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Management will do that to a person!! 
OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef
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jnarowe
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well, I had to have Sherman come and change a tire on my wife's Volvo. How screwed up is that? We took it down to Discount Tire where they asked me for my phone number...which I told them don't really need to fix my tire. Then he asked me for my address...no seriously, I just needed my tire fixed or replaced. Then he asked me for me cell phone number in case they couldn't fix the tire, and I told him that if the tire couldn't be fixed, throw on a Continental and be done with it.
SO he said it would be about an hour and we said we would wait. Then we went over to Fred Meyer and got some food, Frappucino, beers, etc. and when we went back to the tire place, it was fixed and ready to go...maybe because Sherman's truck has about $5K in rims and tires? :lol:
Anyway, we got home, had a couple of beers, determined that my booster pump power supply is toast, and the combo of my meds and the beer kicked in. I feel much better now...although I need to deal with the RO/DI situation pronto since without the booster pump, I can barely keep up with evap.
I am seriously thinking about going to a more commercial RO/DI system but for the life of me, cannot find that link that Marc (melev) posted on the GE line...somebody help me for God's sake!!!
SO he said it would be about an hour and we said we would wait. Then we went over to Fred Meyer and got some food, Frappucino, beers, etc. and when we went back to the tire place, it was fixed and ready to go...maybe because Sherman's truck has about $5K in rims and tires? :lol:
Anyway, we got home, had a couple of beers, determined that my booster pump power supply is toast, and the combo of my meds and the beer kicked in. I feel much better now...although I need to deal with the RO/DI situation pronto since without the booster pump, I can barely keep up with evap.
I am seriously thinking about going to a more commercial RO/DI system but for the life of me, cannot find that link that Marc (melev) posted on the GE line...somebody help me for God's sake!!!
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melev
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The vendor broke some rules apparently. Anyway, there are other vendors out there that sell the Merlin System. Might as well use one that isn't on the bad list. 
The drawback of the Merlin? Well, it doesn't use prefilters, nor does it have a DI. The membranes are good for one year, and in your case maybe less due to the system volume (that's a guess, I don't know how many gallons you can use before it has to be replaced).
What you can do is use the current system as your prefilter before the merlin, and then stick an add-on DI after it. Now you'll have a rocking RO/DI system. The prefilters will help protect the membranes and make them last longer.
The drawback of the Merlin? Well, it doesn't use prefilters, nor does it have a DI. The membranes are good for one year, and in your case maybe less due to the system volume (that's a guess, I don't know how many gallons you can use before it has to be replaced).
What you can do is use the current system as your prefilter before the merlin, and then stick an add-on DI after it. Now you'll have a rocking RO/DI system. The prefilters will help protect the membranes and make them last longer.
jnarowe
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This is seriously what I am thinking of doing guys. It costs about the same as a SpectraPure which puts out about 180gpd...and I may even install it as whole house with DI for the tanks. WHen I put a huge sediment fiter on my whole house system, my wife's hair started to trun back to blonde. Maybe I could plit theh house into two segments, or do one at point-of-entry, and one n the tank room. I could use an entire KEnt RO/DI setup for just DI canisters, and put on a massive carbon block at oint of entry.
I would appreciate any more feedback you guys have on what would be the most practical solution.
Current setup is:
One 50gpd RO/DI for FW planted, drinking, and ice cube machine.
Two side-by-side 60gpd RO/DI for SW tank. I run about 8 - 12 gpd in evap (total guess) and change out about 90g/week in reef tank. I have recently purchased a 200g fiberglas tank to store RO /DI water and currently use a LiterMeter III for display top-off, and gravity float valve for QT top-off.
I would appreciate any more feedback you guys have on what would be the most practical solution.
Current setup is:
One 50gpd RO/DI for FW planted, drinking, and ice cube machine.
