[pingu]

Hi Guys..I have finally have got round to putting my new water making magic bits together...As a result of this past winter and having my whole 500litres freeze solid, incasing my pump....which I was able to smash free after 21 days.....I thought sod this...I want to make water and quickly..I had a 300gpd r/o system which was very good and gave me no problems whatsoever...but it was slow when the weather dropped to the minus numbers...I just did not want to get caught out again and I just did not want to store large amount of water....so I spent some money to upgrade.

1x HF5-4040 Membrane - normally have around 50-55 psi water pressure
1x 20 inch sediment filter + pressure guage
1x 20 inch carbon filter + pressure guage
2x 13inch DI vessels
1x inline mesh filter

1x TDS3 meter for incoming water & After membrane
1x TDS3 meter for post DI '1' & post DI'2'
1x Water meter (to see outgoing water litres)
1x Boat 'tube' style heater with thermostat set for 3 deg's.

Replaced the John guest on/off valves with decent ball valves.

Installed a ball valve just before water enters the Prefilters

Replaced the valve to 'choke' the good & waste water with a decent ball valve.

Replace all John Guest & Hozelock fittings with Brass fittings (which I do not know the brand or name of).

Placed all the above in 2 sets of shelving found at local DIY shop (cheapies), tacked the back of the shelving with foiled bubble wrap to reflect heat in the winter...Just need to make the sides and hinged front and we'll be done.
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Tank: not complete

Fit & wire in the solenoid on/off valve to tank.
Fit and wire in the on/ff switch to pump box.

Just as a point of note when I first trialed all this out just to see...I was getting around 17-22 tds, with a tap water of around 260+ tds...now that it has all settled..I now seem to be getting a final tds after the membrane of around 5 to 10..depending on how much I want to choke the waste and good water.

Plan is to use the DI '1' until it goes to about 5 then, plug in DI '2' as the final polish thus allowing DI '1' to do all the donkey work..so hopefully in the end...I might just save some money on resin.

Thats about it...just thought I would post this as a show & tell if anyone else if putting there own DIY setup together.

Cheers
Dave.

[concept]

that looks superb.

hopefully one day i will bay able to afford that kind of kit, and NEED it!!!

roughly what kind of money would that pretty little lot set you back?

[NWH]

About £800-£900 with fittings i reckon,i have the same membrane as that and it`s just starting to perform better.

[cybersye]

Replace all John Guest & Hozelock fittings with Brass fittings (which I do not know the brand or name of).

Thats neat pingu , well done
where did you get those brass fittings from ? anyone else know what they're called or where to find them ?
I seem to remember that someone else posted a pic of them, they were using them to connect together manageable lengths of transfer hose.
I have a similar set up with my HF5-4040 indoors soon to be built into a cabinet in my hallway as I have no outside space and live in a first floor flat. I only have hoselock fittings at present (gardena ones) and although they do not leak I'm always concerned that they may fail, the ones you're using look a lot more robust.
Thanks for posting your pics, its given me a few idea's of where I can improve my set up 
Simon

[concept]

About £800-£900 with fittings i reckon,i have the same membrane as that and it`s just starting to perform better.

wow, that doesnt sound a lot to me, was expecting it to be a few grand.

i take it labour would be the expensive bit if you couldnt do it yourself.

[D B Services]

Congrats on a very well done set up Pingu.

I like the attention to detail. The 2 x drip trays under the prefilter casings is a great cheap idea to stop water spillage when changing the filters.

Dan

[pingu]

Here is a closer view of the brass fitting which just twist together, each half has a rubber washer on the inside...which are then compressed a little when the 2 halfs are connected.

Cheers
Dave.

[simon knight]

Wow!

So when do you launch from Cape Canaveral?

 

[ccmids]

pingu well done it looks the biz

[cybersye]

Here is a closer view of the brass fitting which just twist together, each half has a rubber washer on the inside...which are then compressed a little when the 2 halfs are connected.

Cheers
Dave.

anybody know what these fittings are and where I could get them please ?

[pingu]

Concept, NWH is about right-ish....perhaps a couple of hundred more..

I have added alot of would-likes...not needs..if you get my drift.

Cheers
Dave.

[pingu]

Update after blowing a few connections and flooding the place ...went out a got a fist full of small Jubilee clips and secured everything....now lets see you explode on me again!!!

Have also installed a few items into the set-up...a thermometer (wireless to house), countdown timer to monitor litres per minute calcs and installed a futher alarm sensor (wireless to house alarm system).

Just got the van bits to do now and we should be tickey boo to earn this coming Monday...need it as I have just had a 10 day holiday at home...doing this and DIY.

Dave.

[STEVE-UK]

Which wireless alarm did you use?

How does it takes to fill you tank and what size is it?

[pingu]

Steve UK...the alarm system is a Dutch made item...so I doubt that will help you out much....as for tank...it is a 400 litre tank on a skid...and it takes about 3 hours( ish) to fill completely.

Cheers
Dave.