anyone have a ro/di faucet adapter i can buy?

[blackthunda77]

i know i can buy them online and what not, but i have my unit coming tomorrow and i have to do a water change asap so i need to hook it up asap, and i dont want to wait for and adapter to come online. was wondering if anyoen has one i can buy from them.

 

[jimbo78]

should be able to get one at home depot. or at least put something together that will work.

 

[brians4671]

thats where i bought mine.

 

[idareefer]

got mine there to

 

[blackthunda77]

ok well i was there and i saw some stuff that looked like it would work but it looks like i can only use my faucet if i take it off. the ones i saw at marine depot are like a spliter or diverter. im open to suggestions though so if you guys have something that you got from home depot mind sharing details and maybe a pic or something?

 

[marcelft]

If you have access to your washer machine cold water fitting, this is what I did, was easy. I got a hose Tee from the garden center. In the plumbing section I got the hose fitting to small piping adaptor, but the trick is that you need to use a nylon crush insert, and NOT the metal insert in the fitting. Hope I'm making sense. Then all I did was run my waste line down the drain line.

 

[Bret61081]

this is what I got on ebay for my sick. I had the garden hose adaptor aswell but this is much nicer....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=350097976446

 

[blackthunda77]

no hose attactchment possibility here. i live in a condo, no hose receptacle. on self tapping kit, which the ro comes with but i dont really wanna use that, or a faucet adapter which i prefer.

 

[blackthunda77]

i also just looked at my faucets and i see that my faucets have the threads on the inside. most adapters i saw at home depot had the threads on the inside so that wouldnt work for me. i would need an additional adapter for the adapter.

 

[carlosngloria]

does your fridge have a water line? if it does cut it and put a t.

 

[blackthunda77]

no, no water inlet

 

[jimbo78]

just get a quick connect in the plumbing section of HD part attaches to a bathroom or kitchen faucet and can stay there, there disconnect you attach to the ro using a fitting shown in the pick above in marcleft's post. the quick connect cost about $5-10 buck. this is what i used when i lived in apartments. i still have it somewhere and would give it to you but its probably not worth the drive.

 

[jimbo78]

it will look something like this but will be much cheaper

this

 

[blackthunda77]

well what he has in the pic is the attatchment for the hose outlet. how would i get that to connect to my faucet? first of all my fauce has the threads on the inside not on the outside, second of all its alot smaller than a regular hose outlet.

 

[blackthunda77]

ohh ok, thanks. ill try to find it. maybe i should try lowes cuz home depot didnt really have anything. unless i just didnt know what iwas looking for.

 

[jimbo78]

there is an adapter that look like the one in my second post , but one part screws into the sick, then it has the quick connect then the other side(second piece) is the same as a garden hose fitting.
the fittng i was talking about in his pic was the brass one.

 

[jimbo78]

i got mine at home depot. it was buy the sinks. just ask one of the guys there for a sink to garden hose adapter with a quick connect. they should know where to find it.

 

[jimbo78]

if you cant find it i have one and will be up in davie on sunday

 

[blackthunda77]

ok cool, thanks. ill look for one tonight, before i go to the fmas meeting

 

[blackthunda77]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13769473#post13769473 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jimbo78
if you cant find it i have one and will be up in davie on sunday

awsome, ill let you know if i have luck finding one. if not, then ill let you know. thanks