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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: GB Window Cleaning on October 07, 2009, 03:01:06 pm
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just got a w.f.p trolley system using d.i vessal only for purifaction! tap water tested around 300 ppm on my tds meter... so im thinking it could be expensive using only d.i?
i only do 1st floor with w.f.p and use trad on ground floor to cut down on resin use!
today i tested the rain water collected in water butts and its 40 ppm :o....
so to my next question....
can i use rain water to increase the life span of my resin? and will i need to filter the bits/muck out of the rain water before i d.i filter it?
many thanks in advance
george.
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Yes! of course.
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just got a w.f.p trolley system using d.i vessal only for purifaction! tap water tested around 300 ppm on my tds meter... so im thinking it could be expensive using only d.i?
i only do 1st floor with w.f.p and use trad on ground floor to cut down on resin use!
today i tested the rain water collected in water butts and its 40 ppm :o....
so to my next question....
can i use rain water to increase the life span of my resin? and will i need to filter the bits/muck out of the rain water before i d.i filter it?
many thanks in advance
george.
Sounds like you will be buying at least 2 bags of resin a month if thats what the TDS is reading at, crazy money that will be a month, an expense you could do without im sure. At £60 a pop plus vat thats rough.
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sorry... so can i use my rain water? ive got 5 rain water butts ( about 200 litres each)
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yes
cool. thanks.
do i put the rain water straight through the d.i resin? or do something else first?
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Who does yours then?
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lol, got ya
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yes
cool. thanks.
do i put the rain water straight through the d.i resin? or do something else first?
Straight into and through DI resin
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yes
cool. thanks.
do i put the rain water straight through the d.i resin? or do something else first?
Straight into and through DI resin
okay i'll do that then! do you use rain water?
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out of curiousity, how do you get it from the butt to the Di vessel? have you got a water butt pump? or are you uing gravity?
I have a water butt on my house but i may invest in some more as im on a water meter
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out of curiousity, how do you get it from the butt to the Di vessel? have you got a water butt pump? or are you uing gravity?
I have a water butt on my house but i may invest in some more as im on a water meter
i will be using gravity!
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i'll let you know how i get on! anyboady else do this with rain water?
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a strainer of some kind would be wise, old pair of tights would work as a filter to stop 'bits' from going through the resin.
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a strainer of some kind would be wise, old pair of tights would work as a filter to stop 'bits' from going through the resin.
yeah, good idea. thankyou.
what does everyone else use to filter rain water before goin to the di vessal?
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why don't you use an ro would save you time and hassel with 300ppm you will be forever checking tds and using a load of resin
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why don't you use an ro would save you time and hassel with 300ppm you will be forever checking tds and using a load of resin
cant afford one yet...
i will do in the future though.
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i had a di only trolley,complete nightmare so just invested in ro unit then going through the di vessell now alot better
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i had a di only trolley,complete nightmare so just invested in ro unit then going through the di vessell now alot better
but my rain water reads 40 ppm max! d.i only still a nightmare?
thanks.
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Hi Ive been using a DI trolley for the past 2 months using only rainwater and I think it's really good, i collect the rain in 2 ibc tanks so I can collect 2000litres, but as i've only been going 2 months I'm a bit concerned about how long 2000 litres will last during a whole summer
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Great to hear from you richard hydro!
sorrybut what are ibc tanks?
Im using water "butts" fed off the down-pipes from the my house gutter and garage!
How do you drain the rain water into these ibc tanks off your?
Many thanks, and really nice to hear from a fellow "w.f.p rainy" there we go ive just "coined a phrase"... No pub intedded!
George.
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This is a ibc tank http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PLASTIC-IBC-CONTAINER_W0QQitemZ170391274716QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Storage?hash=item27ac1c84dc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
The best ones are black (but more costly)
to collect the rainwater I just put a rainwater diverter (available from all good DIY stores) into the down pipe of my guttering and drill a hole into the ibc and connect up
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thanks richard,
those look like good tanks!
your method of collecting sounds ellaborate!
but i like it!
do you pre D.I vessal filter or just straight through D.I vessal? and bum... Pure .000 ppm water?!?!?
thanks again.
george.
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I just put the rainwater into a DI Trolley same as this http://www.polarbrite.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_20_24&products_id=61
Just to add I've put filter wool (from aquatic stores) inside and at tho top of the down pipe to catch all the crud.
I might invest in a cheap RO unit in the spring just in case!!! (I do live in the driest part of the UK)
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that multo di vessil look mega! it cost as much as my whole set up nearly!
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although ive got a lot of rain water, just in drainage bins im guessing 5-600 ltrs!