heating top off water?

axe_man16 · #1 03-23-2011, 03:44 PM

I do not heat mine. Mine tops off severall times a day, and only spits out a little bit at a time. The small amount of water I add doesn't affect the temp at all. And I would assume that if you warm up your water there would be alot more evap, and you would have to fill the ato resevoir up more.

abcha0s · #2 03-23-2011, 03:47 PM

No need to heat top up water.

Leah · #3 03-23-2011, 03:48 PM

I have always heated mine too. But know lots of people who do not. So I am not sure why I do...just always done it.

dsaundry · #4 03-23-2011, 03:50 PM

I heat mine as well, just had an extra heater kicking around I guess.

Ross · #5 03-23-2011, 05:45 PM

Heating your top off water is a waste of electricity imo.

If you added 1 gallon of ice (-5°C) to 100 gallons of 28°C water
The temperature would only drop the temperature 0.3°C.

Adding room temperature water (21°C) will only drop the temp by 0.069°

I'm pretty sure that a change that small would be perrmissible and that your heater flucuates more than that during its cycling.

someguy · #6 03-23-2011, 05:49 PM

Agree that it seems like a waste of electricity. Also, all of the organisms in our tanks will experience occ slight variations in temp in the wild. A temp variation of a few tenths of degree is not going to do anyone any harm.

H22_TURBO · #7 03-23-2011, 06:18 PM

I just never put any thought into it till today. when I get home i'm ditching the heater.

thanks everyone

es355lucille · #8 03-23-2011, 08:01 PM

This is a great thread. Energy savings efforts for this week accomplished. I have never heated top off water....and I was not sure why you would. Apparently there are quite a few that do. Hmmm. Interesting.

I hope more people that do heat their water see this thread.

Bump for energy savings!!

GMGQ · #9 03-23-2011, 11:30 PM

I agree, and concur!

My ATO is from the 3gal RO/DI tank under the kitchen sink, so it's at room temperature.

But I do have a heater in my change water tank, so I'll be pulling that out tonight.

There really is never a dumb question. Thanks everyone!

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Originally Posted by H22_TURBO

I just never put any thought into it till today. when I get home i'm ditching the heater.

thanks everyone