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03/16/2008, 08:36 PM
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RO/DI Question ??
Iam ordering my new RO/DI unit from the filter guys. They said that I can use a saddle valve, or use a adapter to hook up to the faucet on the slop tub. I any case, all of the pipes in our house are copper. Is it going to be ok. Will the RO/DI unit filter it out, or is it still going to leach into the water.
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03/16/2008, 08:40 PM
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Ro/Di will filter it out. I would go with the adaptor because you have to put a hole in the copper pipe with the saddle valve.
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03/16/2008, 08:51 PM
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I see your in McHenry Il.........Iam down in the naperville area....just woundering what LFS do you use. I have 2 awesome ones down here, but always like checking out shops. I own my own business & I get board sitting in my office, so I jump in the car and go to saltwater fish shops. 2 weeks ago, just for the hell if it I went down to the Normal Il area just because.....by the way....I waist of time
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On a scuba dive in the Cayman Islands, I kept thinking.........Why is that Fish getting bigger.........Then it hit me Current Tank Info: 7 years saltwater.. Setting up a 120 gal reef. Office BioCube 14...1 perc clown, 1 royal gramma, 1 six line wrasse, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, green stripe, brown shrooms, coco worm, purple leather, Misc CUC |
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03/17/2008, 08:55 AM
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Do you want the unit portable or mounted to the wall? I hate faucet adapters myself as they tie up the faucet for an extended period of time for one and they invariably leak.
Piercing the copper is not a problem or better yet get an inline tee adapter with a ball valve. Copper pipes are not a problem when they are on the tap water side. Copper is ONLY and issue when it is exposed to RO or RO/DI water which is very agressive. |
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03/17/2008, 10:45 AM
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Re: RO/DI Question ??
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Just used a needle valve that used for a fridge water supply or a humidifier...You don't even have to turn the water off... |
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