ro/di hookup

[jspot]

Should I connect my ro/di to the hot water line or the cold?

[silverwolf72]

cold, hot water will kill the ro membrane

[drummereef]

Yes, cold water line only. :)

[mantis32]

jspot, do you plan to drink your ro/di water?

[stuccodude]

hey mantis, why do you ask that, when i set mine up i was going to drink it, i read alot on this site and i believed it was alright, your opinion, thanks

[jspot]

I thought about using it for drinking water. Also, do I need to add anything in before aquarium use such as ro-right?

[Snowboarda42]

You can drink RO water, but drinking after the DI has no benefits to human consumption. Thats why alot of RO/DI units have a line where you can get output between the RO and DI unit.

Also, if you hooked up your hot water to your RO/DI, you have to remember that the hot water goes through alot more copper in the heater, possibly having some corrosion buildup in the water as well. Thus making your RO/DI unit have more to filter out, making your cartridge life shorter.

[mantis32]

i read this post and it turned me off to drinking it.

http://www.finishing.com/156/65.shtml