BrewinSoldier
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So now that I've upgraded to doing 10 gallon to 1/2BBL finished batches, it is a PITA to be carrying all those 5 gallon jugs back and forth to the RO water station. Plus having all those jugs taking up space in my garage sucks. I figured after 7 years of brewing, and upgrading my batch size, it was time for another upgrade.
I did some research and decided to go with Buckeye Hydro. I went with their Gapper RO system with Chloramine just for the finer filtering. I also added the DM2 TDS in and out monitor. While I was on the phone with them, we decided it would be best to add in a whole house water softener since I have horribly hard water. I was also trying to mimic the quality of water I get from Windmill so I added a UV light into the mix as well. The Gapper is rated up to 400GPD/16.6GPH. I didn't want to have to plan ahead for the water so I purchased a ROmate 40 gallon storage tank. Then I ran one more filter setup for after the tank to remove any odor and flavor from that.
Anyways, finally got it all installed yesterday. It was a bit of a pain figuring it all out. I had to spend $250 for a plumber to come and and run a drain for everything because I wanted to make sure it was up to code. After seeing what he did, I could've done it myself but I didnt know at the time. I had to fabricate and weld a few brackets. I also had to go buy quite a bit in extra parts that didn't come with the system which added on even more expense. Right now I'm only getting a 94-95% rejection rate and have about 14-15 ppm TDS which is still higher than I want. The water I get from Watermill never has more than 6 ppm so I need to figure that out. It's rated as a 98.5% rejection rate so maybe it just needs to break in for a week or two.
On to the pics. I still am waiting on one more part so I can clean up some more of the tubing. Also have some power cords to clean up still but it's up and running.
I did some research and decided to go with Buckeye Hydro. I went with their Gapper RO system with Chloramine just for the finer filtering. I also added the DM2 TDS in and out monitor. While I was on the phone with them, we decided it would be best to add in a whole house water softener since I have horribly hard water. I was also trying to mimic the quality of water I get from Windmill so I added a UV light into the mix as well. The Gapper is rated up to 400GPD/16.6GPH. I didn't want to have to plan ahead for the water so I purchased a ROmate 40 gallon storage tank. Then I ran one more filter setup for after the tank to remove any odor and flavor from that.
Anyways, finally got it all installed yesterday. It was a bit of a pain figuring it all out. I had to spend $250 for a plumber to come and and run a drain for everything because I wanted to make sure it was up to code. After seeing what he did, I could've done it myself but I didnt know at the time. I had to fabricate and weld a few brackets. I also had to go buy quite a bit in extra parts that didn't come with the system which added on even more expense. Right now I'm only getting a 94-95% rejection rate and have about 14-15 ppm TDS which is still higher than I want. The water I get from Watermill never has more than 6 ppm so I need to figure that out. It's rated as a 98.5% rejection rate so maybe it just needs to break in for a week or two.
On to the pics. I still am waiting on one more part so I can clean up some more of the tubing. Also have some power cords to clean up still but it's up and running.