RO/DI System

so what is wrong with the one i bought?

Is it not making good RO water?

 

It's making good r.o. water but you'll spend alot more on replacement DI cartridges than you would if the unit had a vertical di cartridge.

 

Just out of curiosity where is some info for this horizontal/vertical debate?

 

Russ at Buckeye Field Supply explains it well here:

http://www.3reef.com/forums/filters-etc/aquarium-pharmaceuticals-tap-water-filter-37447-2.html

 

I thought that most ion exchange resins could be "refreshed" by running a strong acid? through them....

 

Its not a debate its mechanical and physical fact.

 

Well a 100 GPD R/O waste 400 to 500 GPD or 4 or 5 to 1 of rejection waste water and you are not getting full mileage of quality water that you could be getting thats all I'm saying . I have the very same unit as that in a box in the garage .. I told the guy not to by that type unit . To just get a simple R/O and a 30.00 add on D.I But he like many are impressed by valves and tubing and n cylinders

 

so what would i need to get for my RO?

 

technically i would say its partly physical and partly chemical.

 

Nope no chemicals involved just pressure and gravity and weight.