind/above my washer as the permanent location.
This is my temporary holding container. A permanent storage container with float valve is in the works.
The water pressure in my apartment is horrible. I will likely end up having to add a booster pump at some point to increase production. Right now, the best part is that my water bill is included in my rent!
I use this RO/DI unit
http://www.melevsreef.com/rodi.html
Great pics. This is the type of thing I was thinking/referring to.
FLESHY;5073981; said:L O L
Haha that is awesome...everytime people want to get a house with me I tell them "water and electricity should be included"
Find me a place that includes electricity and I'm in.
I finished up my holding reservoir during my last few days off, I will post up those pics for you to see when I get a chance...
I set up my unit just like trdoffroard did, in my laundry room. It feeds to a 55g storage barrel in a coat closet across the hall 
Here's the quote from my thread:
Here's the quote from my thread:
jcardona1;5063836; said:Got the RO/DI system hooked up. Thanks again to www.thefilterguys.biz. Second time I've ordered from them. Their products and service are top notch! I picked up the 5 stage Ocean Reef +1 unit, and hooked it up to the chloramine filter I bought from them some time ago. So I'm essentially running a 7 stage RO/DI unit
Hookup was a breeze. The unit started producing pure water in no time, with no leaks at all. Here's a quick rundown of all that is going on for those that are new to RO/DI units (this is my first one as well). a
*in order of water flow*
1. GAC Chloramine cartridge (granular activated carbon)
2. GAC Chloramine cartridge (granular activated carbon)
3. 5 micron poly sediment filter
4. 5 Micron Matrikx NSF rated CTO/2 Workhorse carbon block
5. 0.6 Micron Matrikx NSF rated chlorine guzzler carbon block
6. Dow Filmtec 75gpd RO membrane
7. DI cartridge w/ refillable resin
*misc*
8. Pressure gauge for water going into RO membrane
9. Inline dual TDS meter (measures straight tapwater and water before RO membrane)
10. Inline dual TDS meter (measures water after RO membrane, and after DI filter)
Waste water is going into my laundry drain. Maybe in the near future I can figure out a better use for it so I'm not wasting so much water.
And here's some photos of the TDS meters in action:
Tapwater straight from the faucet
After passing through the RO membrane
And after the last stage, the DI filter. Purest water you can get. 0ppm TDS!!!
