09-04-2007, 01:37 PM
Daniel, Jerry,
Well, my initial concern was that the water was filthy as I was not sure if there was a filter and I didn't want to shower in such water, or to subject others to it. So I guess I can't complain that the water is too clean. Lena, at Hawaii Catchment was knowledgeable and convincing regarding this system. However, no one could tell what this thing was on the water line. I thought it was a pump. But now I know better.
My understanding of reverse osmosis is that is the be all and end all of clean. From my reading, the only complaint is that it takes all the flavor out of the water (because it takes the minerals right out of it). I guess my only concern is that if that is true, I may have unnecessarily added on three filters.
Anyway, YES DANIEL. This thing is fairly large. I would say it would hold about 15 gallons. It is dwarfed by the big black pumps though. It is in fact stainless steel and it has a pressure gauge on top. Near the top is a band, that you can remove with some effort (unscrewing, etc).
It is on the water line BEFORE the pumps.
Isn't reverse osmosis used as a last resort?
Here's a picture. If I had known the world was going to see this, I would have cleaned the pump room! That's the silver cylinder, and the black pumps to the left. That's a bag of salt in the middle!
http://www.photoworks.com/photo-sharing/shareSignin.jsp?shareCode=A4C5723C44B&cp=ems_shr_alb_pml&cb=PW
Edited by - glen on 09/04/2007 17:53:30
Well, my initial concern was that the water was filthy as I was not sure if there was a filter and I didn't want to shower in such water, or to subject others to it. So I guess I can't complain that the water is too clean. Lena, at Hawaii Catchment was knowledgeable and convincing regarding this system. However, no one could tell what this thing was on the water line. I thought it was a pump. But now I know better.
My understanding of reverse osmosis is that is the be all and end all of clean. From my reading, the only complaint is that it takes all the flavor out of the water (because it takes the minerals right out of it). I guess my only concern is that if that is true, I may have unnecessarily added on three filters.
Anyway, YES DANIEL. This thing is fairly large. I would say it would hold about 15 gallons. It is dwarfed by the big black pumps though. It is in fact stainless steel and it has a pressure gauge on top. Near the top is a band, that you can remove with some effort (unscrewing, etc).
It is on the water line BEFORE the pumps.
Isn't reverse osmosis used as a last resort?
Here's a picture. If I had known the world was going to see this, I would have cleaned the pump room! That's the silver cylinder, and the black pumps to the left. That's a bag of salt in the middle!
http://www.photoworks.com/photo-sharing/shareSignin.jsp?shareCode=A4C5723C44B&cp=ems_shr_alb_pml&cb=PW
Edited by - glen on 09/04/2007 17:53:30