RO for drinking water ?
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I know I am a dinosaur but I drink tap water, I have been drinking for almost 49 years now, I also eat red meat, dislike vegetables, prefer ribeye to sirloin, smoke only when I am breathing and have low blood pressure and great cholesterol and am happy. I would not drink RO/Di water but would drink RO only, except I find tap water has flavor. 
Mmiller40gt
arrogant reefer
Has anyone put a T on past the RO and ran it to your fridge/ ice maker? My Samsung goes through a 40$ filter every 3 months.
Mmiller40gt
arrogant reefer
I thought of that too. But the water would not be cold and it would not make RO ice. I actually tested my Samsung water after 3 months and it had zero chlorine. But after another month the water started tasting dirty so I suckered up for a new one. Still had zero chlorine.
TimeConsumer
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I know I am a dinosaur but I drink tap water, I have been drinking for almost 49 years now, I also eat red meat, dislike vegetables, prefer ribeye to sirloin, smoke only when I am breathing and have low blood pressure and great cholesterol and am happy. I would not drink RO/Di water but would drink RO only, except I find tap water has flavor.
You may be a dinosaur, but I'm 25 years old and I drink tap water too. I consider myself extremely lucky that I live in a time and a place where I have clean, cheap water available 24/7 at the turn of a handle. Chlorine, Chloramine, Lead? I'll take my chances. I'm not about to spend $1.50 on a bottle of water when I get it for $0.01 per gallon without having to put on pants and leave my house. I'm pretty sure it's riskier getting in the car and driving to buy the water than it is to drink out of the tap.
Mmiller40gt
arrogant reefer
You should be able to just hold the reset button. It worked on mine. Don't have to touch the filter
hoaglanddiver
New member
I have a T from my RO. one 1/2 of T goes to DI, other half goes thru a one-way check valve and then onto all the ice makers, coffee machines, and drinking water fixtures on way to 20 gal pressure/storage tank. This way water always goes to my DIs and then to aquarium storage tank first.. once it's full and back pressure starts (from float in storage tank), all other produced water goes into household water.. Once that 20 gal pressure/storage tank is full (full is approx 12 gals), whole system shuts off until more water is needed somewhere.. This works really well for me.
I know I am a dinosaur but I drink tap water, I have been drinking for almost 49 years now, I also eat red meat, dislike vegetables, prefer ribeye to sirloin, smoke only when I am breathing and have low blood pressure and great cholesterol and am happy. I would not drink RO/Di water but would drink RO only, except I find tap water has flavor.
+1 to all of this!
karsseboom
New member
The tap water at my house has a tds reading of 25. The bottled water has a tds reading of 60. Now thats why I drink tap water cause its cleaner then the bottled water you buy.
HurricaneSystem
Member
Sniff Sniff, you smell that? I smell horse.......
Indymann99
New member
My city water input is 300TDS... no telling whats in there... 
I "T" off my RO prior to it going to the DI canisters (not shown in pict). Pressure tank means plenty of RO water for 2x Fridge ice makers and water dispensers. The savings in Fridge filters and bottled water was a no brainer for me.
I "T" off my RO prior to it going to the DI canisters (not shown in pict). Pressure tank means plenty of RO water for 2x Fridge ice makers and water dispensers. The savings in Fridge filters and bottled water was a no brainer for me.
300 tds is not bad, it's the guys with over 1000 that may be better suited to ro water. Get the city water quality report and you can see what is in the water. Contrary to the marketing by Britta and companies selling bottled water, tap water is not evil. Water varies greatly from region to region and city water is cleansed, and I don't know of anyone who has died from drinking it. As a kid growing up, our water came straight from the lake with only a sand filter to clean it, later we added a chlorinator but never had any harmful side effects from drinking water.
I would be interested to hear of any one who has actually been harmed by drinking tap water.
I would be interested to hear of any one who has actually been harmed by drinking tap water.
power boat jim
Well-known member
you can drink RO/DI water you want (if you can stand it) It does not pull things out of your system,it just does not replace any needed salts/minerals that normal tap water has. RO/DI water would provide hydration only. Mix it with a powder drink mix and you have a far for beneficial drink.
mike r
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messes with you electrolytes
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