rodi automatic shut off

[pirate]

Well I finnaly got my kitchen back toghter and now am running the rodi hoses to my fresh water tank. But I have run into some problems.

I bought a coralife pure-floII float and automatic shutoff valve kit, and I will be using a buckeye field supply rodi. I think I have the correct hoses picked out as 1 set of them should be the rodi water going from the rodi to the float valve, and the other one should be the one going into the di filter from the last stage of filtration, but I can't seem to make the waste water stop flowing.


I have the whole thing sitting on the kitchen floor besides of the sink so I'm not making to big of a mess but still......

But still I have a couple of questions, have I choosen the right hoses? Since the instructions are hard to understand and the pictures suck, inside of the valve (when looking threw it) one is unrestricted ( you can see threw it) and the other has some kind of blockage ( can't see threw it) witch one is the rodi water going to the tank? I have swapped the hose from top to bottom and all I semed to do is stop making rodi water but not the waste. ( I think rodi water is the straight threw one)

I have installed the check valve in the di canister. The water pressure gauge on the rodi reads 55-60 psi, when I have it up and running while I'm messing around with it.


I'm not sure what I have done wrong, I can try and upload some pics it that helps but that wont be till tomorrow.

Thanks

[hillegom]

Try the link below, page 8 I think. Check your plumbing to this one. Your DI should be where it says 5th stage

http://www.watergeneral.com/support/pdf/RO585.pdf
I do not have this system, I just use this link for clarity

[gregzz4]

hillegom to the rescue again
My barrel is full tonight and the RO shut down on it's own. I will be keeping the supply line off when not in use, but it's nice to have everything working right.

[pirate]

So I played around with it a buch and I found I had a couple of leaks at the unions, tried tightening it but they would no stop leaking. So i returned it and got a different one. Now I have a Kent marine one. Much easier to set up and does not leak but it still will not shut off the waste water.
So is there something funny about the buckeye rodi? I keep moving parts around all over bu nothing seems to stop it. So what have I done wrong?
I followed hillegom's link and I had mine set up the same way, as far as I could tell.
So now I am almost at the point of going out and buying a new rodi set up with the auto shut off already installed unless I figure this thing out.
Is there any other things I need to look at or buy to make this thing work?
Thanks

[hillegom]

could you post a few pics with all plumbing showing?

[sphelps]

if your auto shut off uses a solenoid and pressure switch then your water pressure may not be high enough to trigger the shut off. The solenoid valve also has to be installed before the RO membrane. But typical auto shut offs do not use solenoids.

This a typical auto shut off:


Installed like this:


BRS also has a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssa6njb5nV4

[pirate]

I'm trying to get pictures up right now. I had the one that is pictured but it would not work, and now I have a solenoid type one. The pressure gauge I have on the rodi says I have 40-50 psi depending on what's happing, if I got the float valve held up I can almost get 50 psi. How much do I need for a solenoid type, verus the other type?

[sphelps]

if you had the typical one before chances are you didn't have it plumbed right, they can be tricky. For the solenoid remove it but keep the pressure switch installed and see if it closes when the pressure build up. Again I'm guessing not installed in the right spot so I'll wait for pictures.

[pirate]

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/alb...pictureid=5143
Im not sure if this is gonna work. I always have a hard time getting pics to show. So i linked one of them to my canreef album.

[pirate]

since it worked I'll try it again

The whole thing sorry its backwards stupid iphone.
So the filtered water goes into the cartage (as you look at it) on the left (square box that came with the kent marine shutoff).
Then the water exits on the rightinto the white line that tee into the and continues to the other end of the shutoff and tee into the blue line that becomes my top off water.

A better view of the left hand side.

better view of the right hand side

again the left hand side but more of the water line going in. It tee into a pressure gauge and then into the cartirge.

sorry for not being able to make them better but if you need something to help you see them I can retake them