Just bought an RO system... a few questions.

[Neuronaut]

I just bought an under the sink reverse osmosis system. Does anyone out there know anything about these? It came with its own faucet... which i thought it would be able to connect to my existing faucet... can it not? What i really want to be able to do is somehow hook up a water hose to the RO system so i can get the water to my 55 gallon res. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Neuronaut]

thanks for the advise about the charcoal filter. I'll keep that in mind. Is it easy to tell if it is wearing out or not? I can't run the tubing directly to my resevoir because of the location of the grow room and the water supply. But thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping that i could hook it up to my bathroom sink using the existing faucet and then find a water hose adapter for the faucet to hook up to it when needed.

 

[Neuronaut]

The installation directions that came with this thing SUCK!!!! I'm a little pissed.

 

[Guest]

from what iv heard R/O water dosent have a Ph and that you need to add ph to it.

 

[Vern Equinox]

RO water is the cat's ass, but it does have one major drawback; to fill that 55 gal drum, you'll lose 4-5 times that amount in wastewater...ouch!

 

[mybeans420]

The installation directions that came with this thing SUCK!!!! I'm a little pissed.

I know what you mean, i'm in the middle of installing one myself.

just a thought..... could you run a line under your house? you would only need about a 1/4" hole for the tubing on both ends.

 

[Neuronaut]

i bought an upgraded one with something called a permeate (sp?) pump this is said to decrease waste water by up to 80%.
Here is the exact one i bought...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=4460168604

 

[Darkness]

how do you add ph??

All water has a pH

 

[Neuronaut]

thanks man.... i just wish that my tap water wasnt so damn bad... this RO shit seems like its going to be more trouble than its actually worth. My tap is like 500-700 ppm though... and theres no way i can use that. I wonder how much is going to cost me to pump out about 60 gallons of RO water a week on my water bill? I hate wasting that much water....

 

[Neuronaut]

Maybe i could delute my regular tap with RO water to an acceptable ppm level... how high is to high? Anyone know?

 

[igotpron]

wow all that reading up on a ro unit makes me say, well i guess my tap water isnt thaaaaaaaaat bad. who cares about 400ppm water and a ph of like 8 anda half. haha thanks for the read GH didnt know all the science behind a ro unit.

 

[Guest]

my tap is around 300ppm and from waht heard you should not worry about you tap if its under 400ppm because most of those ppm are stuff plants cant use and should not be counted.

 

[Dreamscape]

Who can list off some tried and true , easy to use and durable RO Units ... I was looking at the same exact unit off of ebay that he bought but i'm not so sure at this point...

Whaddya guys think eh ??

~Dream

 

[Guest]

use the star water filter, them things work just as good as an R/O system.

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=G

 

[Dreamscape]

Thanks for the info blast ... Can anyone else out there testify to this as well ?? I figure the more "Yes thats as goods" I get the better ...