Quote Originally Posted by slowthestone
You messy mofo!

That DI bit is news to me...gracias.

Tomorrow a bigger, better, badder water softner unit is arriving here. (thats more for household use, but will help with overall H2O quality before it hit the solution tank)

RO is next.
tds too.
oh, and calibration goo. I'll prolly do a goof thing like pH some jello on the super thin side for that!

Great thread for the hardware hackers out there.:thumbsup:

But just out of curiousity, a water softener uses salts to soften water correct?

I was always told dont let any plants be watered by any "softened" water, I would assume the water softener will increase the salts in the water while lowering the calcium and magnesium? I forget which elements determine the hardness of the water.

But maybe using the RO as the last leg of filtration will eliminate anything left in the water by the water softener?

I'm really curious about the progress of the cooling system, I was going to start looking into the myself but due to my limited space I was looking away from a pump driven system.