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Title: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: clean on December 14, 2007, 04:29:10 pm
Hi Guys,just found this on ebay looks good  ;)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Reverse-osmosis-water-softening-unit_W0QQitemZ190182815463QQihZ009QQcategoryZ1267QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: cherubs cleaning on December 14, 2007, 04:38:44 pm
clean


looks very good, might bid on it





tx jerry
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Rob_Mac on December 14, 2007, 05:18:38 pm
I'm sure iv'e been on the suppliers website and they are about £4000.00

Good luck with your bidding

Rob ;D
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: cherubs cleaning on December 14, 2007, 05:37:21 pm
rob


yes i think they r round that amount


some one will get a bargain




jerry
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: aztec on December 14, 2007, 05:54:52 pm
worth £1000.00 of anyones money good luck
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: poleman on December 14, 2007, 06:10:45 pm
I had one the same! got it from Brodex 3 years ago for 10k  :o

Andy
PS word of advice! it wont work on domestic water pressure! it needs mains water pressure!

My old system

 
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: aztec on December 14, 2007, 07:35:46 pm
bloody hell what are you cleaning wembley with that lot!
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Jon-scwindows on December 16, 2007, 05:05:46 pm
Hi guys,
             i was the one who bought this unit from the ebay link above. Got it for £300 so quite a bargain i should think - came with 300 gallon tank and a grundfos booster pump. He said theres no need for mains because it has the tank and booster pump - so i can run this unit from home from my normal domestic water supply.
You say you got this for 10,000??? 3 years ago pole man..
looks great, i dont know how to use it though so you guys who have had the same one or similar before can you instruct me ?
how to use it properly and anyone know where i can get replacement parts like new filters / membranes for it?? and what sort of water production rate this system has?

now im going to use this at home and have my existing 300gpd ro system at a relatives closer to a round so i can fill up from there.

he said its been serviced regularly and maintained, so looks like a good unit. Does anyone know the suppliers website for spare parts?


thanks
Jon
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: cherubs cleaning on December 16, 2007, 06:29:37 pm
jonrob


looks like you got a good deal



jerry
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Jon-scwindows on December 16, 2007, 07:03:55 pm
yes i think so, i think the listing on ebay didnt get that much interest because it was in the 'industrial supply' category rather than 'window cleaning' or 'water fed pole' or 'reverse osmosis regular categories that window cleaning stuff is sold in- i know its an industrial unit -but im sure it would have had more interest in the window cleaning category on ebay and perhaps other bids - there were about 130 views-

anyway im not complaining, it wasnt too far away either about 25 miles.
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: NWH on December 16, 2007, 08:48:24 pm
S*** i would have paid more for that,do you want to make an instant profit on it.
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: windowwashers on December 16, 2007, 08:53:37 pm
looks like you got a result there m8,  ;)
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: bluez on December 16, 2007, 09:07:09 pm
I had one the same! got it from Brodex 3 years ago for 10k  :o

Andy
PS word of advice! it wont work on domestic water pressure! it needs mains water pressure!

My old system

 
Great looking set up poleman
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Jon-scwindows on December 17, 2007, 06:10:02 pm
how much are you willing to offer NWH?

i would like to use it myself but if the offer is good enough why not. Where do you live though? youd have to collect. reply back and il see, otherwise im going to use it myself i think - its going to be quite useful.

does anyone know the suppliers website? or where i can get replacements for it?
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: windowwashers on December 17, 2007, 06:18:26 pm



does anyone know the suppliers website? or where i can get replacements for it?
:-[
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Captain Scarlet on December 17, 2007, 06:23:24 pm
JONROB:

Its lucky you have mates that do the research. Its made by Penatair but under the betavalve/siata brand name:

http://www.betavalve.com/PDFs/Controller/R.O.%20SIMPLY/Manuals/English/M2-GB_b_simply.PDF

http://www.betavalve.com/siatav.htm

I was going to buy it but decided not too, Luke


Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Captain Scarlet on December 17, 2007, 06:29:11 pm
Jonrob, don't get ripped off. You have a bargain. Its probably over the top for what you need and replacemt filters will cost alot. Hold onto it and sell it after Christmas, when people have more money. Contact Pentair and see if they would like to buy it back or sell it on ebay. It didnt reach its optiumum price for some reason, this could be because of the time of year and small market for this type of thing. I doubt very much you will get anything near its original value as its probaly out of warranty. My dad bought a Franking machine a while back for nothing. To buy new they are over £36000 but he was unable to sell it for anything near that price!!! Luke
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: poleman on December 17, 2007, 06:34:06 pm
Well done that is a bargin

