Need Help With A Plumbing Idea For Nilsen Reactor

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HEY GUY'S, I HAVE MY TOP OFF PLUMBED DIRECTLY FROM MY RO/DI UNIT. THE RO/DI IS IN A MUD ROOM ABOUT 35 FEET AWAY AND THE LINE IS RUN UNDER THE CRAWL SPACE TO MY SUMP TO A FLOAT VALVE. NOW THE QUESTION, I AM INTERESTED IN THE MRC NILSEN AND IT DOESN''T RECOMMEND HOOKING IT UP TO A RO/DI DIRECTLY. I AM TRYING TO KEEP ALL THIS UNDER MY STAND WITHOUT HAVING A BIG BRUTE CAN SITTING BESIDE THE TANK TO FEED IT. MY TOP OFF SYSTEM WORKS PERFECTLY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW AND I'M KIND OF AT A LOSS OF HOW TO RIG IT UP UNDER THE STAND. I'M CURIOUS IF I COULDN'T SET IT UP IN THE MUD/LAUNDRY ROOM. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WILL BE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO GET IT TO MY SUMP THAT FAR AWAY. PLEASE SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE WITH THIS GIVE ME SOME IDEAS OF EQUIPMENT AND THE SETUP I WILL NEED. AND BY THE WAY I ALREADY HAVE A CALCIUM REACTOR THAT IS MY PRIMARY SUPPLEMENTATION FOR CALCIUM AND ALK. THE NILSEN IS FOR THE LITTLE BIT OF PH PROBLEM I HAVE. THANKS..

 

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Ok no one can help me? LOL!

 

[Untamed12]

My immediate comment is that fixing any pH problem with a Kalk reactor is difficult. I suppose you would have to describe your problem..but I doubt that a Kalk reactor is going to help you much.

On my system, I put a "T" into the water line just before the float in the sump. Evap water continues to flow as before into the sump. The "T"'d line runs to a peristaltic pump, then into the reactor. The reactor then drips directly into the sump.

That way, you can pump as much or little Kalk as you want...when you want (night)... and not change anything about your current evaporative replacement system.

People commonly plumb the reactors directly into their evaporative replacement water, but that isn't the only way to run them.