In the future when wiping silicone with your finger to improve the seal it creates first dip your fingers thoroughly in water. It prevents any silicone from sticking to your fingers and also allows you to really mold it into whatever shape you’d like.
Thanks for this video, my husband and I did this for our greenhouse. It took us all day 😂 finding from all the hardware stores and swimming pool supplies stores, but we finally made it. 🎉
Just a suggestion , you may not want to use a trash bin for purified water reservoir. The trash bin isn't food grade and has bpa in it, not to mention it isn't as strong as food grade reservoir.
Actually, the Rubbermaid Brute container is very well proven and it has NSF 2, 21 approval and USDA meat and poultry group listed, ensuring regulatory compliance for food storage and clean ability. It’s perfectly fine to use them. I like putting the wheel kit on them😉
I just started building a similar setup as yours'. I don't have an aquarium, but I do high pressure aeroponics growing indoors. Will be nice to have tons of RO water on the ready for me.
Hi great setup, I have a few questions: 1. Do you clean the holding container? If so how often? And do you just use soap and RO water? 2. How long can you store RO water for in the container? If you use say half of the water in there, can you leave the other half for a week without any sort of contamination?
So I see from your video- that you can simply run the RO water straight into an open container? And you don't need to use the small tank that comes with the system. You could slowly fill a 55g barrel and no need for back-pressure on the filter??
I use the small tank for drinking water under my sink, so I can have fresh drinking water. I can turn a valve and have it fill the container while I have a small supply of drinking water in the mean time.
Is a huffy garbage can food grade plastic? If not, your drinking harmful chemicals in the plastic designed to hold garbage. I have also thought this same idea for storage, but all the trash cans I see are not for potable water storage
I thought the same, but this is an amazing idea. I was thinking one could get a thick food grade food safe liner (available from fabric wholesale stores/online shops/amazon). I used to make reusable, eco friendly living products. So, as long as you can figure a way to seel it, it will act as a liner inside whatever storage container you have.
So the RO process, is a slow one. You use more water than you get out, so this ultra pure water is pretty 'expensive' in a way. RO remains one of the most widely used desalination methods. There're ain't many ways to do that. Hense your RO water being pretty valuable. At the end of the day, intent on use would be my container choice. If your filling fish tanks, I wouldn't worry about using a trash can. Yes, Huffy does make Food Grade cans, but why wouldn't you want something sealed??? You've, sterilized and reduced this water to near particles. Protect your ultra refined water, for drinking. Also, 40 gallon pressure tanks you can find for about 40 more dollars than these thick plastic cans. You did a great job on the video.
The video is not bad but how did you manage to get your bulkhead adapter thru the 1 3/8 hole? Bought all your parts but damn sure wasted some cash on the wrong size hole saw.
Id imagine you didn't get a half inch bulkhead this is the bulkhead in the video and the description states it needs a 1-3/8" to 1-1/2" hole. You dont need to take the hole saw back you need to take the bulkead back. tinyurl.com/3uwrk5x9
@@HeinzKruse Yeah something is not right because this link is that part and it says 1 3/8" hole. Maybe a missbag, might have to get another. www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-2-in-Polyoxymethylene-Bulkhead-Union-With-Washer-Fitting-800469/207176895
No! Vaseline (petroleum jelly) eats the rubber. Eventually causing it to stretch and break. This is a silicone based grease made for plumbing and is okay for faucets that supply drinking water (also okay for fish tanks) Very little goes a long way.
Damn Playa!! Solid work on this video! Best part was at 6:20 time stamp. That's exactly what I needed to visually see. Thank you!!!
No problem, glad someone found the animation useful!
Since this video I also made an ugrade that allows drinking water to be used while the holding tank is being filled up
@@AquaMayne definitely will be finding that video! Thanks Playa 🤙
pro tip: watch series at Flixzone. I've been using them for watching a lot of movies recently.
@Derrick Emmett definitely, been using Flixzone for years myself =)
In the future when wiping silicone with your finger to improve the seal it creates first dip your fingers thoroughly in water. It prevents any silicone from sticking to your fingers and also allows you to really mold it into whatever shape you’d like.
good tip!
Thanks for this video, my husband and I did this for our greenhouse. It took us all day 😂 finding from all the hardware stores and swimming pool supplies stores, but we finally made it. 🎉
yo you should amazon link all of the parts for this, this is really helpful man! Great video!
You should put "saltwater aquarium" in the description or title so maybe more people find this.
Just a suggestion , you may not want to use a trash bin for purified water reservoir. The trash bin isn't food grade and has bpa in it, not to mention it isn't as strong as food grade reservoir.
Actually, the Rubbermaid Brute container is very well proven and it has NSF 2, 21 approval and USDA meat and poultry group listed, ensuring regulatory compliance for food storage and clean ability. It’s perfectly fine to use them. I like putting the wheel kit on them😉
Happy to see you online again! Great video thank you. Any updates on tissue culture part II?
