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Title: RO or DI
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 22, 2012, 09:18:51 pm
Whats the diffrence? Whats better?

Talk to me  ;D
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: Total shine cleaning services on April 22, 2012, 09:23:46 pm
What's the reading out of your tap at home,if it's a high reading it's more cost effective to have both as will keep your resin costs down
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 22, 2012, 09:35:20 pm
I live in Somerset which I belive is a soft water area?!
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: matthewprice on April 22, 2012, 09:48:20 pm
i have a reading of 129 i use ro then di i have not changed resin in 2+years still giving 000 making 5000l a week :)
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: Total shine cleaning services on April 23, 2012, 12:49:27 am
I would still measure your tap water with a tds meter and go from there
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: dazmond on April 23, 2012, 07:11:24 am
ive never used one of these RO things.i use DI only.(tap water 35-45).to be honest i reckon i would of stayed trad if i had to faff about with RO units!! ;) ;D ;D

if its under 100 tds from your tap and you want to purify your water quickly you cant beat DI only.

i use 2 bags of resin a year(£150-£160 per year).

it takes an hour every evening to purify my water for the next days work.


regards


dazmond
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: Frankybadboy on April 23, 2012, 07:14:13 am
I live in Somerset which I belive is a soft water area?!
what part of somerset?
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: barry mallett on April 23, 2012, 07:18:47 am
water companies will soon be banning r o units
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: cat9921 on April 23, 2012, 07:55:19 am
This is my personal opinion, But where you live in this sort of area are not where I would recomend a R.O

and this is why

2 people can live in a soft water area one has a TDS of 50 and the other has a TDS of 30

both are told to use D.I only because they live in a soft water area

but the one that has a tds of 50 will go through resin more ... Now a good R.O will take it down to single figures............. I live in a hard water area and my R.O takes it down to 003

and a person that has a tds of 003 is going to go through less resin than the soft water with a tds of 030 .....

the only reason I would recomend that you do not use D.I is if you are on a water meter


like I said just my thoughts
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on April 23, 2012, 08:03:19 am
ive never used one of these RO things.i use DI only.(tap water 35-45).to be honest i reckon i would of stayed trad if i had to faff about with RO units!! ;) ;D ;D

if its under 100 tds from your tap and you want to purify your water quickly you cant beat DI only.

i use 2 bags of resin a year(£150-£160 per year).

it takes an hour every evening to purify my water for the next days work.


regards


dazmond

Why dont you have the DI's on van & fill tank with tap water Daz?
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: Window Washers on April 23, 2012, 08:46:38 am
ive never used one of these RO things.i use DI only.(tap water 35-45).to be honest i reckon i would of stayed trad if i had to faff about with RO units!! ;) ;D ;D

if its under 100 tds from your tap and you want to purify your water quickly you cant beat DI only.

i use 2 bags of resin a year(£150-£160 per year).

it takes an hour every evening to purify my water for the next days work.


regards


dazmond

Why dont you have the DI's on van & fill tank with tap water Daz?
why carry the extra weight when not needed ?
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: Granny on April 23, 2012, 12:43:35 pm
why carry the extra weight when not needed ?
Got an interest in this thread as I intend to use Dual DI mostly thanks to posts from Winproclean and Dazmond - thanks.
Dazmond not sure about the extra weight have I missed something?
Could you not fill the tank with as much as you need for the day?
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 23, 2012, 04:43:22 pm
I live in Somerset which I belive is a soft water area?!
what part of somerset?


Near Taunton...?
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on April 23, 2012, 05:35:50 pm
ive never used one of these RO things.i use DI only.(tap water 35-45).to be honest i reckon i would of stayed trad if i had to faff about with RO units!! ;) ;D ;D

if its under 100 tds from your tap and you want to purify your water quickly you cant beat DI only.

i use 2 bags of resin a year(£150-£160 per year).

it takes an hour every evening to purify my water for the next days work.


regards


dazmond

Why dont you have the DI's on van & fill tank with tap water Daz?
why carry the extra weight when not needed ?

Because he could fill his tank in about 10 minutes!
He could also fill it from anywhere- top up on-route/on site etc!
His resin should go a little further having a slower flow through it!

What more reasons could you wish for? ;D
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: Window Washers on April 24, 2012, 12:31:53 am
ive never used one of these RO things.i use DI only.(tap water 35-45).to be honest i reckon i would of stayed trad if i had to faff about with RO units!! ;) ;D ;D

if its under 100 tds from your tap and you want to purify your water quickly you cant beat DI only.

i use 2 bags of resin a year(£150-£160 per year).

it takes an hour every evening to purify my water for the next days work.


regards


dazmond

Why dont you have the DI's on van & fill tank with tap water Daz?
why carry the extra weight when not needed ?

Because he could fill his tank in about 10 minutes!
He could also fill it from anywhere- top up on-route/on site etc!
His resin should go a little further having a slower flow through it!

What more reasons could you wish for? ;D
just cant see the real point of carrying the extra weight, if you have the right system your not going to run out of water, I would never ask customer to supply me for the job I am changing for (imo thats taking the P) I guess if your tanks not big enough then maybe this is a good option.
you can slow fill from a tap without the need to carry the resin on board.

Is this what you do ?
Title: Re: RO or DI
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on April 24, 2012, 07:39:30 am
ive never used one of these RO things.i use DI only.(tap water 35-45).to be honest i reckon i would of stayed trad if i had to faff about with RO units!! ;) ;D ;D

if its under 100 tds from your tap and you want to purify your water quickly you cant beat DI only.

i use 2 bags of resin a year(£150-£160 per year).

it takes an hour every evening to purify my water for the next days work.


regards


dazmond

Why dont you have the DI's on van & fill tank with tap water Daz?
why carry the extra weight when not needed ?

Because he could fill his tank in about 10 minutes!
He could also fill it from anywhere- top up on-route/on site etc!
His resin should go a little further having a slower flow through it!

What more reasons could you wish for? ;D
just cant see the real point of carrying the extra weight, if you have the right system your not going to run out of water, I would never ask customer to supply me for the job I am changing for (imo thats taking the P) I guess if your tanks not big enough then maybe this is a good option.
you can slow fill from a tap without the need to carry the resin on board.

Is this what you do ?

On the other hand- if you dismiss the benefits just because you dont want to carry the "extra weight"? ??? then you either have the wrong van or dont think straight! :)

Yes, that's what I do. no water meters in Scotland & soft water. Today for instance- I'm on the second day of a two day commercial- it's far more economical for me to top up on site than come home to do so. ;) Daz also lives in a soft water area.