Ridiculous water bill...RODI question

[atcaw94]

Is waste water constantly produced with an RODI unit? I have had a couple of ridiculous water bills and think it's since I installed my RODI. I can hear waste water running down my drain constantly even though the unit should not be producing water being as the float valve has shut off "good" water flow. I don't recall this happening with my previous unit. I have checked and as far as I can tell the unit is connected correctly.

 

[lilrobb]

Any chance it is a pure water club unit?
Their autoshutoffs ALWAYS fail

 

[atcaw94]

Amici;619348 wrote: Does the unit have an auto shut off? It should be a white box with two tubes in and two out.

Not that I can tell. I went to the website and it says that low water pressure can cause excessive waste, and my water pressure is only 45 or so.

 

[jef4y]

The basic answer is that NO you should not be running constant waste water after the RO/DI float valve has hit max.

However, in order to actually shut off, your RO/DI system must have an AUTO-SHUTOFF valve in it, and the system needs to build up a little pressure after the RO/DI float hits max (so it will run for a short time afterwards, but no more than maybe 5 minutes).

 

[texhorns98]

LilRobb;619346 wrote: Any chance it is a pure water club unit?
Their autoshutoffs ALWAYS fail

+100

I've gone through 3 of them already. I just turn my whole unit off now and then turn it on for a couple of hours every few days. If you're always getting waste water, then there's a 99% chance that's the issue.

 

[atcaw94]

LilRobb;619346 wrote: Any chance it is a pure water club unit?
Their autoshutoffs ALWAYS fail

No, it's actually a Aquatic Reef Systems Oceanic unit, I think that Purely H2O owns them now. Actually, the unit I had before was a pure water club unit and it shut off fine, it just leaked like a sieve at all the fittings:doh:

 

[mapleredta]

Have you checked for leaks around the house? Outside faucets?

 

[atcaw94]

So I need one of these? Is 45psi enough, or should I also get a booster pump?

 

[freezerrat]

I had a cheapo ebay unit that failed and would never shut off. I was too dumb to figure it out until after I moved and got a crazy water bill in another house. REALLY stupid on my part was the fact that I could hear water running through the pipes but couldn't figure out what was running. The filter was the only thing I didn't check.

 

[crewdawg1981]

atcaw94;619360 wrote: So I need one of these? Is 45psi enough, or should I also get a booster pump?

http://www.purelyh2o.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=103&category_id=33&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=118">http://www.purelyh2o.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=103&category_id=33&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=118</a>[/QUOTE]

Yeah get one of those shut off valves.

Also, 45 PSI isnt terrible, but I believe (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) you'd get better production with a higher pressure. I think you'd be better with between 65-80PSI.

 

[shrimpy brains]

atcaw94;619360 wrote: So I need one of these? Is 45psi enough, or should I also get a booster pump?

http://www.purelyh2o.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=103&category_id=33&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=118">http://www.purelyh2o.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=103&category_id=33&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=118</a>[/QUOTE]


Yep! Don't you just love how they sell you all those needed things seperately.

 

[jef4y]

Brs ftw!

 

[rbredding]

FWIW... 45 PSI pressure is good pressure for GA...


you can find areas that are closer to 100 though..



anything under 20 isn't great...

 

[atcaw94]

Rbredding;619378 wrote: FWIW... 45 PSI pressure is good pressure for GA...


you can find areas that are closer to 100 though..



anything under 20 isn't great...

Thanks, I"ll skip the pump for now. I don't really need more production anyway.

Edit:

Shrimpy Brains;619374 wrote: Yep! Don't you just love how they sell you all those needed things seperately.

I know, it's not like they let you know in advance. I can't complain though, it was a "gimme" with a tank I bought from a guy. It's a nice unit actually, so I guess I'll cough up the $12.00. But it would have been nice to know I needed one before I got a $180 water bill