greenfish
Aquarium Advice FINatic
My 100GPD RO/DI was reduced to a drip. It has been fairly cool here at night. My RO/DI is in the garage. I assumed the cold was probably effecting my production.
While surfing the web, I came accross this site:
http://www.melevsreef.com/ro_di.html
It states the following trick:
I tried it and now my RO/DI is producing like crazy! If you are having troubles with yours this winter, I HIGHLY recommend you try this!
While surfing the web, I came accross this site:
http://www.melevsreef.com/ro_di.html
It states the following trick:
Melevsreef.com said:When your source water is very cold, RO units tend to slow down in production rate. They are designed to run with water that is closer to 78° F, which just happens to match our aquariums. Here's a neat trick that will get things back up to speed during the colder months:
Replace the tubing that leads from your cold water pipe to the unit with a 25' long piece. Coil as much of that tubing inside a 5 gallon bucket and fill the bucket up with water so the coils are submerged. Put an aquarium heater in the bucket and set it to 78° F. The heater will keep the bucket water at that temperature, and that water will warm up the water traveling through the tubing to your RO/DI unit. Production rates will jump back to normal.
I tried it and now my RO/DI is producing like crazy! If you are having troubles with yours this winter, I HIGHLY recommend you try this!