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Tap Water Filtration with Aquatec 8800 Booster Pump & Hannah Instruments TDS Meter

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, 07-08-2010 at 07:51 AM (2177 Views)
Tap Water Filtration with Aquatec 8800 Booster Pump & Hannah Instruments Dual TDS Meter
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Well the UPS delivery guy showed up extremely late this evening to drop off my package. Poor guy looked exhausted and I really couldn't blame him because this heat has been horrible. But I got my delivery from H2O Science. I have to say I was not extremely impressed with their packing but at least my equipment made it here in one piece. I was a bit late but I still managed to mount the Aquatec 8800 Booster Pump next to my Water General 6-Stage Reverse Osmosis/Deionization System and mount and connect the Hannah Instruments Dual TDS Meter to the Water General 6-Stage Reverse Osmosis/Deionization System as well. I still have to clean up the tubing a bit using cable mounts but it was just too late to be hammering on the walls. Also I am still unable to test the system because I am still waiting on the Faucet Filter Adapter from PlumbingSupply.com. One feature I appreciate is that the Aquatec 8800 Booster Pump came with rubber feet to reduce the noise caused by the vibration of the unit.

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  1. melev's Avatar
    When you add up all the parts, what did this RO/DI system cost you total?
  2. KingNeptunesBounty's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    When you add up all the parts, what did this RO/DI system cost you total?
    Melev, were looking at $293.67 in total for purchasing all the equipment separately. $112.75 for the Aquatec 8800 Booster Pump, Transformer which includesshipping charges + $28.94 for the Hannah Dual TDS Meter which includes shipping charges + $132.00 for the Water General 6-Stage RO/DI Unit which includes shipping charges + $8.99 for the Faucet Diverter Valve which includesshipping charges + $10.99 for the Faucet Adapter which includes shipping charges.
  3. NightShade's Avatar
    Nice looking setup. I hope to have a ro/di unit of my own some day soon. My only problem is finding exactly what I want. I personally hate having waste water, and have seen some units that have a booster pump that pushes the waste into the hot water lines so that it just doesn't run down the drain for no reason.

    Anyway. . . do you have any pics of the faucet diverter valve and adapter hooked up. I don't know what the best way to set things up will be when I do get a system and still trying to get it all figured out.
  4. KingNeptunesBounty's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by NightShade
    Nice looking setup. I hope to have a ro/di unit of my own some day soon. My only problem is finding exactly what I want. I personally hate having waste water, and have seen some units that have a booster pump that pushes the waste into the hot water lines so that it just doesn't run down the drain for no reason.

    Anyway. . . do you have any pics of the faucet diverter valve and adapter hooked up. I don't know what the best way to set things up will be when I do get a system and still trying to get it all figured out.
    Nightshade, thank you for the compliments. I currently do not have the Diverter Valve installed in this setup because I am still waiting on an the delivery of the Faucet Adapter to link my female 15/16 Faucet to the Female 55/64 Diverter Valve. Once this piece is delivered I can go ahead and post photographs. Personally if you don't want to waste the water you can have it drain into a separate container or some units even have it go into a secondary Reverse Osmosis unit for further purification.
  5. Hat39406's Avatar
    Yeah, I have a system my sis gave me and I'm not sure how to hook ih
    it up. Can you post pics are do you have a diagram of how to do it? The system has a holding tank too.
  6. KingNeptunesBounty's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Hat39406
    Yeah, I have a system my sis gave me and I'm not sure how to hook ih
    it up. Can you post pics are do you have a diagram of how to do it? The system has a holding tank too.
    Hat39406, I believe that it would be easier if you post or send me photographs of your unit so that I could tell you what part goes into what. But if you don't have the ability to take photographs of the system your sister gave you then let me know and I can send you something later tomorrow since I am working late tonight.
  7. Hat39406's Avatar
    Actually that is what I was going to do, post a blog. I will do that and then you could maybe answer some of my questions. Thank you though for wanting to help me now. ;-)
  8. Midnight's Avatar
    maybe you should have gotten a unit from melev's reef shop the price is about 6 dollars more but would have all come in one shipment...plus at the moment he could probably use the extra sales.
  9. KingNeptunesBounty's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Midnight
    maybe you should have gotten a unit from melev's reef shop the price is about 6 dollars more but would have all come in one shipment...plus at the moment he could probably use the extra sales.
    Midnight, I would have but I am operating on a very small monthly budget set aside for this hobby and I wasn't sure if I would be able to make the purchases all in one shot or I would have. Sorry Melev .
  10. melev's Avatar
    No worries.