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dbkick

dbkick

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firsttimeARE said:
Purewaterclub.com has cheaper RO systems. I got mine for $115, think it does 150 gallons a day. Used it once lol. Wastes way too much water. Think its like a 3:1 ratio. Going full swing i'd be using about 40 gallons a week. Thats 120 gallons of water a week to get 40 gal RO, or 6240 a year. Thats a ton of water.
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and painfully painfully slow. I got a hydrologic and they come with this thing that saves waste water but the disadvantage is you don't come out with 0 ppm water.
 
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SPeaking of which Im going to email them and ask why I never got a response. They were responding at one point to my emails and asked for pictures to make sure it wasn't busted. Provided pictures, but not sure I ever got a response.

I'm a slacker and been meaning to contact them about it, but haven't.
 
firsttimeARE

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dbkick said:
and painfully painfully slow. I got a hydrologic and they come with this thing that saves waste water but the disadvantage is you don't come out with 0 ppm water.
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It was. Took like 45 minutes to fill up a 5 gal bucket. Was like watching paint dry.
 
dbkick

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that's why mine WAS hanging on the wall not being used. I swapped it out for a hydrologic smallboy and tossed the RO filter in the garage.
 
firsttimeARE

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It turns out they did email me back in March 2013. Lol. The person seemed really happy to replace whatever defective part was causing the leak. So maybe I can still recommend this company and sleep at night.
 
dbkick

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firsttimeARE said:
It turns out they did email me back in March 2013. Lol. The person seemed really happy to replace whatever defective part was causing the leak. So maybe I can still recommend this company and sleep at night.
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Hook that slow bitch back up!
 
Vumar

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Well I would be using the R/O water strictly for True Living Organics so the chlorine/chlo-whatever doesn't kill my bacteria, fungi, nematodes, etc. Some filters get the chlorine out but I believe only R/O water gets everything out chlormine? or whatever - too lazy too google it. But I can't have either of those in my water.....



So I don't care if its slow because it'll have a float shut off and be used in a 20+gal Brute to just store water as I needed to water my soil plants. I can use the waste water in my hydro setup, yes? I don't see a downfall if I am doing both hydro and TLO/organic soil.
 
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Vumar said:
Well I would be using the R/O water strictly for True Living Organics so the chlorine/chlo-whatever doesn't kill my bacteria, fungi, nematodes, etc. Some filters get the chlorine out but I believe only R/O water gets everything out chlormine? or whatever - too lazy too google it. But I can't have either of those in my water.....



So I don't care if its slow because it'll have a float shut off and be used in a 20+gal Brute to just store water as I needed to water my soil plants. I can use the waste water in my hydro setup, yes? I don't see a downfall if I am doing both hydro and TLO/organic soil.
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Smallboy will get the chlorine waste MUCH less water.
 
firsttimeARE

firsttimeARE

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Vumar said:
Well I would be using the R/O water strictly for True Living Organics so the chlorine/chlo-whatever doesn't kill my bacteria, fungi, nematodes, etc. Some filters get the chlorine out but I believe only R/O water gets everything out chlormine? or whatever - too lazy too google it. But I can't have either of those in my water.....



So I don't care if its slow because it'll have a float shut off and be used in a 20+gal Brute to just store water as I needed to water my soil plants. I can use the waste water in my hydro setup, yes? I don't see a downfall if I am doing both hydro and TLO/organic soil.
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True, route your waste to another brute.

I mean if its 0ppm i'd imagine it has the chlorine and chloramine out. Surely those must have a ppm count.
 
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Man im on easy street this week. Plants are on flush mode. Seedlings dont make big pH or ppm swings so they on autopilot for a while. Boss is leaving for vacation. School is all done with.

Fuck yeah.
 
dbkick

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Chlorine same thing carbon. Chloramines. IF your city uses it needs a bigger carbon filter for more contact time....
 
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I always wondered why there was a smallboy and a tallboy. Tallboy probably does chloramines.
 
dbkick

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The waste of ro is crazy. If chlorine or chloramine is what you're wanting out it looks like carbon is the answer and to run ro would be a big waste. The waste water you coukd use for something though. Even living soil since the carbon more than likely filtered the chlorine before the ro membrane was touched.
 
Vumar

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dbkick said:
The waste of ro is crazy. If chlorine or chloramine is what you're wanting out it looks like carbon is the answer and to run ro would be a big waste. The waste water you coukd use for something though. Even living soil since the carbon more than likely filtered the chlorine before the ro membrane was touched.
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Like I said, I'll run my RO water to a brute for TLO and the other into a hydro system or a massive reservoir used for multiple hydro systems. I see no fault in my plan here.
 
Vumar

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The term "waste" water makes me not want to use it in hydro haha. Its still acceptable though, better than some city water down south!
 
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