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Old 05-13-2008, 02:43 AM
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I'm looking for a water timer for my RO/DI. The idea is to turn on the water for 1 hours every day all the way up to 24 hoursfor a day for water changes. Tired of coming home to find the water bucket over filling in the sink.
Any good ideas where to buy one of these, not over $60. Thank for your help.
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Old 05-13-2008, 02:57 AM
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Tagging along, I'm interested in one of these too.

Have you tried the sprinkler section at the hardware store?
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Not so much for the tank but have wondered how well sprinkler timers like to ones I've seen at LV work.
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If I get you right...why not just buy an automatic shut off for your system. It's like an ATO but it shuts down your RO/DI system when your bucket or container is full. Most RO/DI makers offer them as an add-on.

Just as an example: http://www.spectrapure.com/St_alc_p4.htm
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Probably the cheapest way is to buy a humidifier float kit from Home Depot and then install it in your bucket. A single hole drilled in the side is all you need to do and then run a separate RO line into it. I did this with my 45 gallon containers and it works just fine. You just need to scale it down some. They are less than $20 bucks if I remember correctly.
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If you don't have a auto shut off solenoid on your RO/DI you would have to get the shut off kit from your RO?DI manufacture. If you do (And a lot come standard now) just add the float to your bucket.

If not there are a ton of different lawn sprinkler timers on the market. They are as simple as a egg timer to as complex as a multi-schedule, multi-day timer

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