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Post by blokeman on Feb 1, 2009 6:05:44 GMT -5
does anyone know of a good provider of one of these beautes, i really need to get one, and fast, my distilled water bill is going up 10$ every week, and i have so far spent 300$ on water alone, which would have already paid itself off had i bought one when i first got started.
Any suggestion will be much appreciated, and if you know of an online store that does free shipping...lol, one can hope! my glass is always half full..ha ha
Thanks in advance, Steven
EDIT** now i know some of you are going to mention melting snow, i don't think it would be a good idea due to montreal air having smog and air pollution, so i think it would be out of the question...
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Post by hal on Feb 1, 2009 10:42:12 GMT -5
I looked around recently and the best prices seemed to be online - $150 as compared to $300 or more at Home Depot or RONA.
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Post by Rug on Feb 1, 2009 10:42:53 GMT -5
I found and awesome source of water. I bought a dehumidifier and it supplies me enough water to water all of my plants everyday!
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Post by Rick Hillier on Feb 1, 2009 19:01:37 GMT -5
I bought a higher end RO unit from Crystal Clear Water back in 2002. The reason for this was that it wastes about 1/2 the water of a normal unit, which is significant for us, as we use this water for drinking, topping up the aquariums, and watering my orchids and CP (including the bog outside, but not right now ). It runs into a 40-gallon plastic drum from which it is pumped out by a pump that would be commonly found in a motorhome. It makes watering easy - just point the hose and shoot. The only pain is that I haven't been able to find a float valve - based shutoff to fit into the reservoir so that the RO unit stops when the reservoir is full, so it is dependent on me to turn it off. We've had the wonderful experience of turning it on on a Friday morning, coming home and leaving for a long weekend, forgetting to turn it off. So here's a question for you... assuming that it ran for four days straight, producing about 40 gallons per day, and the 40-gallon drum was empty when the process started, how much water was on the floor when it was shut off 4 days later.
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Post by lloyd on Feb 1, 2009 20:29:21 GMT -5
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Post by khoas on Feb 1, 2009 20:41:22 GMT -5
I bought a higher end RO unit from Crystal Clear Water back in 2002. The reason for this was that it wastes about 1/2 the water of a normal unit, which is significant for us, as we use this water for drinking, topping up the aquariums, and watering my orchids and CP (including the bog outside, but not right now ). It runs into a 40-gallon plastic drum from which it is pumped out by a pump that would be commonly found in a motorhome. It makes watering easy - just point the hose and shoot. The only pain is that I haven't been able to find a float valve - based shutoff to fit into the reservoir so that the RO unit stops when the reservoir is full, so it is dependent on me to turn it off. We've had the wonderful experience of turning it on on a Friday morning, coming home and leaving for a long weekend, forgetting to turn it off. So here's a question for you... assuming that it ran for four days straight, producing about 40 gallons per day, and the 40-gallon drum was empty when the process started, how much water was on the floor when it was shut off 4 days later. Go raid the float valve out of old toilet.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Feb 2, 2009 7:16:48 GMT -5
The problem is mounting the float valve. This plastic drum has a "built-in" lid with two threaded "holes" in which a hand pump could be mounted. There's no where that I can see to mount the thing, but I'll keep on fooling around with it.
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Post by prmills on Feb 2, 2009 7:36:01 GMT -5
Rick - The waterfall wasn't a nice addition to the house?? Keeps the humidity up Bloke - Dunno, but I'll need to get one in the future too
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Post by lloyd on Feb 2, 2009 7:38:45 GMT -5
Rug: Avoid dehumidifier water. The cooling coils are usually aluminum which is evidently toxic to CP's. I used to use my dehumidifier water for my plants until I checked it for aluminum which was very high.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Feb 2, 2009 10:41:48 GMT -5
Rick - The waterfall wasn't a nice addition to the house?? Keeps the humidity up The humidity was definitely up... and the fish nearly had the run of the basement too! Seriously, had that happened, they would have been dead, as they are marine fish in my setup.
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Post by prmills on Feb 2, 2009 14:59:29 GMT -5
Cool. You should post some pics of them. My Bro and cousins in BC are big into fish too. Couldn't believe the size of a 180gal tank when I saw it the first time!
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Post by Rug on Feb 2, 2009 18:51:01 GMT -5
Lloyd, do you think that using a tap water filter would remove the aluminum from the dehumidifire water?
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Post by lloyd on Feb 2, 2009 19:07:23 GMT -5
Rug, I have no idea. There are aluminum compounds in water but fairly low-Toronto has aluminum levels of <~0.13 PPM. When I tested Toronto tap water the test didn't show anything which is between 0- 0.1 PPM. My dehumidifier water was strongly +, I think around 0.4 PPM. If you want I could send you enough tablets for a few tests if you like.
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Post by doug on Feb 2, 2009 21:22:46 GMT -5
Lloyd said " The cooling coils are usually aluminum which is evidently toxic to CP's."
Do you have any documentation that says that aluminum is toxic to CPs? I have not seen it any where and would like to know for sure.
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Post by lloyd on Feb 2, 2009 21:45:57 GMT -5
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