I'm getting ready to order a new RO system but was curious about one aspect. Is there any way to hook my mist system up directly to the RO tank or system? Right now, I will simply be making a few trips back and forth, transporting water. The room I have my chameleons in is next to a bathroom, so would I have to install the system there, and run something from the mister into that room? I'm not the most experienced person to be doing a lot of modifications, but can have it done if need be. Also, is all of this possible with a fairly standard model RO machine, or would I need something more advanced. Thanks a lot for any help.
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Champhibians
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Its pretty easy to do, you just need to run the hose that would go to the r/o fosset from the r/o tank, to the pump. Depending on how long you are running the mister for you might need to get a larger tank, I did. I had a 4gal tank(with the blatter inside around 2gal), I upgraded to a 14gal with no problems.
Chameleon Nation
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Very easy. Some R/O systems come with a combination of 3/8" and 1/4" tubing and fittings. The one that I have I specified that I needed 3/8" fittings. Sorry for the fuzzy pic. The clear 3/8" tubing runs from the storage tank back into the R/O system. The 3/8" black tubing then runs from the fitting into the pump and out to the nozzles. We run about 75 nozzles on a 5 gallon tank. Be sure to get a solenoid valve to place on your misting line. The pressure from the R/O system will force water right through your pump and out the open end nozzles. Hook the solenoid valve up on the same timer as your pump.
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Thanks. So, depending on the RO unit, I may need to switch from 1/4 inch tubing to 3/8, or whichever is specified, and just run the tubing from the tank in the other room, to my pump? Also, upon looking for solenoid valves, there are a variety of types (2 way, 3-way, etc.). I'm assuming the 2-way is all I need? Thanks again.
You mean I can bypass the pump, due to the pressure of the holding tank? As I said, I'm not very technologically savvy, so it'll take a bit of research for me. Thanks
neonate
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Sorry to butt in but could you post a pic of your setup with mister in veiw.
Chameleon Nation
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It all depends on how many nozzles you have. I think it would work with 5 nozzles or so. With 75 it just drips and spurts out here and there with no pump.
It all depends on how many nozzles you have. I think it would work with 5 nozzles or so. With 75 it just drips and spurts out here and there with no pump.
Chameleon Nation
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R/O systems can range from about $300 for a cheap one up to about $3000-$4000 for a really good one
Chameleon Nation
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I have heard of some really cheap ones before, but they are cheap. You get what you pay for.
summoner12
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summoner12
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ditto.
The Membrane and pre-filtering is where the money needs to be spent.
Membranes are rated by how much RO water they can produce in a day. If you break it down to how much water it can make in an hour and you use more than that at times during the day, you could have issues. The key is having enough reserve and being able to replenish the reserve before it is used up again. In our case as cham keepers we mist a few times a day with a large over night recharge time. The way around running out of water is to have reserves and allowing the system to refill overnight.
As for the tubing... upgrading your tubing doesn't really matter at certain points along the way. The system I posted a link to above has 3/8" tubing in it. But it is only useful after the water has been filtered. The reason there isn't much point in changing the tubing prior to the membrane is that the membrane only flows so much. larger tubing won't make it filter faster. The key here is pressure and temp. So under optimum filtering the membrane most likely will not outflow the 1/4" tubing provided with the system.
In the system I helped Elisa with. I upgraded the tubing from the reserve tank to the carbon filter and from the filter to the pump.
Below is a pic of the system installed. The red tube going into the brass T is from the membrane. it feeds into the T and can go to the tank or through the carbon filter. when recharging the tank it just passes through the T into the 3/8" hose feeding the tank. When there is a demand for water the 3/8" tubing is there for higher volume of flow from the tank through the carbon filter to the pump.
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summoner12
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