What I would do is

A/ spend a bit of time working it all out (if your diy minded)

or

B/ contact a local water enginee / plumb  

Give you some idea my system use to make 1000lts of pure water in one hour and 40 mins

Andy
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Davew on December 17, 2007, 07:09:36 pm
Print firm i worked for had about eight similar units running day and night. I thing the pumps were over £200. If the firm goes bust I'll be in there like a shot with my crowbar ;)
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Jon-scwindows on December 17, 2007, 08:02:19 pm
thanks guys - i stumbled accross the betavalve website before, thanks for the links luke, it is a bit over the top for what i need for a ro system, but its good quality and makes water much faster for me- im sure it will help
1000 ltrs in 1 hour and 40 minutes is much better - my current 300gpd system does that in about 72 - 96 hours. I think i will hold onto it for a while and use it,- im sure i could get more than what i paid for it if i did sell it eventually. In the mean time im going to hook it all up in my garage.

Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Captain Scarlet on December 17, 2007, 08:03:23 pm
did you get my email jonrob? Luke
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: poleman on December 17, 2007, 08:11:26 pm
thanks guys - i stumbled accross the betavalve website before, thanks for the links luke, it is a bit over the top for what i need for a ro system, but its good quality and makes water much faster for me- im sure it will help
1000 ltrs in 1 hour and 40 minutes is much better - my current 300gpd system does that in about 72 - 96 hours. I think i will hold onto it for a while and use it,- im sure i could get more than what i paid for it if i did sell it eventually. In the mean time im going to hook it all up in my garage.




One big thing to remember!

Make sure it shuts off or does not over flow! because we flooded are unit with 6000lts and man WHAT I NIGHT MARE THAT WAS  :'(

Andy
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: cherubs cleaning on December 17, 2007, 08:17:33 pm
Andy


wat is the waste like for 1000l - 1 hour 40




jerry
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: poleman on December 17, 2007, 08:59:23 pm
Waste was good as we used 40/40 ROs and my system Back washed on start up, so top of my head 25 or 30 % waste - I think.

Andy
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Jon-scwindows on December 17, 2007, 10:58:11 pm
http://i1.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/cb/9e/efb8_3.JPG

sounds good andy- from your picture it looks the same unit- but mine just has the tank and booster pump too to run off domestic supply. It has the back wash / flush feauture built in so you just push a button - are these 4040 ro's? on this system? - they look longer to me? if so i should be able to find suppliers for new ro membranes quite easy, not cheap though.
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: Jon-scwindows on December 17, 2007, 11:00:07 pm
did you get my email jonrob? Luke

I did, thinking about it will get back to you on Wednesday.
thanks
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: clearview ltd on December 17, 2007, 11:14:55 pm
has to be said....theres a few of us kicking ourselves now!! :P WHAT A BARGAIN....well done that man!! :)
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: clearview ltd on December 17, 2007, 11:17:30 pm
http://i1.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/cb/9e/efb8_3.JPG

sounds good andy- from your picture it looks the same unit- but mine just has the tank and booster pump too to run off domestic supply. It has the back wash / flush feauture built in so you just push a button - are these 4040 ro's? on this system? - they look longer to me? if so i should be able to find suppliers for new ro membranes quite easy, not cheap though.

looks like it has the standard 40/40 "champ" ro membrane housings as used by ionics amongst others, a good quality set by any standards
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: poleman on December 18, 2007, 04:11:44 pm
http://i1.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/cb/9e/efb8_3.JPG

sounds good andy- from your picture it looks the same unit- but mine just has the tank and booster pump too to run off domestic supply. It has the back wash / flush feauture built in so you just push a button - are these 4040 ro's? on this system? - they look longer to me? if so i should be able to find suppliers for new ro membranes quite easy, not cheap though.


We didnt have to push any buttons on the water RO system when it was set up, because it was fully automatic system the only one we had to each time was just for the transfer pump

Andy 
Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: poleman on December 18, 2007, 04:24:08 pm
http://i1.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/cb/9e/efb8_3.JPG

sounds good andy- from your picture it looks the same unit- but mine just has the tank and booster pump too to run off domestic supply. It has the back wash / flush feauture built in so you just push a button - are these 4040 ro's? on this system? - they look longer to me? if so i should be able to find suppliers for new ro membranes quite easy, not cheap though.


Here is some more pictures of my system

Title: Re: Quality RO unit on ebay
Post by: poleman on December 18, 2007, 04:27:30 pm
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