Automatic topoff to ATO topoff?

[West1]

I’m sure the question has been asked before but I can’t find much in the search engine.

I have a 15gl RODI reservoir for my 525xl and would like to avoid rolling a brute trash can through my house from the garage multiple times a week (WC & topoff).
Not much I can do about WC unless I go auto WC (which I don’t want to do).

Anyone have some type of contraption that fills up ATO reservoir from RODI overstock?

I’m hoping for some type of booster pump that can push/pull from a brute can without the RODI system connected? I plan to add an emergency exit in the event of a float switch going bad.

I do have the Tunze switch socket outlet 3150.110 to connect to 3155 ATO and a pump of my choice, I just hesitate due to the amount of water that “could” if something were to fail, plus the size emergency drain I would need to do in my floor or wall (which is the icing on the cake).

Thanks!

 

[blaxsun]

Do you have a float/ATS for your RODI system that you can install in the brute?

 

[West1]

Do you have a float/ATS for your RODI system that you can install in the brute?

I do have float switches in my brute cans but I don’t want to go through tons of resin and sediment just for rolling a ATO brute can. I want the brute reservoir to fill my 15gl ATO if that makes sense.

 

[blaxsun]

I do have float switches in my brute cans but I don’t want to go through tons of resin and sediment just for rolling a ATO brute can. I want the brute reservoir to fill my 15gl ATO if that makes sense.

So you want to run a pump from the brute to your 15-gallon RO reservoir then?

 

[West1]

So you want to run a pump from the brute to your 15-gallon RO reservoir then?

Correct.
Ideal is RODI 1/4 tubing, hence the want of a booster pump.
I have the triple DI in my garage where my 40gl brute cans sit and have the crawl access where I would run the brute line through to my foyer (roughly 25’ away).

 

[blaxsun]

What are you currently running for your ATO? Any controller like Neptune?

 

[West1]

What are you currently running for your ATO? Any controller like Neptune?

No Apex, just the 3155. I have the hydros controller.

 

[Doctorgori]

I had a similar setup with a universal res for like 4 tanks, but I used a combination of the Neptune ATK with their new LLS thing …
Not familiar with Hydros gear but my inclination is to say “yes”

 

[West1]

I had a similar setup with a universal res for like 4 tanks, but I used a combination of the Neptune ATK with their new LLS thing …
Not familiar with Hydros gear but my inclination is to say “yes”

Universal res? Not familiar with that, what is it exactly?

 

[Doctorgori]

Universal res? Not familiar with that, what is it exactly?

“Universal” = common …in other words I had one large res feeding several tanks. I refilled the Res with a RO and a LLS, float switches, optical switches and solenoids…all controlled by a Apex …..I’ll spare you the boring details…
pardon the spelling. I can’t spell reservoir and Apples spell checker is absolute crap i.e. “no replacements found”

 

[West1]

“Universal” = common …in other words I had one large res feeding several tanks. I refilled the Res with a RO and a LLS, float switches, optical switches and solenoids…all controlled by a Apex …..I’ll spare you the boring details…
pardon the spelling. I can’t spell reservoir and Apples spell checker is absolute crap i.e. “no replacements found”

Res as in RODI resin but a universal resin? The abbreviation of res is what I’m not familiar with.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I think he's shortening reservoir

 

[West1]

I think he's shortening reservoir

Ahh yes, now I see it, it’s as clear as saltwater now Lol.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

You're getting plenty of feedback and suggestions.

I do something similar, but accomplished with an apex.

I fill a 55g drum with rodi water? That gets filled either based on day of week or if it gets too low it triggers the rodi unit to kick on. I'm also concerned with tds creep so I try to minimize when the rodi unit kicks on and off. The 55g drum has a level sensor, a float switch and a float valve for triple redundancy to prevent a flood.

Then I have a 10 gallon rodi water reservoir next to the tank and it has a float switch at the top to tell apex when it's full. Then twice a day I have a bilge pump push water from the 55g drum to the 10g reservoir next to the tank. I have a 300g display so it needs to be filled twice a day.

This set up has saved me many times when the ato gets stuck on for what ever reason it only pumps what ever is left in the 10g reservoir rather than 55g.