RO/DI storage/salwater mixing station and Automatic Water Change system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmD4Y9qhcXM
I want to attach the system to the water line in my laundry room as it is adjacent to the room my tank will be going in as well as providing easy access to a drain for water changes. Here's what I am thinking:
- Run a washer line off the cold water inlet
- Attach a "Y" fitting with a line for the washer and a line for the RO
- Attach an in-line ball valve (in case of emergency or for vacations, etc) with a drain for filling/misc. access to water
- Adapt the line to fit the RO supply line to the filter
- Add a tank so that there is a ready supply of RO water (X gallons)
- Implement a float valve for the ATO reservoir (in sump or external in the room)
- Drain the waste water line out the washer drain
If anyone has any experience running this kind of system I would greatly appreciate any advice or perhaps a simplified way (with less parts to reduce leaking) to go about this. I am also wondering how I would integrate the saltwater reservoir into this system for water changes (not necessarily automated at this point) where I could drain the tank into the same drain as the RO and allow a fill from the saltwater reservoir via pump. I'm assuming I would need some sort of water line sensor in my tank to automate the water change but I'm thinking that will be a bad thing should the water level lower due to evaporation and not a water change
I have so much to learn in the area of automation when it comes to the hobby. I do want to start with a way to get better water into the tank without having to carry so many buckets!