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Zero Loss Reverse Osmosis - Anyone Using One?
I am interested in buying a zero loss reverse osmosis water filter for
our kitchen. Watts seems to be the only one who makes one. http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...Path=103*4715* Anyone have any experience with these, pro or con? They operate differently from regular reverse osmosis filters in that they have an A/C powered pump as part of the system. Dick |
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Dick wrote:
I am interested in buying a zero loss reverse osmosis water filter for our kitchen. Watts seems to be the only one who makes one. http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...Path=103*4715* Or you could adapt any of the RO systems to dump the brine into the hot water supply, as Watts does. http://www.pure-earth.com/PDF/Zero-W...etrofit-WP.pdf |
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:15:28 GMT, "Travis Jordan"
wrote: Dick wrote: I am interested in buying a zero loss reverse osmosis water filter for our kitchen. Watts seems to be the only one who makes one. http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...Path=103*4715* Or you could adapt any of the RO systems to dump the brine into the hot water supply, as Watts does. http://www.pure-earth.com/PDF/Zero-W...etrofit-WP.pdf Good find! I'm not yet sure just how this works, but I will study it and see. Thanks. Dick |
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Where does the Excess water go.
It isnt RO unless there is waste water RO is usualy overkill in the USA, and it removes minerals, necessary for Good health, I junked mine after full research |
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m Ransley wrote:
Where does the Excess water go. It isnt RO unless there is waste water RO is usualy overkill in the USA, and it removes minerals, necessary for Good health, I junked mine after full research The excess water goes into the hot water line. I considered this but wondered if it might be corrosive for potable water lines and hot water appliances. I agree RO is usually overkill. It covers paranoia for people who are mixing baby formula, etc., and the minority with real issues such as too much sodium or arsenic. If one is on city water, it's worth noting that RO removes fluoride. My familyis on a well with undetectable amounts of fluoride, so it was a non-issue. I do not believe the claim that removing minerals from water harms health. One gets the vast majority of these from food, not water. Imagine how much hard water one would need to drink to get adequate calcium... There was however a study which linked reduced hardness to a reduced recurrence of heart attacks in individuals (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3396141.stm). While I believe this merits additional study, I don't think one should jump to conclusions about health dangers of soft (or RO) water or supposed benefits of drinking hard water. Victor |
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Dick wrote:
The waste water is pumped into the hot water line. How it accomplishes that I haven't figured out yet. Seems like swimming against the tide. That's why it has a pump. The brine flows into the hot water line, displacing some of the water contained in the water heater tank into the cold water line. Which of course then flows back into the inlet of the RO system. |
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