High temperatures effecting resin??

« **on:** June 28, 2018, 03:37:12 pm »

I’ve noticed my resin isn’t lasting half as long since the weather has been so hot. Has anyone else noticed this?

« **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2018, 04:16:16 pm »

« **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2018, 05:09:32 pm »

Or are you getting through more water?

« **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2018, 05:45:34 pm »

No same amount of water. Maybe I’ve had a bad batch

« **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2018, 05:56:34 pm »

Check your membrane?

« **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2018, 06:56:38 pm »

Is it Tulsion by any chance?

« **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2018, 07:20:23 pm »

This is what puts me off buying full sacks these days , so many reports of duff resin compared to the old days when Purolite was top of the pops !

« **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2018, 07:24:18 pm »

My old man swears by Cedelite these days , mind you thats cos hes too tight to pay a windy , and i was the silly sod who gave him a CLX cast off to do DIY

« **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2018, 08:06:38 pm »

It’s unger. My TDS is around 135, I use and 11ltr di vessel and I’ve literally got about 1000 litres out of the last resin change and it’s now reading 015. I usually get around 2000 litres before having to change

« **Reply #9 on:** June 28, 2018, 08:51:04 pm »

How much water do you use a day Mike ?

« **Reply #10 on:** June 28, 2018, 09:11:27 pm »

Usually around 600 litres. There’s 2 of us working

« **Reply #11 on:** June 28, 2018, 10:01:37 pm »

so 6 days work from a bag of resin ?

« **Reply #12 on:** June 28, 2018, 10:05:05 pm »

Mike you need RO mate

« **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2018, 01:04:10 pm »

Quote from: mike1986 on June 28, 2018, 03:37:12 pm

I’ve noticed my resin isn’t lasting half as long since the weather has been so hot. Has anyone else noticed this?

have you checked your tap tds lately mate?it could have shot up due to the hot weather(taking water from a different reservoir).it does happen from time to time.

my tap tds is usually 25-30 but has shot up to over a 100 on the odd occasion.....

« **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2018, 01:05:37 pm »

Quote from: P @ F on June 28, 2018, 07:20:23 pm

This is what puts me off buying full sacks these days , so many reports of duff resin compared to the old days when Purolite was top of the pops !

i always buy the tulsion resin from gardiners and its great....as good as its always been......

« **Reply #15 on:** June 29, 2018, 02:27:34 pm »

Does Alex still do the 5L buckets ?
I cant see them on the site , and i wont use a bag up in a long long time .

« **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2018, 02:35:49 pm »

Does anyone know why Daqua always seem to be out of stock of Tulsion?
I've used them for about 8 years but for the past 8 months or so they always seem to be out of stock (according to their website).
I had to order Purolite last time which was about 25% more expensive than Tulsion.
And I've not been that impressed with it.

« **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2018, 02:45:46 pm »

Quote from: P @ F on June 29, 2018, 02:27:34 pm

Does Alex still do the 5L buckets ?
I cant see them on the site , and i wont use a bag up in a long long time .

No idea rich as I always buy a 25kg bag being DI only

« **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2018, 02:58:12 pm »

Double DI vessels saves me about an extra 2 weeks of filling compared to one DI. Making full use of the depleted. When the read hits 001 I change the oldest vessel and move the 001 canister over to first in line with the new resin last in line.

I changed mine 2 weeks ago and the reading from vessel 1 is 012 now. So the new resin is not working very hard at the mo. My tap is about 70 tds though.

I installed a three way tds reader from Gardeners on my last change.

1. tap tds into vessel one
2. between the two vessels
3. out of 2nd vessel tds (going to my tank 000)

« **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2018, 03:17:53 pm »

I phoned Varitech this morning as they fill your vessels with the right amount and charge you per litre , which for me is ideal as i dont use much .
But they cant get any 115 resin in themselves at the mo , i have just had a callback offering me 111 instead that they have recieved this afternoon .
Never had it myself so i think i might hold out a bit .

« **Reply #20 on:** June 29, 2018, 09:40:16 pm »

I bought some 111 from a local janitorial supplier, not realising at the time.
Gardiners had run out.
Dont know what the difference is but performing the same for my system.

« **Reply #21 on:** June 29, 2018, 10:51:27 pm »

Im just wondering if 111 is regenerated and 115 is virgin ?

« **Reply #22 on:** July 01, 2018, 10:51:30 am »

In hot weather when not using equipment over the weekend if water is tested at the brush it sometimes reads a bit high first thing in morning try running the pumps for a few minutes to clear the water that has been static in the hose reels etc then test again you may find that the reading has dropped back to where it should be.