Joe31415
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When I originally set up my fancy mixing area in my basement, I plumbed a water pipe and a GFCI outlet to a convient spot near a sink. Had the RODI water going into a 55g Husky bin and the discharge water in the sink drain. Along with 4 GFCI outlets for whatever pumps and heaters I may need.
After about a week I realized it would make a lot more sense to have all this directly under my tank so I could run my ATO and AWC through the floor. It's, maybe, 30 feet away. So I know have the RODI system still next to the sink, the output line goes up to the ceiling/floor joists, over the "mixing area" and with some valves and Y fittings, is split between the ATO, Huksy garbage bin and one or two other buckets (future proofing and all that).
In any case, I feel like production has slowed down. But I haven't measured, in fact, it's not even like production has slowed down, it feels (or sounds) like there's more wastewater. My gut says it's because there's more pressure (not head pressure, just pressure from pushing through the tube since the tube goes down at least as much as it goes up) on the RODI side of things than on the waste side. My gut also tells me I'm probably wrong since it'll still fill a 5 gallon bucket in an hour or two, even all the way across the room.
So, is this a thing or am I just overthinking it. While water costs just about nothing in my area (I'm in Milwaukee, we have a large body of freshwater close by), I'd still rather not be wasting it or having this all take longer than it needs to.
[Rest of this unrelated to my main question]
Also, a fun fact I learned, if the RODI hose sits directly in the saltwater, even if you turn off the water at the source it'll back siphon. A few gallons of salt water back siphoning through the resin will ruin it short order. I know shut off a valve on the output side of the rodi in addition to the source. Though I think I'm going to add some check valves instead because I want to put the RODI on a timer (like a timer that attaches to a garden hose) so I can turn it on for X minutes and not have to check it every 20 minutes to make sure it's not overfilling.
After about a week I realized it would make a lot more sense to have all this directly under my tank so I could run my ATO and AWC through the floor. It's, maybe, 30 feet away. So I know have the RODI system still next to the sink, the output line goes up to the ceiling/floor joists, over the "mixing area" and with some valves and Y fittings, is split between the ATO, Huksy garbage bin and one or two other buckets (future proofing and all that).
In any case, I feel like production has slowed down. But I haven't measured, in fact, it's not even like production has slowed down, it feels (or sounds) like there's more wastewater. My gut says it's because there's more pressure (not head pressure, just pressure from pushing through the tube since the tube goes down at least as much as it goes up) on the RODI side of things than on the waste side. My gut also tells me I'm probably wrong since it'll still fill a 5 gallon bucket in an hour or two, even all the way across the room.
So, is this a thing or am I just overthinking it. While water costs just about nothing in my area (I'm in Milwaukee, we have a large body of freshwater close by), I'd still rather not be wasting it or having this all take longer than it needs to.
[Rest of this unrelated to my main question]
Also, a fun fact I learned, if the RODI hose sits directly in the saltwater, even if you turn off the water at the source it'll back siphon. A few gallons of salt water back siphoning through the resin will ruin it short order. I know shut off a valve on the output side of the rodi in addition to the source. Though I think I'm going to add some check valves instead because I want to put the RODI on a timer (like a timer that attaches to a garden hose) so I can turn it on for X minutes and not have to check it every 20 minutes to make sure it's not overfilling.