Two side-by-side 60gpd RO/DI for SW tank. I run about 8 - 12 gpd in evap (total guess) and change out about 90g/week in reef tank. I have recently purchased a 200g fiberglas tank to store RO /DI water and currently use a LiterMeter III for display top-off, and gravity float valve for QT top-off.
jnarowe
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Barry, let me explain to you the genius that is I. I decided to get a tankless water heater so that I could save money essentially by only heating the water when it was being used, rather than 24/7 while it sat around in a tank and lost heat.
So I have very cold ground water, coming in at about 55F during the Summer and 45F during the Winter. This required a top-end water heater, and since I don't have natural gas, it would have to be be electric. I opted, after much research, for a very well constructed expensive model that measures the incoming water temp. and only uses enough electricity to get the water up to my set point.
This water heater is powerful enough to run at least two hot water appliances at once and I ran 2 x #2 lines to its sub panel plus the #6 ground. It has a 125AMP breaker at one of my main panels. So here I am with really a great water heater. The water is a steady heat and because it us set to the correct temp. (109F) we don't have to mix hot and cold to get the right temp. and that in theory saves water too.
I also bought a Bosch dishwasher that heats its own water, as well as a clothes washer that heats its own water. And because this water heater is set to the desired temp. and does not require us to use cold water to mix, you can flush the tolilet in the same bathroom the shower is running, and no change in shower water temp. It's basically water heater heaven right?
Except for one unforseen problem. We now all take endless showers because we never run out of hot water. That means that when my son takes an hour long shower at 3.2 GPH, he is actually using 192 gallons of water. How do I know how much water is used...well this fancy water heater tells me all the data about water flows, temp.s and power consumtion right on its LCD screen. And for thoseof you living in condos, this heater is designed to fit between two studs....no seriously, it's smaller than a briefcase. So you get an extra closet. I replaced two extra large water heaters with this little box.
Next time you come out Barry, I'll show it to you.
So I have very cold ground water, coming in at about 55F during the Summer and 45F during the Winter. This required a top-end water heater, and since I don't have natural gas, it would have to be be electric. I opted, after much research, for a very well constructed expensive model that measures the incoming water temp. and only uses enough electricity to get the water up to my set point.
This water heater is powerful enough to run at least two hot water appliances at once and I ran 2 x #2 lines to its sub panel plus the #6 ground. It has a 125AMP breaker at one of my main panels. So here I am with really a great water heater. The water is a steady heat and because it us set to the correct temp. (109F) we don't have to mix hot and cold to get the right temp. and that in theory saves water too.
I also bought a Bosch dishwasher that heats its own water, as well as a clothes washer that heats its own water. And because this water heater is set to the desired temp. and does not require us to use cold water to mix, you can flush the tolilet in the same bathroom the shower is running, and no change in shower water temp. It's basically water heater heaven right?
Except for one unforseen problem. We now all take endless showers because we never run out of hot water. That means that when my son takes an hour long shower at 3.2 GPH, he is actually using 192 gallons of water. How do I know how much water is used...well this fancy water heater tells me all the data about water flows, temp.s and power consumtion right on its LCD screen. And for thoseof you living in condos, this heater is designed to fit between two studs....no seriously, it's smaller than a briefcase. So you get an extra closet. I replaced two extra large water heaters with this little box.
Next time you come out Barry, I'll show it to you.
I, too, am a member of the "Tankless Heater" Club. Although mine is gas, and of much smaller scale, it is only the size of a thick briefcase and easily one of the best upgrades I have done.
... if one thinks cleaning a tank is bad, then one has yet to clean the hot water heater in an area with very high natural alkalinity... six months and the heater flush is unbelievable; easily a pound of precipitate in the bottom, literally being boiled against the walls of the heater itself!
... if one thinks cleaning a tank is bad, then one has yet to clean the hot water heater in an area with very high natural alkalinity... six months and the heater flush is unbelievable; easily a pound of precipitate in the bottom, literally being boiled against the walls of the heater itself!
jnarowe
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I am not getting much attention to my RO/DI decision post so maybe some of you guys that follow this thread could chime in?
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