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03/13/2012, 06:24 AM
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How far can RO water travel?
I have a set up in my basement where my RO unit is about 25' from my reservoir. Is it conceivable to run a line that far or am I to be lugging water forever? Also how much height difference can I have between RO unit and the reservoir?
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<--That's my boy! To see my tank, click the...Oh wait! Where did it go? Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 20 gallon sump/refugium, 6X54W T5, ASM G2, Mag 9.5 return, 2X Gulf Stream II Maxi-Jet Mods |
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03/13/2012, 06:28 AM
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I have my RO running down into the crawl space ~6 feet down, then over ~75ft and back up 6 feet to my auto top off reservoir. You should have no problem. try it out and see. If your home water pressure is low you may need a booster pump, but that doesn't seem likely.
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03/13/2012, 06:34 AM
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Would it impact it's efficiency?
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<--That's my boy! To see my tank, click the...Oh wait! Where did it go? Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 20 gallon sump/refugium, 6X54W T5, ASM G2, Mag 9.5 return, 2X Gulf Stream II Maxi-Jet Mods |
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03/13/2012, 07:12 AM
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It sounds like you have a water filter in the basement and you're wanting the RO filter to deliver water from the basement to a different level of the house. Although 25' of tubing is is not a big deal, 25' straight up is a different story. That will add head pressure to the product line of the filter and should negatively effect efficiency. My suggestion would be to put the RO/DI water storage container near the water filter and then pump the water to any other storage container as needed.
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03/13/2012, 07:27 AM
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Yes, if you are running 25' up that would definitely decrease efficiency, but if you are only going up 6-8' I wouldn't think that would be too much of a problem. Mine still runs at 40-60 PSI and it takes about 2 hours to fill up a 5 gallon reservoir from a 75 gph RO/DI unit
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03/13/2012, 07:34 AM
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I have a 75 foot long tube on my ro/di unit. Instead of putting it into a bucket, I just run the tube across my has to my ato or a tub next to the tank and let it run. Not pushing stuff around for me.
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03/13/2012, 07:37 AM
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Sorry about the confusion. I want to move the water about 25' laterally with a rise of about 5'. I do have a permeate booster pump on my RO unit as well.
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<--That's my boy! To see my tank, click the...Oh wait! Where did it go? Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 20 gallon sump/refugium, 6X54W T5, ASM G2, Mag 9.5 return, 2X Gulf Stream II Maxi-Jet Mods |
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03/13/2012, 08:29 AM
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You are going to be fine.
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03/13/2012, 08:43 AM
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Thanks!
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<--That's my boy! To see my tank, click the...Oh wait! Where did it go? Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 20 gallon sump/refugium, 6X54W T5, ASM G2, Mag 9.5 return, 2X Gulf Stream II Maxi-Jet Mods |
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03/13/2012, 08:59 AM
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I have the same thing going a couple of feet up but about 25' long horizontal. You will be fine bud
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03/13/2012, 09:05 AM
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It's always good to hear from people with experience. Sometimes you think something will work until until you find out the hard way after you spent the time and the money.
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<--That's my boy! To see my tank, click the...Oh wait! Where did it go? Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 20 gallon sump/refugium, 6X54W T5, ASM G2, Mag 9.5 return, 2X Gulf Stream II Maxi-Jet Mods |
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03/13/2012, 09:38 AM
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Ya you will be fine as others have stated above.
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03/13/2012, 10:16 AM
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I have a 30' long horizontal run with no issues. Only a 2' rise.
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03/13/2012, 10:26 AM
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the distance is not a problem but I would recommend allowing the water to run into a sink for a 5-10 minutes so the water in the line gets out and new RO is flowing into your reservoir. I recommend everyone do this but especially if you are hiding the line in walls or not taking the line down after each use
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