Diy zero tds water help!

[s0n1c87]

Hi.. I read some thread in this forum where some have success cycling tap water with active carbon and water softener to achieve 0 tds. My hse tap water is ard 76ppm.. After almost 2days of cycling the water, the tds shoot up to 105ppm now.. is there something im missing out? someone pls help me.

[sunny03]

How you do it

[inwear]

Ensure your wares are cleaned before usage and you should us DI resin and not water softer. You can get DI resin from Madpetz at 1 tub 49 dollars

[inwear]

Show us your setup picture i suspect impuries from your carbon

[John Deroe Kenedy]

Water softerner?? Its Activated Carbon and DI Resin....

[s0n1c87]

ohoh~~ paiseh... means i used the wrong thing. :S should go and get DI resin instead. Thks thks.

[s0n1c87]

Is it this one? http://www.madpetz.com.sg/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=103

[John Deroe Kenedy]

yes... can i ask what water softerner u refering to?

[s0n1c87]

yes... can i ask what water softerner u refering to?

Oh. I used the water softener that can reduce GH lvl. I thought it can lower tds also. :x

[John Deroe Kenedy]

lol... no... u just need DI resin n Activated Carbon to reduce TDS...

[fishyfishyfishy]

sorry to hijack, anyone have experienced DI water smelling foul ?

Recently my 3 stage treated DI water start smelling foul, did a search on the net and received mixed and contrasting information.

Anyone had experience regarding this ?

[John Deroe Kenedy]

It either AC or DI resin... What i know is AC removes odour.. i think... make a new post maybe some RODI experts can help u out, because from what i know is that RO/DI units has Carbon, DI Resin and a membrane.... its either one u need to check...

U may also want to check ur RO/DI water strorage tank/bin. Long term of keeping water in a tank/bin may end up with a fishy smell...

[kaykay]

sorry to hijack, anyone have experienced DI water smelling foul ?Recently my 3 stage treated DI water start smelling foul, did a search on the net and received mixed and contrasting information. Anyone had experience regarding this ?

It simply means the DI resin has exhausted. As my DIY DI unit is small, the resin gets exhausted after roughly 100L of water. The smell is like ammonia. TDS will not be at 0. I will just replace with fresh resin, and replace the water too (use for flush toilet and stuff), just to play safe. Till now, I've not even used up a third of the small $30 (3L) tub of resin. Note: My house tap water reads 90+ TDS before the treatment ( 30+ year old HDB pipes).

[inwear]

sorry to hijack, anyone have experienced DI water smelling foul ?

Recently my 3 stage treated DI water start smelling foul, did a search on the net and received mixed and contrasting information.

Anyone had experience regarding this ?

yes and my tds gets around 30 - 40