[Joe Bromley]

Hi chaps.

Those of you who have RO Units or DI Vessels installed in your vans to fill up direct from tap, could I trouble you for some pictures of the installations and info of what you have/use?

I'm moving home at the end of the month, to somewhere that is impractical in relation to IBC storage or use of a 40/40 unit and too far from friends who can fill me up from their units. So while I work on that problem I need a solution to keep me going for about a month.

All helpful inputs welcome.

Thanks,

Joe

[Clever Forum Name]

Someone must be able to help you out on here selling you water?

[Joe Bromley]

That'd be nice if they could initially but I'd rather have something in-place if I can't sort out something for storage.

I have an RO unit spare I can install so looking for ideas surrounding that really.

Cheers though,

Joe

[Ian101]

It its only a month have u considered di only ..... connect to tap and van filled in under 30 mins ... im 4040 but with tds of 165 I would get about 4000 litres from my 7ltr vessel I reckon

[Mike #1]

Find a different house  . Mike

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

Hi chaps.

Those of you who have RO Units or DI Vessels installed in your vans to fill up direct from tap, could I trouble you for some pictures of the installations and info of what you have/use?

I'm moving home at the end of the month, to somewhere that is impractical in relation to IBC storage or use of a 40/40 unit and too far from friends who can fill me up from their units. So while I work on that problem I need a solution to keep me going for about a month.

All helpful inputs welcome.

Thanks,

Joe

What you need is two 11ltr DI vessels on the van. Fill tank with tap water & pump through the vessels.
What TDS is the tap water where you'll be filling up? The higher the TDS the less economical the resin will be but it will get you though a month if there is no other option. Are you familiar with twin DI systems & how they work to maximise resin life?

[Tom ling]

give me a tx on 07702606197 and il send you some pics of my set up in the van if you want.

[Total shine cleaning services]

I'd consider a Merlin for fast production on the road,

Graham

[Joe Bromley]

Cheers for the replies - text sent Tom, thanks.

Ian and Winpro - I had thought about DI only, but my worry is that if I get the bottles that I have filled and set up and then it turns out that I can't get a long-term fix with storage, then I'm only going to re-invest getting RO installed... I guess my worry is the sheer cost of Resin.

Oh and Winpro - is there an online map showing local ratings as I'm not sure. I'm also not familiar with how that would be more efficient with the twins, no.

Joe

[Joe Bromley]

Thanks to the SESI Salamander app I now know the water will be 252. A huge change to the 102 of where I'm moving from. Ouch.

[Joe Bromley]

How efficient/non-efficient is a twin DI set-up?

Would it be a case of - fill the tank, feed it through the pump, then vessels?

Joe

[Spruce]

What about looking into a stand pipe and couple up 2 x 4040 r/o's to fill your van quickly.

Whilst this isn't the best solution, you could fill your van in the darker evenings when there isn't enough light to clean windows. Better still, there maybe a standpipe near your local pub.

I don't exactly know where these all are, but if there are any on the street where you are working then all the better as you could be cleaning windows whilst the r/o is coupled in.
 

[SeanK]

Cheers for the replies - text sent Tom, thanks.

Ian and Winpro - I had thought about DI only, but my worry is that if I get the bottles that I have filled and set up and then it turns out that I can't get a long-term fix with storage, then I'm only going to re-invest getting RO installed... I guess my worry is the sheer cost of Resin.

Oh and Winpro - is there an online map showing local ratings as I'm not sure. I'm also not familiar with how that would be more efficient with the twins, no.

Joe

Joe your DI bottles are never going to be wasted, even if you invest in an RO you will still use them to polish off the water
to 000 ppm.
Very few get their water down to zero with a RO only.
Double DI is the only way to go when running DI only as you will get the longest use out of your resin.

[SeanK]

Joe don't rule out buying water as way of supplying yourself with pure at the end of the day it all about cost,
buying could work out a lot cheaper than renting a place and maintaining equipment to produce pure.

[mufcglen]

i use double di and water from the tap but my tds is 75ppm, ive always read that anything over 100 go ro as you'll burn through resin super quick!

[Joe Bromley]

Thanks for the responses.

I have a couple of resin bottles that I think I can salvage. As you see above, my TDS is about 252 so I'm obiously stuck with that. What am I looking at as a resin bill to get that down to us able and at a rate of probably 1500 litres of pure a week? I'm not busy enough just yet to warrant buying a decent RO set-up with the outlay.

Thanks again so far!

Joe

[robbo333]

Joe
Let us know how you get on as I have exactly the same problem with a tds of 250 ish and was thinking of double DI's.
Currently buying water which is OK but not ideal.
Cheers
Robbo

[Joe Bromley]

Will do, Rob.

[mufcglen]

youll be spending some money on resin pal, i use about 1600-2000 litres 5 days a week and have to change one of my 11 ltr di bottles once a month, i fill about 3 bottles if i remember right out of a bag of resin so roughly every 3 months i get a new bag for £70ish, cant complain when i look at how much it makes me but i cant go ro route but depending how long ro membranes last i might not be mega far off price difference between di and ro setup plus i like the fact i can hook up to a custies tap if im running low while im out in the day and top up and know i got the di to purify it.

[Matt.]

I just do commercial using a Merlin 720, and just connect up to any external tap, or buy a street tap and key for about £30 and use street hydrants. There will be one in the street you live in, just don't make a mess put waste hose down drain and not in gutter