man that should be awesome! keep us posted on your progress. btw love the arrogant bastards in the back! u tried the sublimely self righteous?

LOL Ya know I showed this pic to my coworker, Eric. He used to be my boss at our old job and everyone called him McGyver.... he laughed and was like 'that's the episode where he....' and I'm like 'you watch that show still?!" His excuse for everything is 'well it was on Netflix....'

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And I want to come to see it!!!! This is beautiful!!!! Gives me a good idea using an Irritrol PC irrigation controller. Not so damn high tech though

One question??? Did you already teach it to have a nice refreshing New Castle when it got over heated

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Good stuff Kev! Keep it up!

But the main question is: Can it make beer?

If it can. I will place an order for 100 units.

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I can't wait to see it in person! It looks great... it gives me ideas...

Oh man I really do wish it would make beer

Did some more R&D tonight.

I hooked up the new booster pump. Dialed it in at 90 PSI to the membrane. In order to cut down on needle hop I had to make a little loop to nowhere out of some hose on the hose to the pressure guage. (yellow hose in the top right corner)



Here you can see I am getting a TDS of 17. I had it down to 10 with an empty reserve tank (less back pressure)



Part of the key to good RO production is the water temperature as it reaches the RO membrane. Buckeye Field Supply puts a LC temp gauge on the side of the first filter canister. It only goes up to 77*F, which is fine because that is your target. When I was at Petsmart I saw a similar temp gauge for fish tanks and grabbed one, it shows a bit more temp range, but with less increments. I will use the original one from BFS for closer more accurate readings.



One thing I can not figure out. I purchased these solenoid valves. When I hook them up they work for a while and then quit. I remove the wires and reconnect them, they work again. I am thinking the wire is crap material and doesn't conduct very well? Really frustrating

Edit: gonna dial the membrane pressure down to 80 next time I operate the system. did some reading and 90 PSI is about the max you want. I want to give it a bit of breathing room.

That sounds rahther odd. Are they NO or NC? Are you over volting them, how long are they rated for consistent use?

Since I do work with those types of valves everyday What brand/model are they? Are they from Lowes If so take them back Most of those valves (especially the smaller ones) run off 24 volts. Like Chad said, you may be over volting them? Another thing which I doubt is the problem but..... Ive noticed the toro 254 3/4 inch valves will get over heated if not enough water is pumping through them when they are on. Most of the time this happens when the module in the controller is sending constant power to it and the valve is stuck shut so there isnt any water going through to cool it. They will eventually shut off and be toasted after that though. A brand and model would be helpful