Alton...

[BSJF]

I used to be much stronger when I lifted all those buckets though. Woman who can haul a lot of water is worth a lot. Woman who uses pump, maybe worth more?

Kristy, why are you moving your brute to the tank? Just get tubing that is long enough. I've moved my brute to the spare bedroom and just refill from there.

Anyone have problems with getting RO where it needs to go? We have long refrigerator tubing and quick connect shutoff on ours, I can run it directly to the brute in the bedroom. Of course I have a float on the brute so it doesn't overfill.

[Europhyllia]

Anyone have problems with getting RO where it needs to go? We have long refrigerator tubing and quick connect shutoff on ours, I can run it directly to the brute in the bedroom. Of course I have a float on the brute so it doesn't overfill.

Oh nice idea! Thanks for sharing

[BSJF]

I also just drain my water outside to an area that doesn't care about whether it gets saltwater on it or not.

[ErikH]

I drain to the sink, the only part that is stainless is the sink itself. Then when I am done, I plug the sink, fill it with FW, and yank the plug to flush it. You still should have the PVC access in front of your house in case something gets backed up, it's pretty much standard.

[Bill S]

When we put the big tank in, I plumbed one of the closed loops to the drain in the wet bar, thru the wall next to the tank. RO/DI goes to a 36 gallon RV water storage tank under it. To change water, I just turn the drain handle, let it drain to the line on the tank, then take the hose from the full topoff, and plug in the pump.

BTW, no, the saltwater shouldn't hurt your sink, as long as it's not leaking (to damage some of the hardware that isn't stainless, underneath). Karin, I'm guessing you might have a septic system? If so, the saltwater might not be doing it good. Not sure, but it might affect the bacteria that breaks down the waste. Might check it out.

[Europhyllia]

edit:
probably but why buy hose to go all the way to the yard if I can just drain it directly into the floor drain so close by? what would the advantage be?

bill:
yes we have septic. perhaps I'll just drain it to the weeds then... ;)

[roscozman]

We have one of the nicest lawns on the block, thanks to our RODI drain hose...

[Europhyllia]

yeah my RODI already drains to the outside.
But Bill got me wondering about my saltwater...

[alton]

I used to be much stronger when I lifted all those buckets though. Woman who can haul a lot of water is worth a lot. Woman who uses pump, maybe worth more?

Kristy, why are you moving your brute to the tank? Just get tubing that is long enough. I've moved my brute to the spare bedroom and just refill from there.

Anyone have problems with getting RO where it needs to go? We have long refrigerator tubing and quick connect shutoff on ours, I can run it directly to the brute in the bedroom. Of course I have a float on the brute so it doesn't overfill.

As we get older we get smarter. When I was 30 I packed 2 - 6 gallon buckets x 5 for water changes, when I turned 40 I changed to the pump and hose method.