Concerns about a RO/DI unit in my apartment

[Flippers4pups]

I have tons of room to mount the system on the wall and tons of room to put a 5 gallon bucket or larger in there with it can I just install a float in the 5 gallon bucket?

Yes. I've done that as well in the past.

 

[Fritzhamer]

Yup!

 

[WIReefer]

Yup!

Awesome I'm going to do that!

 

[stevieduk]

So I'm looking at purchasing a RO/DI unit for my apartment my concerns are will it work? I have tons of space under my kitchen sink and some room under my bathroom sink. I do not have a washer and dryer in my unit. But I will be living in a apartment for a while is there a way I can do this?

I have mine under my kitchen sink , plumbed into my cold water pipe. waste or bad water goes down the drain, good water goes into 25 lt / 5 gallon barrels. takes about a hour to fill each one. one tip , always use a cooking timer to remind you that the hour is up , to avoid a wet floor

 

[Bob Escher]

I also live in a apartment and wanted to know if using and putting it in a closet is a good idea? will it grow mold or anything like that? i am sure this is not good for the media filters? if you were to put it away and use it every 3-4 days to make new rodi water, do you flush all the water out or just leave the water in the canisters with the media?

I live in a condo there's no room to speak of I have my RO/DI under my kitchen sink in the cabinet. I got it from BRS. It's a six stage. The waste link I drilled a hole into the drain. The input goes onto my faucet ( unscrew the filter and away you go and of course the good line goes into my bucket
No problems

 

[T Carey]

So I'm looking at purchasing a RO/DI unit for my apartment my concerns are will it work? I have tons of space under my kitchen sink and some room under my bathroom sink. I do not have a washer and dryer in my unit. But I will be living in a apartment for a while is there a way I can do this?

I have the 6 stage BRS system. I use it once a month or so. I fill several 5 gal containers so I don't have to set it up very often. I have an adapter that connects it to the kitchen sink as a water source and use the sink drains. I separate the DI canisters from the RO unit by removing the hose at the junction. Once a year I have to trim 1/2 inch off of the hose do to wear. The rest of the time it is stored in the garage. Since I can set the 5 gal containers in the sink I don't worry about over filling them. I set a kitchen timer to let me know when a container is about full so I can go about my business till it is time to switch containers.

 

[dangros]

I did mine in the bathroom sink for many years with several apartments. My main advice is to not trust the float valve. Always shut off your rodi unit when you've made enough. My float valve failed once, while I was at work. The owner called me asking why his apt (below mine) was leaking water. Not a fun experience.

 

[Brian W]

I hooked my unit up at my house using the bathroom cold water line with a plastic mur-lok fitting that had a valve and went to a 3/8" ro tubing. It was nice and worked like a champ until it started slowly leaking when the valve was shut.

I have since moved to an apartment and purchased a John Guest Angle Stop Valve. I put tons of teflon tape on it and so far with no leak to this day in a month now.
I have it under my kitchen sink. I highly recommend this valve

 

[Amps Reef Life]

You can attach it via a faucet adapter or semi-permanently install it under the sink with a John Guest Angle Stop Valve. I got mine from BRS.

I use this exact same thing. I have this setup under my sink in my bathroom. I have a brute trash can with the screw on wheel base. I've been using that setup for over two years. Very easy to do and easy to take with you when you move. I have a 80,45 and 36 gallon on the third floor. I have to RO/DI unit from BRS water super saver. Wish I had some pictures to post.

 

[JoshH]

I rent as well and didn't have a spot for an under the cabinet set up so....

I love the ease of access, I currently only need 5 Gal for a water change so I just drop a bucket under the sink, toss the output pipe in and turn the valve on in the cabinet. (It is plumbed into the cold water line with a JG valve) (Long blue hose was ran directly to my QT tank for the first fill at the time, use a MUCH shorter one now for the bucket)

 

[Kodock]

Hook up a tube to this and fill it up in the tub. You dont lose access to the shower head.