Help Save My Marriage !

[Paul B]

I have a DIY flood, water shut off under everything including my water heater.

I run the water through an electric valve that needs power to stay open. If the power goes out, the valve closes.
I connect that to a GFCI. I take the neutral wire and ground from the GFCI and stick them into a sponge on the floor.

If it gets wet, the GFCI shuts off killing the power to the valve which closes. I have been using these for many years since they invented GFCIs.

 

[Albertan22]

 

[ADAM]

If you have an Apex, GHL, or similar you can get fancy with float switches and solenoids but the above should work just fine. My RO storage tank has been solely reliant on the above linked float fill valves for years without issue (knock on wood). When I get around to adding the float switches to my controller I will continue to use a mechanical fill valve as a safety.

 

[RMS18]

Best solution is definitely and Auto Shut Off kit posted here. A float valve will definitely prevent the flooding but an ASO will shut the flow down entirely. With just the float valve your unit will continue to send water right down the drain until you remember to shut it off yourself. Which if you're like me you forget often.

Yes! I agree and am like you so the Aso seems to be critical in addition to the float.

 

[RMS18]

Yes thank you for the video! That was my next step, R2R members are awesome!

 

[RMS18]

If you have an Apex, GHL, or similar you can get fancy with float switches and solenoids but the above should work just fine. My RO storage tank has been solely reliant on the above linked float fill valves for years without issue (knock on wood). When I get around to adding the float switches to my controller I will continue to use a mechanical fill valve as a safety.

Yes I do have Apex but it is no where near the mixing station.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I have this and the shut off valve hooked up with just a float valve in the Brute container. Also part of both my top off containers. Saved my life. Especially the inexpensive water timer plumbed in. Took minutes, saved gallons.

 

[Billdogg]

I use a float valve on my 55g barrel in the basement. It was supplied with my RODI and has worked flawlessly. Well, except the couple of times I've bumped it and raised the shutoff point. So now, in addition to the float valve, I have a 1/2" cpvc emergency drain that dumps into my utility sink.

You haven't lived yet if your wife hasn't come running up the stairs asking why the 3 day old carpeting in the finished basement and her craft room floor both have water standing on them. IMHO, no fishroom is complete without a readily available shopvac!

 

[RCS82]

I use this. Its a couple extra bucks but I can move it between different containers easily and it is real simple and easy

 

[ADAM]

Yes I do have Apex but it is no where near the mixing station.

A multitude of things you could do, with the aquabus extension cables you could get an Apex connection close to the water station. Then you could add an ATK, LDK, FMM ,or mixture of these for control and/or monitoring. Plenty of different options available but simplest I can think of would be the ATK to control water level and LDK with floor sensors to monitor the surrounding area for water leakage.

I’m sure someone could help you design and how to connect/ program the pieces in no time thru the Controller Sub-forum. I could try but probably take twice the materials, time, and trial and errors before it worked!

 

[KrisReef]

... by helping me put and end to flooding my garage. Definitely click bait the wife just shakes her head when I flood the garage.. but I know she's keeping count in her head, so when she bangs and dents a wall in the house I can't say anything.

I need help figuring out an automated way to stop over flowing my mixing station. In good flood this once a week, I get distracted with work, the cat, food, or the tank.

Here is my setup, how would I incorporate a float valve or a way to kill the water flow with the cleanest set up possible?

Get rid of the spouse and you will have more time and room for another tank.

(Click bate answer)

Or get a float switch.

 

[KrisReef]

... by helping me put and end to flooding my garage. Definitely click bait the wife just shakes her head when I flood the garage.. but I know she's keeping count in her head, so when she bangs and dents a wall in the house I can't say anything.

I need help figuring out an automated way to stop over flowing my mixing station. In good flood this once a week, I get distracted with work, the cat, food, or the tank.

Here is my setup, how would I incorporate a float valve or a way to kill the water flow with the cleanest set up possible?

Get rid of the spouse and you will have more time and room for another tank.

(Click bate answer)

Or get a float switch.

 

[Dennis Cartier]

They key to avoiding a flood is redundancy. In my Brute, I have a float switch and use the Flood Guardian. I was using an Avast Barrel Tender, but it developed a leak and both started refilling too often and eventaully stopped turning the RODI off all together. My backup float switch stopped it anyway. At the RODI unit itself, I have a leak kit installed that flows all water through a solenoid that gets closed if water is detected on the floor. Finally in the RODI itself, I have a Flush Kit installed to auto flush the membrane both on startup and every 30 minutes of use to prevent TDS creep.

 

[ZoWhat]

 

[RMS18]

I have a DIY flood, water shut off under everything including my water heater.

I run the water through an electric valve that needs power to stay open. If the power goes out, the valve closes.
I connect that to a GFCI. I take the neutral wire and ground from the GFCI and stick them into a sponge on the floor.

If it gets wet, the GFCI shuts off killing the power to the valve which closes. I have been using these for many years since they invented GFCIs.

Clever!

 

[RMS18]

I use this. Its a couple extra bucks but I can move it between different containers easily and it is real simple and easy

Whaoo this looks awesome because I don't always fill my water container all the way up. Sometimes o only want 10-20 gallons. You sir may have solved this issue perfectly for my application.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Perhaps you and the wife should have discussed this first !!

 

[RMS18]

All set! I picked up a rodi guardian and saved 10% for presidents day!

 

[TheKyle]

I’ll just add don’t buy the cheapest float valve you can find. The one I bought off amazon has failed multiple times flooding my basement. My wife hates it too. A few extra dollars for a quality valve is worth it!

 

[phatduckk]

Awesome thank you for the link. Nothing is needed at the valve near water supply? Or I'm guessing it should be turned off at the water supply once filled?

Which unit do you have? Look up the description on Brs and see if it comes with the shut off valve. I think their deluxe units all do.

if it does all you need is the float. If it doesn’t you need the float and the shut off.

either way. Check out this videohttps://youtu.be/ssa6njb5nV4 for the gist.

also if you just call them they’ll tell you all the stuff you need. It’s legit very simple. I set mine up in minutes with zero previous experience.