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Originally Posted by mike31154
Test your current water source or download the info from your supplier. Knowing your home water pressure, temperature & incoming TDS will all be great info in helping to decide what unit to buy without going overkill with extra stages & unnecessary options. Eg, if your house pressure is at least 65 psi or more, you don't need a booster pump. Your house may have a PRV (pressure reducing valve) in the plumbing and these are adjustable within a certain range. You may be able to bump up the pressure in your house by tweaking the PRV. If you consider this, be advised that you'll need to ensure all your plumbing downstream of the PRV is in good condition. Most home plumbing is rated for 200 psi or better, so really shouldn't be an issue.
As far as changing your system, you'll find that most RODI units used in our hobby are built using standard 10" filter housings and regardless of manufacturer, you can usually add on or remove stages quite easily if your source water changes significantly as in the case of a move elsewhere. Booster pumps can also be added later no problem.
A good starting unit will have at least one pressure guage & a dual TDS meter, one sediment filter, a good quality carbon block, RO membrane & vertically mounted DI stage. You can add on & expand from there as needed.
Here's a link to FAQ at BFS. I did not buy my system from them, but I've seen that they consistently give good advice on many marine forums.
http://www.buckeyefieldsupply.com/FAQ.asp#FAQ21 |
THANKS for the great info! Totally appreciate it! I currently live in Airdrie and we get our water from city of
calgary. I have NO CLUE who/where to find the info about water quality as I wanted to know about phosphate levels and a few other tidbits. Whoever I called had no clue what I was talking about both in Airdrie and in Calgary.
Annnnd I have no clue how to find out/test my water pressure/TDS/temp in my own home. cold water comes out and turns hot in the tank is as far as my awesome home owner skills go. Hubby is away and I don't think he would be able to tell me how to go about testing or even adjusting the pressure. I am sure the pressure is not a problem in our house since the water coming out of the tap is pretty strong (for sure compared to my parents taps).
Would you be able to recommend where I can get info about city of calgary water? And how to find out the rest of that info?
Much appreciated!!
