fishnugget

With an RODI you run the water through a sediment filter, filters out sediments, then a carbon filter, removes chlorine and other stuff, then the heart of the unit which is the membrane. This membrane filters out 98-99% of the water impurities found in tap water. The remaining 2% impurities are what make up RO water. If you want it cleaner than that, then you run the remaining 2% impurities through the DI resin, which basically filters the remaining 2% out.

I would call Russ over at Buckeye and tell him what you want. You can get an RODI unit, hook it up under your sink and connect that to your fridge as well. I had it like that when I lived in an apt. You can also "T" off the DI line and send it to your garage, buy some trash bins with lids, add a bulkhead, then get a self priming pressure washer/or pump and have instant DI water. Much cheaper this route than using the CR spotless DI unit because an RO system will filter out 98% of the impurities in water before the go through the DI resin. This means you use less costly DI resin. The CR spotless system is composed of nothing but expensive DI resin that you run straight unfiltered tap water through. This route will deplete your DI resin very fast and cost you more in the long run. This is why the CR spotless is a poor design.

Hey solar07,

I dont check my pms that often on these forums so I apologize for the late response

First off, Residential and Commercial Water Filtration Systems | RODI Systems | Reverse Osmosis Filtration System - Buckeye Hydro is a good store/site to get info and find what you are looking for. Russ (the owner) is great and his customer service is more supportive than even spectrapure.

I own the MaxCap RODI unit made by spectrapure, but Russ over at Buckeye hydro, can hook you up with the equivalent unit. My RODI unit is connected to the same water line as my washer. However I don't use my system for the washer. I just located it there for convenience. My RODI units has 2 ball valves as well, one is for RO (drinking water/cooking) and the other is DI water (aquarium reef tank/DI water for spotless rinsing).

I came across your postings when researching DI systems for rinsing my cars. Sorry to bug you but you seem to know quite a bit about the process. You mention quite a bit of info regarding RODI systems. I have been looking at the Buckey Hydro site as I actually live in Columbus Ohio.

I will start off that I am an idiot when it comes to this stuff, I just want to get the spots off my cars Currently I have a whole house softener and inline filter. Two spigots run off the softener, two are straight from the well. I currently have an RO system under my kitchen sink that is due for replacement. Do you use your systems for both washing and drink? I do not think I could do this as I dont know how I would segregate the kitchen tap and fridge to the same line I used to wash the cars (spigot).

All this said do you have any advice or recommendations? There is a lot of mention of wasted water, I am curious as to how that works. Thanks for any help Brad