Would running reverse osmosis water to a pot filler be a bad idea?
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Comments (17)We have similar setup with whole house softener and single RO tap at sink for drinking. Comments above pretty much summarize our experience. I must admit though that I laugh a bit at the notion of not using softened water for a pot filler. When I learned how to cook pasta, I was told that the water should be "salted as if for soup." Another friend's benchmark was "salty as sea water!" No question that for quality pasta, or veggies, or about anything else you'd cook in a pot full of water, you'd be adding tons more salt than your softener would ever add! And on't get me started on the sodium police!!! One of the most ridiculous things in the public health/nutrition community is the universal condemnation of salt, in the absence of any rational reason to do so. Salt is bad for a small percentage of people who are hypertensive. That is the only known link between sodium and heart disease. If your blood pressure is normal, there is no reason to worry excessively about sodium--certainly not obsessing over 12.5 mg! Watch any chef in a restaurant season food and you'll see how critical salt is to good cooking. Fortunately most of us can consume it without worry....See Morerunning a RO line to a insinkerator dispenser - bad idea?
Comments (4)Water is by nature a great solvent and RO water is even better. Since RO water has had pretty much everything but the H and O removed it will leach minerals and metals from anything it is exposed to. RO faucets are usually lead-free and the quality ones are NSF certified. If you are intent in running RO water to another faucet contact the faucet manufacturer and ask them what the faucet is made of. Tell them you want to run RO water to it and see if they have any specific info....See MoreReverse Osmosis and Copper Sink
Comments (10)Andy - good points, but I don't have a bubble to burst :) I know all about juice and corrosion etc etc. I'm not overly concerned about more or less random stains building up over time. I'm not looking to have a beautiful pristine copper look inside the sink. The difference with those stains is that anytime I have juice in the sink I will be washing it down since I am using the sink (as long as I know the spill is there). With RO water, I might pour a glass of water and have a few drops land in the same spot in the sink and sit there overnight. There was another post about how RO water attacks copper and that you'd have copper ions reentering your water, which is what you are trying to avoid with RO. This reminded me of my copper sink and it made me wonder how aggressive the RO water really is. I wouldn't pour orange juice in the sink and let it sit there overnight. Is RO anything remotely close to a juice in that regard? If not, then you are correct that I shouldn't have any worries....See MoreWhole house Reverse Osmosis system
Comments (21)I’m not a pro by training but I spent a solid 4 months (every single day) researching, reading, talking to chemical engineers at the local university, plumbers, etc. I exhausted myself day and night. I slept with my phone waiting for replies from a water chemist engineer from Germany. Stress. Bought a house with a well. Had water tested at lab and I had just about every problem imagined. Forget the local water treatment salesmen, unless you just want to make a donation. Waste of time and inefficient. I wasted a lot of time with those companies before I realized they didn’t know a damn thing. First test water for EVERYTHING! Yes, you have to go to a lab and probably spend $250.00 or more. Hardness PH bacteria levels iron sulfur and Sulphates TDS, alkalinity, manganese, everything! Get results and go from there. I had high iron, hardness, iron bacteria, dangerously high sulphates, rotten egg smell, all with a low Flow rate well. This matters! After handling all of my issues I was stuck with sulphates which is hard to deal with. R/O is the only way. This means I was going to be limited to having drinkable water in one location in my brand new house...the kitchen sink. I couldn’t even use the water dispenser or ice machine from my fridge because there was no practical way to connect an r/o system. I wanted a full house r/o where my kids could get water from their bathroom sink...but I have copper pipes so I didn’t think it was an option. ****IT IS AN OPTION no don’t have to re-pipe. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO TREAT OTHER ISSUES FIRST. Hard water doesn’t do well going into R/O system. Simply put, you r/o for the entire house and after R/O system you install another system which is a re-mineralizing the water to neutralize the PH and make it taste REALLY GOOD! The neutralized water (ph around 7-8) will not corrode anything. Water tastes just like the ph water from “smart water” You will spend some money. There will be an adjustment period while you fine tune everything. It’s worth it at the end. Licensed plumber for install. Water salesmen can not do this. Good luck. Bad water sucks, I almost put our house back on the market because nobody could figure it out. Eventually, some very kind and intelligent people helped me. They weren’t selling anything or getting anything in return. They just simply took the time to help someone in a bad situation. I am grateful and found this post and wanted to share. There is a way to fix water, no matter how bad....See MorePatricia Colwell Consulting
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