Warming RO water?

[KrazyKuch]

Correct they work best in that 25 degree Celcius temp range and the last time I checked the temp of the water coming out of my tap it was like around 16 degree's celcius

[Black Phantom]

This might not work for everyone but I run my supply line through my sump.Being that I heat the water for the tank I figured why not use it. I also make sure I do a five minute flush of the membrane once a week. It seams to add to the life of my RO.

[Gools]

I like the sump idea, only problem is the distance from my RO to sump, would have to travel on the ceiling, then have alot of tubbing in the sump. Would I lose alot of pressure running 50 feet or more of tubing before the water even hits the RO unit?

[littlesilvermax]

Originally Posted by Gools

I like the sump idea, only problem is the distance from my RO to sump, would have to travel on the ceiling, then have alot of tubbing in the sump. Would I lose alot of pressure running 50 feet or more of tubing before the water even hits the RO unit?

I tried it with 1/4 RO line, lost a lot of pressure.

I now have 100 feet of 3/8 RO line ($12) and run it in a coil in the sump. It cools my tank and heats the water used for RO. My TDS went down, my fan over my sump runs a lot less, all good stuff.

I highly recommend it.

[Skimmerking]

Nigel you can always get a heater joint that attaches to your water line before it goes to your membrane. that hook on the copper pipe and its on a gauge to tell you how warm you want the water , works really good i havent tried one yet thou i may once i get back from over sea........

[Gools]

Mike were do you get those, or what are they called, just intrested in reading more on that.

The 3/8 line might be an idea. I'm going to keep checking around and see what I can rig up

Thanks everyone for your inputs

[Skimmerking]

home depot , rona , home hard ware, I think that Cdn tire may have them too....

[littlesilvermax]

Originally Posted by Gools

Mike were do you get those, or what are they called, just intrested in reading more on that.

The 3/8 line might be an idea. I'm going to keep checking around and see what I can rig up

Thanks everyone for your inputs

The 3/8 line is the way to go. You can easily feel the difference in water temp just by touching the in line and the out line with your hand.

If you can't find it for a good price, let me know. I can get it real cheap.

[Gools]

Originally Posted by littlesilvermax

I tried it with 1/4 RO line, lost a lot of pressure.

I now have 100 feet of 3/8 RO line ($12) and run it in a coil in the sump. It cools my tank and heats the water used for RO. My TDS went down, my fan over my sump runs a lot less, all good stuff.

I highly recommend it.

how much pressure did you lose after running the 100 feet of 3/8 line?

[littlesilvermax]

I bought a gauge for my system.

I lost about 20 psi (when the system was running, same psi when it is stopped, of course) with the 1/4 inch line.

The 3/8 line has maybe a 1 psi pressure drop, so from 60 to 59 psi, if even that bad.

Don't do 1/4 line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3/8 works perfect, absolutely perfect. The only problem is if you decide to make 100 gallons of water, then my tank drops about 5F in temp. But in normal use it is 100%.