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Posted: January 06 2006 at 1:35pm |
If I hook up my RO unit to yhe bottom of my sink and the storage drum is in my basement where would I put the pump?
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 1:36pm |
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sorry so big I am new at the pic thing
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 1:41pm |
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I am from Pacific Ocean.
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 2:00pm |
it is a RO boost pump. with being so far from the sorce of water I thought I might need one
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 2:07pm |
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You likely don't need a pump, there is very little pressure loss through the line because the flow is so low through the RO. But a pump will go on the inlet to the RO unit. You will also need to hook up a drain line from the RO unit.
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 2:16pm |
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thank you guys .geuss that answers my ? time to hook it up
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 7:01pm |
if your water heater and a floor drain are downstairs why would you want to run a supply line to your basement from upstairs when you can hook it up next to your water heater? I just ask because I hate tying in R.O. drain line into the sink p-trap, they always fill up with crap you put in the sink and backup. if you hook it up next to the water heater just run the drain indirectly to the floor drain it works awesome
If there is no water heater or drain in your basement which I highly dought, ignore everything I have just said
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 8:11pm |
Danny knows plumbing.
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 10:46pm |
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I am putting it next to my water heater and there is a drain next to it but I am having truble bypassing the facite spout
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 9:20am |
I don't understand. Are you speaking of the connection to the supply water? That requires tapping into the cold water copper tubing with a saddle valve.
Or are you speaking of waste water. The waste water from the RO unit is simple tubing that can be inserted into the drain cover.
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 9:23am |
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it is a RO boost pump. with being so far from the sorce of water I thought I might need one
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If I understand what you spoke of here, an RO boost pump is not for moving RO water uphill. It is for increasing the output and decreasing the wastewater from an RO unit.
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 10:17am |
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If you're putting the RO unit next to a water heater, then why are you running tubing from your faucet? Just tap into the water line going to to the water heater and be done...
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 11:02am |
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It was easyer to run it from the faucet than taping into the water heater. so about the RO pump if I use it between the supply line and the RO unit will it make it a little faster than the drip it has now and reduce the waiste water because it is waisting more than it is storing
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 11:13am |
You need professional help.
I mean you need to call a Plumber or have one of us get on the phone with you to walk you through this. My number is below.
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 11:29am |
thanks but there is no help that can help me but if I have a probblem I will call you thanks again
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 11:50am |
Some RO units add a "boost pump" to take waste water back around to the supply side and keep it pressurized. Is this the kind of set up you have?
City water pressure is usually about 60 psi which is just fine for making plenty of RO water. There was a time when I worried about RO wastewater. Then I found out that the sewage treatment plants must add city water back into the sewage system to complete the job of treatment. Our RO waste water does not go to waste. 
Or is the pump you have for moving water out of the storage drum to the tank?
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 1:07pm |
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it didn't come with the system I found it at NPS for cheap so I baught it.
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Posted: January 07 2006 at 9:12pm |
Oh yeah, NPS is a DIYers paradise.
A boost pump for increasing output would require a back pressure restrictor/valve of some kind so save that pump for something sometime....
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