For Those With Ato's

[noobwithatank]

For those of you who use a float right to your ro ssystem how far is the line traveling ? Or would it be best to look for a 10g container etc .

 

[jack]

I use a float right from my r/o I ran 3/8 about 20ft. That same o/o also feeds my mixing station 2 fridges and 2 kit sinks I have a 10 gallon holding inline with my r/o

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[TORX]

I used to have a float running straight to my tank. When I did a rebuild, I stopped and used a reservoir as it worked better for that set up. I am glad I did. Over the last few years, I have had 4 valves break. 2 broke in the open position and the other 2 seized closed with coraline. If the ball breaks off or something keeps it open, you could dump a lot of RO into your tank dropping your salinity or a flood. Either way, I never suggest it. I have a gravity fed ATO with 15 gallons of RO that connects to a float valve. There is never 15 gallons in there though. If it breaks open, then it will lower the salinity only a bit in my 150 gallons TWV system vs 75 gallons a day if I hooked up to my RO.

 

[thehvacman]

For those of you who use a float right to your ro ssystem how far is the line traveling ? Or would it be best to look for a 10g container etc .

I use a float right from my r/o I ran 3/8 about 20ft. That same o/o also feeds my mixing station 2 fridges and 2 kit sinks I have a 10 gallon holding inline with my r/o

Guys be warned that this is a bad way to setup an ato. Eventually something will go wrong, and your saltwater tank will become a freshwater tank. Simplest way is to set it up to gravity feed from a container. Mine is setup so the float switch operates a pump that pumps in makeup water to maintain a level, and there is an alarm float that kills the pump if the first float jams up.

 

[EricTMah]

+1 on both what torx and hvacman said.
You're asking for trouble running an ATO like this. Spend the money and get a proper ato.

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[AdInfinitum]

+1 to Torx as well...remember with any equipment it is not a question of if it will fail but when...and when it happens what will the consequences be...

 

[noobwithatank]

I am just looking for ideas. I've used the ones with 2 float switches before but was thinking of just the small tank 10gallons on top of the sump with a simple float.

 

[jack]

+1 on both what torx and hvacman said.
You're asking for trouble running an ATO like this. Spend the money and get a proper ato.

Sony Xperia Z3

That's a good point I will install an alarm on too high level in the sump and run it into a solenoid to shut off the flow of my ro incase the float brakes

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[Franco]

For my self i have about max 20' line, top off is a Power Liquid Level Controller sensitive air pressure switch to AC outlet, which i use a Float Switch and at the end of the line i put a Float valve for 1/4''....i looks complicated but at the end it's safe

 

[Nonuser]

I'm filling up 5 gallon water jugs like a sucker! And have a small 7 gallon cube with the ATO and its 6 " away from the sump and I manually fill that!