[Shotimes] OT reverse osmosis

[Ron Porter]

I'm on a well, so water usage is irrelevant to me. The amount of waste water
is not that much. Still well worth it for drinking, and still a lot cheaper
than buying bottled water (which is mostly RO water anyway for the cheapest
stuff). You could always save the waste water out of the RO system to water
your plants.

Reverse osmosis is generally just done for a faucet or two for drinking
purposes. You can get the canister-type filter setups that go down to 5
microns that pull out a lot of crap for a whole-house filter. 

I run one of those filters after the softener and the charcoal filter, but I
use a 30 micron filter, just to pull out big stuff as the charcoal residue.

Back when we had the stuff hooked up in '99, we asked about a whole-house
reverse osmosis setup then. The ballpark quote was $15K.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mike Wojton
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:07 PM
To: Times List SHO
Subject: [Shotimes] OT reverse osmosis

I've been reading up on these systems a little bit today.  It seems that a
reverse osmosis system generates a good deal of waste water compared to the
clean water you actually get.  It has to do with the process itself.
Something about generating the pressure against the regular osmosis that
wants to happen so it will work to clean the water of impurities and keep
the salt out of the water.  Anyways, water around here is kinda expensive.
I'd have to do some research on systems and prices in the immediate area
here, but do you guys see higher water usage because of the RO system?

Ideally, I would like a whole house system, not just a faucet or two.  I
don't like washing my clothes or standing under the water in the shower
either.  We were spoiled in Toledo for water prices.  Toledo sat on Lake
Erie, and that's where the intake was.  Consequently, water was cheap.
Ain't so here.


-- 
Mike Wojton
Dover, PA

   -'95 White MTX
      '96 Brake Upgrade
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"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan



On 8/2/06, Paul L Fisher <sho@paul-fisher.com> wrote:
>
> I was 2 minutes earlier than Ron, correcting for time zones so there!
>
>
> Paul L Fisher
>
> Visit my website: http://www.paul-fisher.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Dave Garber
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 3:11 PM
> To: 'Times List SHO'
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re Nitrogen in Tires
>
> Is there an echo in here?  :)
>
> FWIW, thanks for the tip!
>
>
> Dave Garber
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>
> To: "'Mike Wojton'" <mwojton@gmail.com>; "'Times List SHO'"
> <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re Nitrogen in Tires
>
>
> > Get a reverse osmosis system. Have had one in my last 3 houses and it
> makes
> > the water 'taste' (actually removes taste) good. In addition, since I'm
> on
> a
> > well and septic, it gets rid of all the creepy crawleys that might cause
> > harm.
> >
> >
> > Paul L Fisher
> >
> > Visit my website: http://www.paul-fisher.com
> > Amsoil dealer: http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil
> >
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@ameritech.net>
> To: "'Times List SHO'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:54 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re Nitrogen in Tires
>
>
> > Get a reverse osmosis filter. Then you can get water that is the same as
> > what you get in a bottle.
> >
> > Ron Porter
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