ro/di plumbing question

[Mystical Lady]

I hate the thought of wasting all that water when making RO/DI water..... would it be possible (meaning NOT difficult) to direct the waste water to say..... a bucket?? I would like to use the waste water for my outside flower pots instead of going down the drain........ would this be possible??

[lanman]

I hate the thought of wasting all that water when making RO/DI water..... would it be possible (meaning NOT difficult) to direct the waste water to say..... a bucket?? I would like to use the waste water for my outside flower pots instead of going down the drain........ would this be possible??

Well..... I direct mine into my sump hole; it is a LOT of water! And it comes out under pretty good pressure (don't even ASK me why I know how far across the room it can shoot...) - but yeah, you could do it. I've considered running a small hose out through the dryer vent, across the yard, and into my garden. Haven't been getting much rain this spring!

 

bob

[dbartco]

you can run outside if you can find a way out. if you run into a bucket, don't forget. We all see to have found a way to flood the kitchen/whatever when are sure we won't forget about it.

 

Bob, if your shoots across the room, I would guess your flow restricter is missing/malfunctioning. only should be that much if a flush/bypass valve is included. Check you flow diagrams

[bigJPDC]

I plumbed mine into one of the external spigot lines, at the very end.

 

 

I run the hose to the pool and then fire everything up, but it could just as easily be directed to flowerbeds or whatever.

 

HTH

jp

 

 

LMAO - Yauger, I even painted these pipes black. I was so restless back then waiting for the tank to get set up.

 

jp

[lanman]

you can run outside if you can find a way out. if you run into a bucket, don't forget. We all see to have found a way to flood the kitchen/whatever when are sure we won't forget about it.

 

Bob, if your shoots across the room, I would guess your flow restricter is missing/malfunctioning. only should be that much if a flush/bypass valve is included. Check you flow diagrams

Well, that would be interesting... the instructions said that there would be a lot of wasted water; I assumed my flow was normal, never having seen the business end of the waste water before. It shoots a good 5-6 feet. I'll check everything with the diagram - but it came all connected.

 

bob

[rioreef]

I have two modes for the waster water. The waste line is Tee'd with valves on each side after it. During the winter, all the waste water goes to a drain pipe in the house. For the warmer months I close the line to the house drain and now the waste is directed to the house basement sump. From here it is automatically pumped outside via the drain pipe which is is buried out through the yard to a small "drain field" of rock (2'x2'x2.5' deep). This is near a tree of mine that ends up getting a deep watering.

[Mystical Lady]

WOW!!!

Thanks for all of the ideas!!!!

guess I need to find my saw and screwdriver........LOL

 

[dandy7200]

Mine goes outside to the dog water bowl. I need to empty it out once every week or so so it doesn't get too much algae growth which would be my concern if it was stored in a bucket.

[Grav]

I nearly picked up what seemed to be an RO/DI "soaker" line at HD onetime. Not what I wanted so when I realized, I put it back but now I'm thinking....