Mixing Station Valves

Ippyroy · Jan 21, 2020

I am getting ready to build my saltwater mixing station. I will be using Brute Cans and a Pan World 50PX. My question is about the quality of ball valves. The ones that will be turning on and off the RODI lines, would it be safe to use cheap big box hardware ball valves? I will use the higher grade ones for the saltwater pipes. TIA

Peace River · Jan 21, 2020

While we wait for others to jump in, you may want to check out this thread for ideas:

Let’s Mix it Up! Designing and Using a Water Mixing Station

Let’s Mix it Up! Designing and Using a Water Mixing Station Let’s Mix it Up! There is one undeniable fact in this hobby – WE ALL NEED WATER! In fact, two types of water. Clean fresh water (FW) run through a quality RODI system and the obvious saltwater (SW). Secondly, we all know what a...

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mike550 · Jan 21, 2020

Ippyroy said:
I am getting ready to build my saltwater mixing station. I will be using Brute Cans and a Pan World 50PX. My question is about the quality of ball valves. The ones that will be turning on and off the RODI lines, would it be safe to use cheap big box hardware ball valves? I will use the higher grade ones for the saltwater pipes. TIA

I’m using inexpensive valves on my RODI lines as there isn’t a lot of pressure and they are downstream from a much better valve where it taps into the water line. But I also turn off my water supply when I’m not making RODI water.