RODI Mistake

[rapid]

for $40 go get a electric shutoff valve and put in line with the in coming water to the rodi using a float switch that acts like a relay opening and closing contacts internally to break the hot wire to the electric shut off valve ! easy peasy

 

[DaR333]

I do have a controller timer that does the auto flush before and after production and i believe every 8 hours while producing

 

[holdthecoffee]

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[TriggerFinger]

Did it again....turned on rodi to fill 5g and left it on ALL night....

 

[Kris 2020]

So normally I have my rodi into 5 gallon buckets, approx an hour to fill, today I forgot it was on and went out for a few hours, I'd say 15-20 gallons on the floor..Luckily it's basement.

I put mine on a hose timer, like the kind you would use for outdoor watering.

 

[homer1475]

Nope never done any of those.

The worst was turning on my RO/DI to flush, and forgetting about it till 3 days later. Pretty sure the membrane is well flushed now. lol

 

[EricR]

Old thread but this just happened, so...

My 32 gallon Brute has 1" PVC with ball valve near bottom to extract RODI (usually into 5 gallon Sparkletts jugs).

Started a batch of RODI a bit ago and didn't notice I had left the ball valve OPEN on the Brute ... caught it about an hour later so not too bad but,,, duh!!!

 

[moz71]

Did this too many times to remember so got a 55 gal drum. And installed simple pressure float valve the stops the flow. Best thing I ever did as I am extremely forgetful.

 

[Smoke-Town]

Yeah I left mine on last night too for a few hours and forgot while filling a 5g container... must've been 20 gallons on the newly remodeled wood plank kitchen floor. I've flooded 5 different houses a hundred times each over the last decade. Lol. I'm finally working on building a fish room with an automated storage system. Getting started now... hard to find a good deal on 50g plus water containers so who knows how many more gallons I'll flood the house with before this gets done.