Apartment people, tell me your RODI methods

[bat21]

One bedroom NYC apartment resident here. Have been buying saltwater and distilled water so far. But I finally bought a ro/di unit. So my question to those of you who live in apartments is what are your methods for water containment, storage, etc. I don't have a garage, or basement, I have to do this using my kitchen or bathroom faucet. And I can't fill a 55 gallon brute with water. I have to use smaller containers.

Trying to figure out a system, how often to make water, how much to store, what containers to use, etc. So, what does everyone do for top offs, water changes, the whole enchilada?

[qn5reef]

when i lived in an apartment, I had RODI unit under the bathroom sink and filled a 5 gal bucket with float valve drilled in. Sometimes, I filled 5 gallon water bottle in the bath tub for emergency.

[davocean]

Number one I'd say you better have a float switch or some kind of safety, I've never flooded anything until I got my first RO/DI
The bathtub idea sounds like a smart safety

[Fredfish]

Originally Posted by davocean

Number one I'd say you better have a float switch or some kind of safety, I've never flooded anything until I got my first RO/DI
The bathtub idea sounds like a smart safety

Then you're just not doing things right.

To the OP, I have the same issue. From what I understand, it is better for your membrane if you do larger batches of water less often. I don't remember exactly why. I have not figured out what to do yet. I'll probably do what Dave suggested and put a float switch of some sort in my RO container.

[Kentech5]

I flooded my apartment's kitchen with varying amounts of water several times. I've also had small floods in the basement of my house. Eventually I will smarten up and get a float or timer.

[Fredfish]

Originally Posted by Kentech5

I flooded my apartment's kitchen with varying amounts of water several times. I've also had small floods in the basement of my house. Eventually I will smarten up and get a float or timer.

Now that's doing it right!

No matter how careful I am, I seem to find a new way to flood something every couple of years. My worst flood was years ago when the front glass of an aquarium gave out in the middle of the night. Fortunately I was on a ground floor apartment with nothing beneath me.

I wonder, if you made a manifold with multiple outlets, each with their own float, if you could fill multiple 5 gallon containers in the tub at once. Hmm, will have to think more on that one. The float would have to withstand house line pressure.

[K.C.]

I put a threaded fitting on the bathroom sink to attach the filter and put everything, filter, waste water bucket and 5 gal RO/DI storage bottle in the bathtub.

I use this timer.

Easy enough to fill a couple bottles and store them in a closet.

[Sk8r]

If you have a washer-dryer combo you're golden: put in a brass Y valve to the cold line---brass is ok BEFORE the Ro/di, just not after. But also have a LOUD kitchen timer, that will call you to get it and shut it off before the neighbors downstairs call management.