Please tell me I'm not the only one

40Gallon · Jan 20, 2016

I use a portable ro/di unit that I hook up to my basement sink, 150 gph. I fill up 5 gallon buckets which usually take 30-40 minutes each. I'm good at remembering to go down & switch them out. Monday night I set it up & started to watch a game on TV. 3 hours later flood on my basement floor. Luckily a have a decent drain there. Still very wet.

Anyone else ever do this or similar??

saltyfilmfolks · Jan 20, 2016

Yes.
I like beer too.

dbl · Jan 20, 2016

You're not the only one.

143MPCo · Jan 20, 2016

dbl said:
You're not the only one.

2nd that...

bmac16 · Jan 20, 2016

Your not the only one, and atleast you have a basement with drain...... I flooded my living room with 20+ gallons while fishing

143MPCo · Jan 20, 2016

bmac16 said:
I flooded my living room with 20+ gallons

well................. You're not the only one.

I've done both, living room and basement.

buzzword · Jan 20, 2016

I've done both basement on carpet and now the garage. Have to set a timer now, wife is over the flooding.

shovelhead · Jan 20, 2016

Kitchen, bathroom, and basement. Wife knows about half of the incidents, lol.

p.pep85 · Jan 20, 2016

fell asleep one night 7 hours later. i went swimming!

WilRams · Jan 20, 2016

Overnight....

pondman · Jan 20, 2016

Guarantee your not only one I've done it more times than I care to tell about.all part of the hobby I guess remember stuff happens.

Aussie paul · Jan 20, 2016

Set up a inline solenoid valve connected to a hang on float switch to stop it filling. A low voltage 12v connected to a transformer will do the trick

40Gallon · Jan 20, 2016

Well I'll be honest I feel slightly better but from now on it's timer on my iphone

rossco · Jan 21, 2016

I put the 5 gallon bucket in the kitchen sink. That way if it overflows it just goes down the drain.

MillerR. · Jan 21, 2016

Ha! I've fallen asleep. Left house. Did not confirm tube was in ATO container etc. and I do these thing regularly sometimes in the same week!Purple Tip Shaggy Acro

MillerR. · Jan 21, 2016

Ha! I've fallen asleep, left house, did not confirm tube was in ATO container etc. and I do these thing regularly sometimes in the same week

cmcoker · Jan 21, 2016

Yes several times, now I have a brute trash can with a push connect union for the rodi to hook in to a float valve. Best $45 I've spent.

Flashy Fins · Jan 21, 2016

I have my unit hooked up in the bathroom, where I fill 5 gallon buckets. I flood the floor 40% of the time, but it's usually a gallon or less and never more than a few gallons. It just seems like part of the process now.

thabizness · Jan 21, 2016

To many times to count. Worst was starting RODI at 5PM, going to sleep that night, go to work and come home go to basement and find water running to the drain.
I need to get a float switch

maroun.c · Jan 21, 2016

Never done this. (Still didn't do the drain in basement

)
luckily it overflows in the garage once it reaches around 1.5 inch deep. woke up to a very wet garage and a clean basement floor.
Since then added automated the RODI so it shuts down when the mixing station is full.