R0 Water without permanent system installation?

[Overloaduk]

I have been keeping freshwater and planted tanks using tap water for a number of years and looking at making my next tank project a small reef tank.
I can get R0 water from my local maidenhead aquatics, but would like a source in my house.

However I am not able to install a R0/DI system (downside of renting in London), is there any options I could try? Or am I going to be stuck purchasing it?

 

[oldbones]

Why can't you? You can thread it right onto the faucet in your sink.

 

[Rai]

I have RO/DI system with out permanent installation. It is a pain to carry that thing to sinks once in every 2 weeks or 3 weeks. I store my water inside two 5g bucket. My tank is only 28 gallons, it last like 2 weeks or 3 weeks.

 

[Overloaduk]

Why can't you? You can thread it right onto the faucet in your sink.

Do the kits come with an adapter for that or is it an item I would have to buy separately?

 

[Sk8r]

There are adapters. Plus there are nice little Y connectors. When I was in an apartment, I got a brass Y connector with a close-off valve, used an adapter and some teflon plumbers tape to secure the joint, and connected my rodi to the cold line of my in-apartment washing machine. I ran waste water into the washer top.

You can do the same with the bathroom sink, the kitchen sink, etc. You have to be able to stop the water, first, but if you can locate a place where you can tie on.

Alternatively, there are (not too great) kitchen faucet adapters that can let you connect the ro/di there. You do need about 40 psi water pressure to make the filter work. I run mine on 80 psi.

In a city there might be water delivery services, too, that could provide a large bottle of, say, distilled, maybe even ro, to your apartment door.

 

[Overloaduk]

I have RO/DI system with out permanent installation. It is a pain to carry that thing to sinks once in every 2 weeks or 3 weeks. I store my water inside two 5g bucket. My tank is only 28 gallons, it last like 2 weeks or 3 weeks.

This is probably the kind of solution I will end up with I was thinking of a small waterbutt to hold it as open buckets are an invitation for cats to muck about with. I am not looking at a massive tank for my first reef no bigger than 100l I think.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Should be easy to do -- will just need a part or two from an hardware store (( believe there are "Home Base" around London if memory serves )), to hook it up to your kitchen sink;

 

[davocean]

^^ That's what I do

 

[davocean]

Might want to also grab something like this too to help keep from flooding.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Orbit-Mechanical-Water-Timer-56908/202819560

 

[Rai]

This is probably the kind of solution I will end up with I was thinking of a small waterbutt to hold it as open buckets are an invitation for cats to muck about with. I am not looking at a massive tank for my first reef no bigger than 100l I think.

If you have storage under the kitchen sink or bathroom sink, you can leave ur RO/DI system there. It will save you a lot of trouble. You might even able to connect it from down there. You won't have to carry the whole system from place to place like me.

 

[ericarenee]

you can go to home supply store and buy y 3/8 y connector . and a 3/8 to 3/8 shut off valve. a Under the sink drain saddle valve.. Unhook faucet line from shut off Put the y on there then hook the faucet to the wye . then on the other port on the wye hook the new shut off valve and then the ro/di unit to it.. Clamp the saddle valve onto the drain pipe and attach the ro/di waste line.
THE people in the home store plumbing dept can be sure you have all the right bits. Prob 20.00 total if that much.. I am not sure if plumbing specs are the same over there as here but again they will know at the store.

 

[homer1475]

There are adapters. Plus there are nice little Y connectors. When I was in an apartment, I got a brass Y connector with a close-off valve, used an adapter and some teflon plumbers tape to secure the joint, and connected my rodi to the cold line of my in-apartment washing machine. I ran waste water into the washer top.

I do this exact thing, with the exception of the waste line going into the waste line for the washing machine. My unit is mounted to the wall, but found this way would be the easiest to get water to it. I fill my jugs with them sitting on the dryer, and set a timer.

 

[ryeguyy84]

Might want to also grab something like this too to help keep from flooding.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Orbit-Mechanical-Water-Timer-56908/202819560

Whoa, game changer. would this fit on a washing machine hose?

 

[davocean]

Whoa, game changer. would this fit on a washing machine hose?

It should and there are many types available, some w/ a digital timer, I just posted the cheapest one I saw.

 

[serbusfish]

As others have said you can screw the pipe onto your kitchen facet and store the unit under the sink. That is what I do as I didnt want to drill into the pipework.

 

[ryeguyy84]

Looks like I'll be stopping at hd on the way home

 

[davocean]

Yeah I can't tell you how many times I started making water and laid down for nap only to wake in a panic, and a kinda cleaner floor!:facepalm:
These do work like a charm.

 

[ryeguyy84]

Mine was a wet basement ceiling and a very angry wife

 

[Marchillo]

Here is my setup. I got my connection from one of those python systems - but you can grab the connection from a few different places. Waste line goes right into the sink. I put the 5G bucket on the counter and I set my phone alarm so I don't forget about it. I get between 65 to 70 PSI which is plenty above the 40 PSI minimum. The unit sits on my counter and doesn't fall over. There is a brass connector under the green plastic. I always keep the brass connector on. Causes the sink to run like an outside hose but I don't care. It's easier than taking the fitting off and on.. I store the unit in the bathroom closet in a plastic Tupperware tub - so if there is water left in the tubes it doesn't leak on the rug.

Very easy - non permanent setup

 

[Saltwaterwill]

I have my rodi unit mounted to my bathroom wall, whenever I need to use it It's ready to use just screw a hose to the sink and walaaa