BRS 6 Stage RO/DI and Drinking water

[AZReef13]

I'm looking into this system and was wondering if anyone had any feedback with it? I live in a townhome and have limited space for a RO system, so this dual function would help greatly.

Thanks for all feedback.

 

[piranhaman00]

You can modify it with simple ball valves to run RO water to a drinking reservoir. Just dont drink water that goes through the DI.

 

[Greybeard]

I'm using a system from AirWaterIce that does both... Works great.

5g pressure tank from RO filter feeds drinking water faucet, cold water in fridge door, two icemakers... Nice, clean water.

DI feeds straight to mixing station/ATO system.

I started with the standard Hurricane dual home/reef system. Added a 2nd carbon block, 2 more DI carts (3 stage DI), and a pressure booster pump. With normal maintenance, the system keeps up with our demand, no problems.

 

[AZMSGT]

Only buy what you need, you might be able to get away with a smaller system depending on the water in your community. Get a water report from your local water treatment plant or city. Once you have the report in hand CALL BRS and talk to a RODI specialist and review what you need with them.

Here is a Map of suppliers to the City of Goodyear (assuming you still live there)

https://www.goodyearaz.gov/home/showdocument?id=1632

Here are some contact phone numbers on this website

Who Provides Your Service? | City of Goodyear

Found an online report

Additional Water Quality Data | City of Goodyear

 

[Porpoise Hork]

You can as suggested add a valved splitter to and also add an alkalinity filter to the RO output side. These increase the PH to 7.6 and Alk to 8-9 depending on the output of the RO. They also add a small amount of minerals like calcium, magnesium and potassium back into the water making it very similar to spring water.

I have used this one and it works great. The TDS from the RO goes from 2-3 to 25 with it added on.

Alkaline Replacement Water Filter Cartridge

 

[NS Mike D]

Only buy what you need, you might be able to get away with a smaller system depending on the water in your community. Get a water report from your local water treatment plant or city. Once you have the report in hand CALL BRS and talk to a RODI specialist and review what you need with them.

yup

I believe the 6 stage is for water supplies with high TDS and uses the extra unit upfront to extend the DI filter's life span.

BRS using filters that remove chloramine. If your supply uses this, and not simple chorine, make sure your filter will remove it (not all do)

Water pressure is important. You need sufficient water pressure for units to work properly and more is usually better, but too much can't break the unit. Make sure you have sufficient pressure. (i think most units require 40psi). 60 psi is the standard the industry uses to measure efficiency - it's just the amount they use to compare models since pressure affect efficiency

water reports are easy to obtain and usually available online.


75 gallons per day seems to be the default rate, but other speeds are available if you need to make more. 50 gpd will leave you waiting longer, so don't bother.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

yup

I believe the 6 stage is for water supplies with high TDS and uses the extra unit upfront to extend the DI filter's life span.

BRS using filters that remove chloramine. If your supply uses this, and not simple chorine, make sure your filter will remove it (not all do)

Water pressure is important. You need sufficient water pressure for units to work properly and more is usually better, but too much can't break the unit. Make sure you have sufficient pressure. (i think most units require 40psi). 60 psi is the standard the industry uses to measure efficiency - it's just the amount they use to compare models since pressure affect efficiency

water reports are easy to obtain and usually available online.


75 gallons per day seems to be the default rate, but other speeds are available if you need to make more. 50 gpd will leave you waiting longer, so don't bother.

Agreed on the 50GPD. Those are really only good for under sink units and cause headaches when needing to filter/mix a large volume of water at once. If you get a 75 GPD unit you can always upgrade it to produce 150 GPD by adding a second RO membrane in water-saver configuration. You can also upgrade the single membrane to a higher GPD unit but in most cases will also need to change out the restriction valve on the waste line as well. No matter what size you get, you really want to look into getting the booster pump as well. it ensures that there is always ample pressure supplied to the RO membrane.

 

[dadnjesse]

In my opinion your better off with more protection. I have the BRS 7 stage. My water is only 95 TDS going in but I am assured zero out.

 

[AZReef13]

I wish I had seperate spot for just a 7 stage, like I said in my current home this dual function. Since I have a 40IM don't need to make that much DI water each week,

Thanks

 

[Erick Armanii]

I purchased the BRS rodi with drinking water. Best investment. It makes clean RO water for me and my family to drink and 0TDS water for the reef.

 

[Erick Armanii]

Also, it didn’t take up much space and I have the RO reservoir and rodi unit located below the sink

 

[AZReef13]

I purchased the BRS rodi with drinking water. Best investment. It makes clean RO water for me and my family to drink and 0TDS water for the reef.

Thanks need to hear, that. Was it difficult to install?

 

[Erick Armanii]

The instructions are pretty straight forward..
Things to consider:
1.)How are you getting rodi water to your tank?
2.)How easy is it to remove the canisters when doing filter changes?


What I did:
1.) at first I was a little intimidated about the idea but this was super easy and would do it again in a heartbeat! I bought 100ft of RODI tubing from amazon, drilled a small hole from the kitchen, beneath the dishwasher, and ran the rodi line to the basement where my tank is. (Afterwards I made a cool mixing station)
2.) With the remaining RODI tubing I added about 4-5 ft to the inlet of the RODI unit so I can easily pull the unit out from the cabinet and rest it on the counter top to replace filters and RO membrane etc etc..