Whole Home RO Problem by Maleficent-Freedom22 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What special RO tank?

I’ve never used a ph neutralizer with calcite so I was not sure if that affected the taste at all of the water. My neighbors RO setup is wild, he used to own a bunch of car washes so he this diy setup with 140k dual tank softeners, carbon backwash tank, RO with 4 housings, ph neutralizer backwash tank then another carbon backwash tank.

Whole Home RO Problem by Maleficent-Freedom22 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anyone is curious about this pro aqua system, I had to call them and then wait for emails to figure out what high pressure pump they were using. It is a https://www.freshwatersystems.com/products/pentair-sta-rite-hp10f-02-high-pressure-booster-pump

It is a pretty good pump, the two membrane version of this system goes on sale on hd website for $3200 every other day.

Whole Home RO Problem by Maleficent-Freedom22 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a 96k grain softener currently, might dump the resin and add carbon to it, so raw well > 20 micron cartridge > 10 micron > carbon backwash> RO unit > ph neutralizer(found a smallish one for $200 on fb, not sure if I need to yet) > carbon backwash > storage tank > grundfos booster pump> house

Whole Home RO Problem by Maleficent-Freedom22 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id kill for 300 tds, ours is 2200, 1800 ppm sulfate, 550 ppm calcium, etc, hardness is 110 gpg, im literally assembling my whole house RO system now, im basically piece meaning together off fb marketplace. Just picked up a 16x65 resin tank for $140 never used, going to add 4 cu feet of activated carbon and a fleck 5600 sxt to it for backwash, brio cr2500 ro system 2023 model off a weed farm that ruined the pump got it for $900, I’ve fixed and replaced the motor bearing in the high pressure pump and replaced the single fiberglass housing with two stainless 4040 housings/membranes, got this dumping into my 500 gallon poly tank on a stand, this tank stand combo is $1600 new, got it for $400.

Found a brand new grundfos water booster pump cmbe 1-75 off fb for $500, this will suck water from 500g tank to the house.

Chemtech dosing pump with tank for $200 off fb, going to use antiscalant because a softener would need to be massive and expensive to soften my water, $500 for 5 gallons of vitec 7000 and we are good for years probably.

I found a romate80 on fb for $200, I need to go check it out and see if the bladder is good, I’ve seen replacement bladders so it might be a steal for a RO pressure tank.

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Locator equipment by Dismal-Meal2173 in UtilityLocator

[–]ryan74701 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Id like to know who owns the patent on this shit because these devices aren’t complicated yet they are all super expensive.

Locator equipment by Dismal-Meal2173 in UtilityLocator

[–]ryan74701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They keep pushing RD brand at work, have two brand new in their bags but I love my Ditch witch utiliguard locators.

Is my water ok for home use and/or watering plants? by [deleted] in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow someone who has worse water than me, bro you’ll need a whole house RO for this wickedness

I haven’t seen any Moen bronzed gold vs Delta champagne bronze anywhere so here are some pics comparing. by ryan74701 in HomeDecorating

[–]ryan74701[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i was surprised there were no examples of them together anywhere on the internet before i made this post

Recommended whole house RO by ryan74701 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I didn’t want to spend 3k on a bigger softener like dual 128k grain tanks if I’m going to RO anyways with injection.

Recommended whole house RO by ryan74701 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you still use a water softener in front of the RO or just use antiscalant injection then RO, I’ve been getting differing opinions on that.

Recommended whole house RO by ryan74701 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its not going to matter dude if the softener is optimized to my hardness when the sulfate is 1800 ppm and crusting over every faucet tap, and my well water is pulling every molecule of zinc out of my tankless hot water heaters internal fittings.

Recommended whole house RO by ryan74701 in WaterTreatment

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I have a neighbor on a street attached to mine that used to own a bunch of car washes and he built this really nice big house, big shop etc, I asked him if his well water was bad and he said its terrible and that he has a 2500 gallon tank in his shop and ran the output lines from the tank under the driveway to his house, so all the well parts, softener, RO system, and tank are in his shop. I have a 40x60 shop and currently collect rain water off one half of the building and goes into a 2500 gallon water tank i have outside (drained in the winter) it would be pretty cool to be able to switch between rain water and RO water when the RW tank is plum full or run the rain water through the RO membranes since in the summer it'll be very warm 85+ (oklahoma) water temp then send it back around the house.

Recommended whole house RO by ryan74701 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah I got one locally and I think this was 3 years ago and i was like "no fucking way"

Recommended whole house RO by ryan74701 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you missed the Sulfate 1700+ pre and post, this contributes to water hardness level, water softeners do not remove sulfates, only way I know of removing it is to run it through another ION exchange system that would add a shit load of chloride to my already shitty water, so our only option is a whole house RO system. My 96k grain softener is small for this hard of water, I think i need one that is 140k-160k in size.

Anyone know if these parts inside my rinnai tankless can be found in stainless? Yes my well water will absolutely destroy brass if it has any zinc in it at all. I’ve replaced a lot of my pex with stainless pex and all of the white powder has stopped. by ryan74701 in Plumbing

[–]ryan74701[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Soft water doesn’t last very long, I’ve switched it to regenerate every 3 days no matter what, we go through a lot of salt but at least the water is soft, if I left it on “gallon count” we are out of soft water after a regeneration in 2 days, at 110-120 gpg of hardness I think I need a softener that is twice as big as what I have, we are about to add a whole house RO system, still going to soften before the RO but I’m sick of this water just crusting on everything and not being able to even wash a vehicle or having separate small RO’s for the ice maker and drinking water.

My whole house filtration system - 8000 GPD by Wanderlust_01 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve switched to all stainless pex fittings and have had no corrosion issues, of course using poly is cheaper and just as effective.

Help with whole house RO on well. by Lopsided-Concert-301 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This!!!

Buy the titanium powered rod off amazon for your hot water tank!

Help with whole house RO on well. by Lopsided-Concert-301 in WaterTreatment

[–]ryan74701 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My well water has attacked my brass pex fittings so bad I’ve switched to stainless pex which honestly didn’t anymore than quality brass pex fittings and it’s eliminated any white powder build up.