r/o water cold

[alfieferenzo84]

I forgot to buy some extra tube to coil up in a bucket to heat the water, My tap is about 55-60f temp at 70psi i just want to know will it be bad to use the cold water or will it be fine?

Does it kill the filters or reduce quality?

What will it do?

Can i get tube at like a store near by and if so what should i look at besides the right size? Thanks

 

[Tennsquire]

Cold water will just slow down on the quantity produced. It won't hurt your RO unless it freezes, which I had happen once when I left a unit in outside storage. I don't think it's worth the hassle to heat the feed water.

 

[alfieferenzo84]

i was told it will waste a ton of water if its cold!!!

 

[AZDesertRat]

You will be fine. You will see a little higher waste ratio but nothing to wory about. If your pressure is 70 that should just about balance out any drop in production due to temperature.

 

[alfieferenzo84]

Good and my tds is only around 100tds cold So my ro system should work pretty good then i will coil the wire up later but this weekend i wont have time or money to get the heater and ect. plus i buy online so it wont get hear for 3 days anyways the ro unit will be hear tomarrow!!! thanks

 

[manderx]

the electricity to heat the water will be far more wasteful then a few extra gallons of water.

 

[oldsaltman]

Re: r/o water cold

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9296698#post9296698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by alfieferenzo84
I forgot to buy some extra tube to coil up in a bucket to heat the water, My tap is about 55-60f temp at 70psi i just want to know will it be bad to use the cold water or will it be fine?

Does it kill the filters or reduce quality?

What will it do?

Can i get tube at like a store near by and if so what should i look at besides the right size? Thanks

Looks like you got the same answer here that I gave you on the other forum.