Zero Water TV advertisment

[alton]

DI removes beneficial minerals that the human body needs to survive. That was the response I received when I contacted Kent Engineering Department several years ago and asked them the question "Can I use my RO/DI system for drinking water?" They said to bypass the DI part for drinking water use.

[captexas]

wow is there any reason youre being rude? I hate people that belittle others. I am sorry I only started saltwater a couple months ago and I am not a GENIUS like you CAPT. Why don't you leave your rude comments to yourself. Isn't that common sense? DUH

Eric - lighten up buddy. This is not the first thread that you seem to be a bit too sensitive or misinterpret what people post. The "duh" was not meant in reference to you, but the information that had been quoted. I'll admit after I had posted I thought the "duh" was a bit much, but again, it was not meant to offend you. I apologize if it did.

[erikharrison]

Point being, never once will you catch me in a thread being rude. If you do, plesae enlighten me. I am used to people that respect each others opinions, not slam their ideas or any information that they may have found. I did research, found out that marine fish need high TDS, and posted. It doesn't constitute one being cynical or rude.

[captexas]

I'm sorry, but someone saying "duh" doesn't constitue being rude and it's not worth getting my pants in a wad over. Again, it was not meant to be rude towards you so let it go Erik. It was more sarcasm about the TDS information related to proper fish keeping than anything else. If you aren't familiar with sarcasm or people joking around (which is very common on here as it's a very comfortable/open environment) then I'm afraid you will continue to be unhappy.

Again, let it go buddy. This thread has been side tracked enough and you already started your other little thread to make yourself feel better, so smile and have a great day.

[brewercm]

Yeah, I think it's Ozarka water that says: "Source: Houston Municipal Water Supply"

I know that we had bought some of the small bottles of water at one point and I did a TDS test on it and it came out to be very low, somewhere around 2 to 3. I was actually surprised that it was that low when I tested it. At the time we were living in Bandera and I'd get my water from one of the machines outside our local Safeway. It's TDS ran in the same area and I used it until I bought my own unit. If you test water coming out of the RO unit and then again after one of the post drinking water filters the TDS goes from near 0 to around 14. I believe those cartridges are nothing more than some sort of filter that puts stuff back into the water that you just cleaned out, I'd just like to know what it is.

I have my system set up to put straight RO water into our holding tank under the sink. From there I have a T in the line that runs into the garage and through a rechargable DI cartridge prior to my Kent float valve auto top off. Seams to work for me fine and haven't had any problems with it yet that way. You can definately tell the difference when making tea with RO water as opposed to regular tap also, much clearer.

I know what you are talking about though Chris with the dry taste that water leaves in your mouth. Some bottled waters do the same thing with me. Maybe too many years of drinking water straight from the garden hose.

[captexas]

Too many years of drinking water out of the old water fountains in public schools! LOL

It would be great if something like this device worked though, producing no waste water. I got a Spectrapure RO/DI system and as part of setting it up it has you measure the amount of clean water vs. dirty water it produces to make adjustments. I was really surprised at how much water the RO wastes to produce clean water.

[caferacermike]

Yeah around 4g to 1 clean gallon. That was my largest worry about setting one up then one day I saw a 300GPD unit from GreenMako and had to have it.

[quote="brewercm"]

I believe those cartridges are nothing more than some sort of filter that puts stuff back into the water that you just cleaned out, I'd just like to know what it is.

I believe it to be crack cocaine. Keeps you coming back and buying more of their filters.


I found a good use for my waste water. I bought about 100' of tubing and run my discharge to my freshwater tank. I drain off about 90g of water out of the 125g and proceed to make about 30g of RO/DI (My restrictor valve is set for 3:1) and refill the freshwater tank with water that is cleaner than tap water treated with chemicals. No chemicals to add and a TDS of about 100TDS instead of the 320TDS coming from the tap. It takes about 5 hours to do it this way so there is little shock to the fish as well.

[aprilmayjune]

Water from the garden hose is the best!