[colin purewater]

Has anyone who is  Di only
Ever put a carbon and sediment  filter
In front of a Di as you would with ro?

I'm ditching my ro due to waste water and water metre
And trying to thing if a good way to get
The tap tds down

It makes sense to me.  

Thoughts please people

[Smudger]

What's your TDS Colin ?

Darran

[colin purewater]

Bout 120 ish mate

[keyser soze]

i thought you only put the pre filters on to protect the ro

[colin purewater]

i thought you only put the pre filters on to protect the ro

Maybe you do but surely it will take some muck
Out of the water before Di 

Hence making the resin last a little longer

As I say its just a thought 

[Llaaww]

my hippy neighbour has just bought one for drinking water. The blurb says that it doesn't strip out essential minerals from the water.

My guess is that it won't make much difference to tds or life of the resin.

[Smudger]

Without an RO you'll be going through resin like its going out of fashion when my membrane started to fail it was producing 36 TDS and making approx 700 litres per day a vessel lasted approx 12 to 14 days and you only get 3 fills to a bag of resin at £70 this I feel would cost you a lot more

Darran

[colin purewater]

Without an RO you'll be going through resin like its going out of fashion when my membrane started to fail it was producing 36 TDS and making approx 700 litres per day a vessel lasted approx 12 to 14 days and you only get 3 fills to a bag of resin at £70 this I feel would cost you a lot more

Darran

Wow your figures seem very high Darren
My membranes are shot and producing 045 and
About at last check till I depends my tds meter in the Ibc
 I chance my resin about once per month now
So I recon if I go Di only I will only have to change
Resin every couple of weeks  but I will knock
2/3 of me water bill

 

[Smudger]

Well I'll leave it to you to do the maths of how much it costs to run with say an RO pumping out water at 003 so no resin required as to using resin only but if you change once a month at 045 then your looking at changing every 10 days or so as the tap TDS is nearly 3 times higher.

Darran

[Llaaww]

Well I'll leave it to you to do the maths

Darran

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/Resin%20Calculator.htm

[colin purewater]

Well I'll leave it to you to do the maths

Darran

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/Resin%20Calculator.htm

Cheers for the link! £61 a month on resin
I can live with that instead of £120 a month
Water bill due yo merlin
Ill go and fill up  at my sister instead and polish the water on the
Way out of my tank

[Dean Taberner]

Have you thought of using an RO that doesn't waste as much water as the Merlin mate?

[colin purewater]

Have you thought of using an RO that doesn't waste as much water as the Merlin mate?

Yes mate, gona get a 4040 with all the bells
And whistles at sone point but getting married
In a few months and of to Spain in stag do +
Honey moon etc so its no were near top of the list
Of things to be buying at the mo

Just after a a quick short term fix  to make life s but easier 
And save a but on water etc

[p1w1]

Well I'll leave it to you to do the maths

Darran

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/Resin%20Calculator.htm

I don't find that very accurate at all 2 people I know used it as a guideline but in reality was nearly double the cost of what that calculator says

[d s windowcleaning]

Couldn't you use a softner resin before di rather than filters ? think it minght be better than filters .

[colin purewater]

Couldn't you use a softner resin before di rather than filters ? think it minght be better than filters .

I thought softener just added more junk to the water?

[Pete Thompson]

Yes mate, gona get a 4040 with all the bells
And whistles at sone point but getting married
In a few months and of to Spain in stag do

Congratulations!

Put it on your wedding list and maybe one of your guests will get it for you.

[Positivity]

Colin
My TDS is usually about 90 although in December it went up to 150 and is just getting back to normal and I still only used 2 bags a year.
Ask your supplier for an abatement on return to sewer charges.
Tell them you transport the water away from your premises for cleaning windows (they may insist on a sub-meter being fitted).
They pay for  1 bag of resin a year for me now!!

[elite mike]

how many ltrs of water a day do you need to produce colin ?

[colin purewater]

how many ltrs of water a day do you need to produce colin ?

I'd say about 1000-1200 L a week depending in
What jobs I've got on