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Old July 26th, 2008, 09:37 PM
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Re: RO water

That sounds about right, Joeman. I think mine has a ratio of 5:1.
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Re: RO water

what do you use to automatically turn off the RO/DI unit once there is enough water in the container you are using?
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Old July 26th, 2008, 10:11 PM
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Re: RO water

There are float valves for this - 4th item down on this page: http://www.buckeyefieldsupply.com/sh...owspecials=109
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Old July 26th, 2008, 10:20 PM
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oh yeah I forgot thanks. My brain isn't really working right now.
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Re: RO water

then there is the zero waste models 4 those who think wasteing water is to expensive or a crime...

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10034720&search=reverse%20osmo sis&Mo=2&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=m ode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogNa me:BC&Ne=4000000&D=reverse%20osmosis&Ntt=reverse%2 0osmosis&No=2&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topna v=&s=1
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I had heard something about these... any idea how they work? ie what is different between these and the current systems?.. why no waste?
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no it doesnt really say...i should google it
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