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I have this system which I bought almost 9 years ago, before I started brewing.
https://filterdirect.com/discontinued-rd106-p-30.html
When I that, they sold me a second small tank to meet the demand of the icemaker and filling pots for cooking. I get great water from it and have regularly replaced filters over the years and the RO membrane and auto shutoff valve once when TDS started creeping up. The water runs to a drinking water faucet at our kitchen sink, our refrigerator, and now my brewery. According to the gauge in the system, we're at about 50PSI after our city water passes through the sediment and carbon filters, just before the membrane.
I replaced the small DI stage a 10" housing DI kit from Buckeye Hydro in early 2020 which has greatly reduced the frequency I need to change the resin and is now getting me 0 TDS water from that part of the system which is mostly used for CPAP water and some minor cleaning uses in the brewery.
When I started brewing and before researching I added an additional 14 gallon tank of dubious quality (so now we're at "22" gallons total), but we're running out of water when I fill my kettle with 10 gallons of water (actually by 7-8 the flow is quite low) which makes sense as I've read these tanks may store as little as half their rated volume--maybe less for the off brands? I've also since read it's not really great to store that much water for occasional use, though we don't seem to have quality issues over the last couple years of use.
I'm looking for recommendations for moving forward.
Wondering if I should add more pressurized storage? Maybe scrap all the storage I have and put in 1-2 matching tanks of better quality?
Is there a way to add some check valves to dedicate the 14 gallon tank for the brewery where the final filling of my kettle slowly is fine and reserve the small tanks for household use? I don't know enough to know if adding a check valve between storage and the membrane might cause issues since there would be no back pressure?
Would adding a booster pump improve refill speed enough to keep up?
Should I just dedicate the existing system to household use and get a dedicated system for the brewery?
https://filterdirect.com/discontinued-rd106-p-30.html
When I that, they sold me a second small tank to meet the demand of the icemaker and filling pots for cooking. I get great water from it and have regularly replaced filters over the years and the RO membrane and auto shutoff valve once when TDS started creeping up. The water runs to a drinking water faucet at our kitchen sink, our refrigerator, and now my brewery. According to the gauge in the system, we're at about 50PSI after our city water passes through the sediment and carbon filters, just before the membrane.
I replaced the small DI stage a 10" housing DI kit from Buckeye Hydro in early 2020 which has greatly reduced the frequency I need to change the resin and is now getting me 0 TDS water from that part of the system which is mostly used for CPAP water and some minor cleaning uses in the brewery.
When I started brewing and before researching I added an additional 14 gallon tank of dubious quality (so now we're at "22" gallons total), but we're running out of water when I fill my kettle with 10 gallons of water (actually by 7-8 the flow is quite low) which makes sense as I've read these tanks may store as little as half their rated volume--maybe less for the off brands? I've also since read it's not really great to store that much water for occasional use, though we don't seem to have quality issues over the last couple years of use.
I'm looking for recommendations for moving forward.
Wondering if I should add more pressurized storage? Maybe scrap all the storage I have and put in 1-2 matching tanks of better quality?
Is there a way to add some check valves to dedicate the 14 gallon tank for the brewery where the final filling of my kettle slowly is fine and reserve the small tanks for household use? I don't know enough to know if adding a check valve between storage and the membrane might cause issues since there would be no back pressure?
Would adding a booster pump improve refill speed enough to keep up?
Should I just dedicate the existing system to household use and get a dedicated system for the brewery?