Buy yourself an RODI float valve!

[JZ199]

Just wanted to post some words of wisdom for anyone new to owning an rodi or who can't concentrate on one task for more than 10 minutes lol.

When you buy your RODI system do yourself a favor and buy the $10 float shutoff system! Got sidetracked yesterday after turning mine on, did some stuff around the house and woke up only to panic 30 seconds later and go bursting through the basement door remembering I left it on, probably wasted a ton of my filters life, not to mention got my basement covered in water now! Luckily I didn't have anything valuable besides my toolbox and some tools sitting nearby it's hard to see in the one pic but the garbage can is completely full with water pouring out of it still >:[

 

[Waters]

Man, that sucks. I worry about that all the time since my basement is finished. I have two cans that fill up (one for waste water and one for RO/DI water.) I have come close to forgetting about them but fortunately have been lucky so far lol.

 

[AZDesertRat]

Make sure your RO/DI has an autoshutoff valve (ASOV) installed or the float valve will not work correctly. With the ASOV its shuts off the flow to both the treated line and waste line, without it the float only shuts off the treated line leaving the waste running.

 

[mfinn]

I have several different containers that I fill beside the permanent one.
This is what I made that really helps.

 

[Jimbo662]

Very cool idea attaching it to the plank! I need something like that...can't count the times I "forgot" and flooded my fish room.

 

[mfinn]

I have my main topoff container that has a float valve installed in the side, but occasionally I need other containers filled and don't want to drain my main topoff container. This fits my largest opening ( a 44 gallon brute ) and the smallest opening container.

 

[jservedio]

This is why when I make up water, I toss the container in the bathtub in my 2nd bathroom! If I didn't do that, I imagine I would owe my landlord a pretty petty.

 

[MrDJeep123]

I have my children watch the jugs for me. They seem to be interested in helping. I get to do my other stuff and they get to be helpful by not being in the way. Win, win.

 

[Mike in CT]

I purchased a water alarm that sits on the floor that sounds like a smoke detector if the brute overflows. Only good if your home though!

 

[impur]

I recently picked up one of those floats and rigged up a reservoir. After forgetting about the jug I was filling and flooding my kitchen and dining room, I went to filling the jugs in my laundry tub. I would still forget about them, but no more flood :lol:

 

[cymonous]

I have my Brute and other bucket for filling in an old stand up shower in the basement. No flood if I forget.

Also OP, may not be a good idea to use that spickett on your container. It will leach metals in your water.

 

[swayd]

I forgot I turned it on last weekend and I came home to a kitchen with 1" of water in a second floor apartment! Luckily there is a garage underneath us and no water leaked. I did have to use every towel in the house to clean the mess and wasted a bunch of my filters life!

 

[mfinn]

Sounds like a lot of people could use a ASOV and a float valve.
Seems like it would simplify making ro/di water and save a few floors.lol

Auto Shut Off Kit for Reverse Osmosis Systems - Bulk Reef Supply

 

[AZDesertRat]

My wife banished me to the garage after flooding her kitchen a couple(or more but I will never admit it) times. At first I was still using 5 gallon buckets in the laundry sink so if I forgot it went down the drain. I next bought a digital kitche timer I could wear like a pager and set it to go off before the bucket was full.
I finally installed a 23 gallon Rubbermaid trash can with float switches and a solenoid valve so it has a positive shutoff and I don't have to worry about short cycles depeleting my DI resin.

 

[Frattoniser]

Just one tiny little issue; isn't the brass valve at the bottom of your storage vessel counter-productive, wouldn't a plastic one be better? We have it drummed into us over here that alloys, copper and iron based metals will do no good to the water quality once it's been filtered through and RO/DI system.

I have a 200 litre food quality shortage cylinder that is permanently plumbed in to my RO/DI filter with a float valve; the draw off at the bottom is made out of plastic. I have over 300 US gallons of water to monitor and tend to carry out regular water changes. I do these weekly but on a smaller scale than some do each month, I find it works better for me due to the amount of water required.

 

[Frattoniser]

Just one tiny little issue; isn't the brass valve at the bottom of your storage vessel counter-productive, wouldn't a plastic one be better? We have it drummed into us over here that alloys, copper and iron based metals will do no good to the water quality once it's been filtered through and RO/DI system.

I have a 200 litre food quality shortage cylinder that is permanently plumbed in to my RO/DI filter with a float valve; the draw off at the bottom is made out of plastic. I have over 300 US gallons of water to monitor and tend to carry out regular water changes. I do these weekly but on a smaller scale than some do each month, I find it works better for me due to the amount of water required.

 

[AZDesertRat]

Excellent catch! And you are correct, metals are a No No with RO and RO/DI water.
They make plastic hose bibs, I had one on my last hot water heater, or I used a ball valve on the bottom of my ATO storage container.

 

[mfinn]

I finally installed a 23 gallon Rubbermaid trash can with float switches and a solenoid valve so it has a positive shutoff and I don't have to worry about short cycles depeleting my DI resin.

Does the solenoid valve shut off the water supply going into the ro/di unit?
Do you have a link to one you would recommend?

 

[AZDesertRat]

The solenoid valve shuts off the treated water flow.
I have this solenoid and float switches:
Dual Float Solenoid Valve Controller Assy w/ 1/4in Sol Valve