Help with making drinking water.

[reeferfoxx]

Hey everyone! Long time no see. Life has changed for many of us and especially me as I've recently moved. Actually, I moved from the city to the country. I now live on 60 acres of land. However, i'm not on well water but the county water. The tap water here is measuring 350+ TDS and smells more of chlorine than a swimming pool. It's actually pretty bad tasting to boot. Anyway, I've looked at BRS videos and various other videos demonstrating pressurized RO tanks with 3-way splitters, check valves, etc. But, I have the RODI system in the laundry room for ease of access to make saltwater. At this moment, channeling the tubing through the walls into the kitchen is not an option. So, my thoughts were to add a 3-way ball valve to sort of bypass the DI stage and just have RO water for drinking. I could then fill a 2.5 gallon container and store it in the fridge.

Here is my setup. I did have to add a booster pump as the tap water only spits out 40psi.

My thoughts were I could add the 3-way ball valve after the RO membrane and I almost tried it, but the auto shut-off valve made me pause for a moment as well as the booster pump lol. Please tell me how I can create a separate line for RO water. Thanks!

 

[cmaxwell39]

Your DI canister will be post the auto shut off valve, so if you add your 3 way valve in between the auto shut off and the DI canister (should have the post membrane/pre DI sensor for your TDS meter in it) you would get just RO water at that point.

 

[reeferfoxx]

Your DI canister will be post the auto shut off valve, so if you add your 3 way valve in between the auto shut off and the DI canister (should have the post membrane/pre DI sensor for your TDS meter in it) you would get just RO water at that point.

Perfect! Thank you

 

[John Smith]

I have a similar set up in which I removed the auto shut-off valve. The line is split after the RO membrane. One goes through the carbon polishing filter for drinking. The other one goes through the DI stage for aquarium use. Originally, I just timed it and asked Siri to set a reminder but I have since automated the RO/DI with an Arduino. The micro controller sets timers to control 4 solenoids valves. Two solenoids are connected in series to the RO inlet to open/close water source. Two solenoids connected in parallel to the RO outlet to switch between drinking and aquarium. I don't think you can get rid of the booster pump unless you have a reservoir on the roof. Below is my setup in the garage. The DIY controller is posted on GitHub. Here is the link https://github.com/PracticalHomeApp/EcolibriumReef-Arduino

 

[reeferfoxx]

I have a similar set up in which I removed the auto shut-off valve. The line is split after the RO membrane. One goes through the carbon polishing filter for drinking. The other one goes through the DI stage for aquarium use. Originally, I just timed it and asked Siri to set a reminder but I have since automated the RO/DI with an Arduino. The micro controller sets timers to control 4 solenoids valves. Two solenoids are connected in series to the RO inlet to open/close water source. Two solenoids connected in parallel to the RO outlet to switch between drinking and aquarium. I don't think you can get rid of the booster pump unless you have a reservoir on the roof. Below is my setup in the garage. The DIY controller is posted on GitHub. Here is the link https://github.com/PracticalHomeApp/EcolibriumReef-Arduino

That's a nice setup!