Reverse Osmosis

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I'm considering taking the plunge so to speak, I don't have a local pet store which sells RO, the nearest is the place at the Mad Cow Roundabout, which involves 2 passes over the toll bridge on top of the price of the water. I wouldn't be long recouping the initial capital outlay.
The prices here seem to be off the wall compared to Spain, I reckon that they are charging 3X the price, I have sent an  email to Bricomart to see if they are interested in shipping to Ireland
Take look at page 208 of their catalogue for prices
http://bricomart.com/uploads/folletos/flashCatalogo/2014/Malaga/index.html

Edit: I'm presuming that the €68 model is the one most people are using here?

[DEMPSEY]

not sure as my Spainish is a bit rusty,like my German,my Russian,my.....

[armedcor]

Seems like a decent system. Though looks like the tank only holds about 9 liters

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I was thinking about just filling a 25lt container rather than using the supplied tank, either that or fill the HLT directly from it, is this possible?

[DEMPSEY]

The tank is part of the system and has a bladder inside that as it fills and swells it is pressurised. If it stops filling you can vent some pressure  from the tank to allow more water into the bladder.

[hassettbrew]

How did you get on with the Spanish, any replys. I'm thinking of going ro in the near future

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=121586621560&alt=web
This was equally good value, you will need a 4 way control valve and a float valve. This allows you to fill a container overnight ready for brewing the next day

[imark]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=121586621560&alt=web
This was equally good value, you will need a 4 way control valve and a float valve. This allows you to fill a container overnight ready for brewing the next day

Did you go for one of these SA? I'm in the market and am curious as to how well it works.

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Not yet Mark I need to finish the brew stand first.

[Ed]

slightly off topic, but what's the pet store that sells it? none of the local ones I've asked do it round here?

[imark]

Seahorse aquariums do I think

[Ed]

Seahorse aquariums do I think

Thanks imark - I sent them a mail, here's the response for anyone else interested...

We sell the RO water in 10ltr €2 and 25ltr €4 size.
In terms of a container we take a €10 deposit on each drum.

edit: picked some up earlier - originally quoted prices from email were for saltwater (€8 for 25ltr); RO was cheaper (€4 for 25ltr)

[imark]

More expensive than I thought. That's convinced me to buy one of these units.

[Leann ull]

Have you bought it already? 5 stage system pumped is the best though yeah and about to pull the trigger on one of those myself!

http://www.homebrewfinds.com/2016/01/hands-on-5-stage-reverse-osmosis-water-filter-by-reverse-osmosis-revolution.html?platform=hootsuite

[LordEoin]

Just make sure that you have a collection system for the waste water.
A normal RO system makes about 4 parts waste for every 1 part RO water.