OzzyPeeps
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Hi folks.
So I finally got around to buying an R.O. filter - what a game changer.
I am strictly extract and have no plans to go all grain, so it suits me perfectly for brewing.
I read somewhere that "remineralization filters" are basically BS and don't really do a whole lot to properly remineraize the water - and in any case, I wasn't in a position to buy one of the 1000 buck systems with bells and whistles so I went for a cheap aquarium unit on amazon for €70 .... R.O. is R.O., right?
Finerfilters 4 Stage Compact Reverse Osmosis Filter with DI Resin Tropical/Marine/Discus 50/75/100/GPD (100 GPD) : Amazon.co.uk: Pet Supplies
I would like to be ble to use the output for drinking and cooking long term without having to worry about deminerlaization/remineralization etc :
Now my understanding (which I'm beginning to think may have been a misunderstanding) was that the R.O. membrane itself stripped out the calcium and magnesium and other healthy minerals from the water.
But the design of this unit is:
PP sediment filter(rust silt dirt)>>>
activated carbon filter (chlorine taste odour)>>>
R.O. membrane >>>
Resin filter "function: removing calcium as magnesium ions to soften the water">>> output.
So probaly I misinterpreted "RO system" to mean "RO membrane" when I was doing my research ...
If there is someone here who understands this stuff better than me, (and I know there is!! lol)...
What I'm wondering now is...
1) why can't I just disconnect the DI/resin filter from the chain when I want drinking/cooking water and just take the output straight from the RO membrane?
Wouldn't the calcium and magnesium ions pass through the R.O. giving me clean mineralised water for drinking and cooking?
And if so, why in the hell would anyone spend the extra bucks on the remineralization filters?
Can anyone shed some light?
@mabrungard ?
Thanks in advance,
Ozzy
So I finally got around to buying an R.O. filter - what a game changer.
I am strictly extract and have no plans to go all grain, so it suits me perfectly for brewing.
I read somewhere that "remineralization filters" are basically BS and don't really do a whole lot to properly remineraize the water - and in any case, I wasn't in a position to buy one of the 1000 buck systems with bells and whistles so I went for a cheap aquarium unit on amazon for €70 .... R.O. is R.O., right?
Finerfilters 4 Stage Compact Reverse Osmosis Filter with DI Resin Tropical/Marine/Discus 50/75/100/GPD (100 GPD) : Amazon.co.uk: Pet Supplies
I would like to be ble to use the output for drinking and cooking long term without having to worry about deminerlaization/remineralization etc :
Now my understanding (which I'm beginning to think may have been a misunderstanding) was that the R.O. membrane itself stripped out the calcium and magnesium and other healthy minerals from the water.
But the design of this unit is:
PP sediment filter(rust silt dirt)>>>
activated carbon filter (chlorine taste odour)>>>
R.O. membrane >>>
Resin filter "function: removing calcium as magnesium ions to soften the water">>> output.
So probaly I misinterpreted "RO system" to mean "RO membrane" when I was doing my research ...
If there is someone here who understands this stuff better than me, (and I know there is!! lol)...
What I'm wondering now is...
1) why can't I just disconnect the DI/resin filter from the chain when I want drinking/cooking water and just take the output straight from the RO membrane?
Wouldn't the calcium and magnesium ions pass through the R.O. giving me clean mineralised water for drinking and cooking?
And if so, why in the hell would anyone spend the extra bucks on the remineralization filters?
Can anyone shed some light?
@mabrungard ?
Thanks in advance,
Ozzy
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