Doug's 250, now 300, in wall build

[Gti_Leo]

whats the TDS before the RO filter?

 

[Gti_Leo]

Can you imagine doing what you're doing using declorinated tap water? I tried for years back in the 80's and brother it don't work.

were RO units out in the 80s?

 

[Gti_Leo]

Dual Inline TDS Meter DM-1 HM Digital

considering this investment for my RO/DI unit, might go pick it up after work this week sometime

 

[Cichlid-dude]

Thats the one i have

 

[Gregcoyote]

were RO units out in the 80s?

Nope. In freshwater we used rainwater when we could. For saltwater we just declorinated tap water and wondered why algae covered everything.

 

[mr_X]

whats the TDS before the RO filter?

256 the last time I checked. my water is terrible here. I won't drink it. I don't even put it in the dog bowl.

 

[Sniperhank]

I'm in a similar boat until I move. Awful water that has cow manure that leaks from a corn field into spring and cistern. There are literally chunks stuck to the old filters.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Same here, river water. TDS of 210.

 

[Gti_Leo]

i've never checked mine but ours is pretty bad also, my town is fed of of wells and we get the nice red iron rings around our toilets. when i change my RO/DI filters my pre filters are rust coloured.

by the end of the year we will have city water, but still for a town full of multi million dollar houses to have the crap water we have is just wrong

 

[mr_X]

I have city water. It's just that this township doesn't know diddly about how to produce clean water. When i bought this house 2 years ago I got a letter in the mail from the township labeled "second notice" and it said that my water used to have E. Coli in it (from human feces) and some other stuff I can't remember.....but they said they corrected that, and that we shouldn't have trouble any more but if we do, to call the water dept. and they will come out and test it.
My water stains the toilet and tub very quickly, and it smells like chlorine. Oddly enough though, if I leave it in the dog bowl just over night, the next morning it will have a skin coat on the surface like it went stagnant. Freaky.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Certainly not for a reef tank if not good enough for you.

 

[Gti_Leo]

I have city water. It's just that this township doesn't know diddly about how to produce clean water. When i bought this house 2 years ago I got a letter in the mail from the township labeled "second notice" and it said that my water used to have E. Coli in it (from human feces) and some other stuff I can't remember.....but they said they corrected that, and that we shouldn't have trouble any more but if we do, to call the water dept. and they will come out and test it.
My water stains the toilet and tub very quickly, and it smells like chlorine. Oddly enough though, if I leave it in the dog bowl just over night, the next morning it will have a skin coat on the surface like it went stagnant. Freaky.

thats friggen gross

yeah we don't have an issue with that although if you leave it in a bowl or bottle and it evaporates you can ee a creamy bit of resedue, not alot but still there. i only drink RO or bottled water, i have a 5 stage in my kitchen and a 6 stage DI for my reef. if i had a freshwater i would probably just take a tap off before my RO membrane as freshwater needs some minerals that the RO membrane pulls out that our salt mixes have.

either way its RO or bottled, though they say RO and distilled are not always good for human consumption as you don't get the minerals that the water may have that the body can use, so if you do drink RO or distilled take a daily multi vitamin

 

[Gregcoyote]

I've fixed the problem by rarely drinking water... :O

 

[Gti_Leo]

so i guess you vodka dose your system too

 

[Dary421]

I've fixed the problem by rarely drinking water... :O

Prob by vodka dosing

 

[Gregcoyote]

Sorry, orange soda.

 

[Dary421]

Sorry, orange soda.

Yeah right!!!! ..... Boy,..I thought San Diego water sucked but after hearing you guys talk about your water ,.suddenly , San Diego water is starting to feel like pure mountain stream water,.... I remember an old girl friend who lived bout twenty miles from here,...her water was almost pure white coming out of the tap,....scary !!!

 

[Bige]

My Tds is around 106 with 114 psi. A lot if our local guys use the tap water with prime. But our water is from an aquifer and its real high in calcium.

 

[Gti_Leo]

jeeze 114 PSI thats huge pressure, does your RO filter work properly and if so i'm guessing you're making double the output lol so rather then 100gpd its more like 200

 

[Bige]

I have a five stage spectra pure and they told me not to run the stock system at that high of pressure. But do run it at 80 psi per the gauge but I do get 2:1 ratio. They have a kit for higher pressure which I will upgrade to when I go to buy new filters. They said I would get 1:1 ratio.