This will definitely be useful in the future. I really want to keep Crystal Red Shrimp
Great video!! Just what I was looking for!!
You do know that make uniseal could have saved you a few step.Great video!
link?
Nice! Just what I was looking for, thanks.
Clockwise becomes counterclockwise when you turn the 'I' connector around.
I love your videos they are so cool and have showed me so much and gave me so many good ideas!!! Keep up the good work
I just started building a similar setup as yours'. I don't have an aquarium, but I do high pressure aeroponics growing indoors. Will be nice to have tons of RO water on the ready for me.
Heck yeah nice!
Great video bro!!
You could use like a Harborfreight transfer pump to give you some power behind this.
Sweet content!
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Thank you for this video!!!!
Nice vid... very detail..
Hi, I have a question. Is it okay if the engine RO system is always running while it shouldn't work because the water in the tank is full?
Hi great setup, I have a few questions:
1. Do you clean the holding container? If so how often? And do you just use soap and RO water?
2. How long can you store RO water for in the container? If you use say half of the water in there, can you leave the other half for a week without any sort of contamination?
Hello. I never clean it and yes you can hold water for a week no problem.
So I see from your video- that you can simply run the RO water straight into an open container? And you don't need to use the small tank that comes with the system. You could slowly fill a 55g barrel and no need for back-pressure on the filter??
I use the small tank for drinking water under my sink, so I can have fresh drinking water. I can turn a valve and have it fill the container while I have a small supply of drinking water in the mean time.
How long took for you to fill that tank? Thank you
Quite a while I just let it fill and go do something else. Maybe 4 hours. It all depends on water pressure and if you have a booster.
@@AquaMayne thanxxx
Love this video!
why are you holding the RO filtered water in the container for? Reservation for emergency use or redistribute for drinking again?
Its for aquariums. I hold it because it takes a long time to make
Is a huffy garbage can food grade plastic? If not, your drinking harmful chemicals in the plastic designed to hold garbage. I have also thought this same idea for storage, but all the trash cans I see are not for potable water storage
I thought the same, but this is an amazing idea. I was thinking one could get a thick food grade food safe liner (available from fabric wholesale stores/online shops/amazon). I used to make reusable, eco friendly living products. So, as long as you can figure a way to seel it, it will act as a liner inside whatever storage container you have.
But all in all the best thing would be a giant stainless steel container. Expensive.
Yea fda approved
So the RO process, is a slow one. You use more water than you get out, so this ultra pure water is pretty 'expensive' in a way. RO remains one of the most widely used desalination methods. There're ain't many ways to do that. Hense your RO water being pretty valuable. At the end of the day, intent on use would be my container choice. If your filling fish tanks, I wouldn't worry about using a trash can. Yes, Huffy does make Food Grade cans, but why wouldn't you want something sealed??? You've, sterilized and reduced this water to near particles. Protect your ultra refined water, for drinking. Also, 40 gallon pressure tanks you can find for about 40 more dollars than these thick plastic cans. You did a great job on the video.
I don't drink the water held in the can. The drinking water is held in the tank designed for drinking water. 6:20
The video is not bad but how did you manage to get your bulkhead adapter thru the 1 3/8 hole? Bought all your parts but damn sure wasted some cash on the wrong size hole saw.
Hello What size is the Bulkhead you got?
Id imagine you didn't get a half inch bulkhead this is the bulkhead in the video and the description states it needs a 1-3/8" to 1-1/2" hole. You dont need to take the hole saw back you need to take the bulkead back. tinyurl.com/3uwrk5x9
@@AquaMayne The Bulkhead is Everbilt 1/2in part number HPL-1871 just like in the video.
It came from Home Depot and considering it was made in China anything could have gone wrong.
@@HeinzKruse Yeah something is not right because this link is that part and it says 1 3/8" hole. Maybe a missbag, might have to get another. www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-2-in-Polyoxymethylene-Bulkhead-Union-With-Washer-Fitting-800469/207176895
There are no links in the description
Thanks, Fixed
So you have to go to the basement to get the water out of the trash can holding tank. For What ?
Because that's the best place for the ugly trash can to be and I have more tanks in the basement than the upstairs.
Can you put up the links for the items used please
i cant seem to find the half inch threaded adapters, where did you get yours?
I got mine at an irrigation supply store
They call them "nipples" at Lowes
The pvc 90s we’re not threaded in the kit they sent
Can you PVC glue it?
I’m sure I can, or I’ll just get the right ones
I ordered from the links and some of these parts it sends you to are the wrong sizes. You’d be better off going to your hardware store
I apologize about that. Which parts in particular. I will look into it
@@AquaMayne it’s the elbow it’s not threaded on one side and the 1/2 adapters aren’t the same but I think the ones they sent will still work
Stop using silicone! Vaseline is all u need for this kind of plumbing
No! Vaseline (petroleum jelly) eats the rubber. Eventually causing it to stretch and break. This is a silicone based grease made for plumbing and is okay for faucets that supply drinking water (also okay for fish tanks) Very little goes a long way.