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Unfortunately the specific gravity doesn't tell you anything in regards to what is there. In addition, that phosphate number is through the roof.
I would write off that unmentioned LFS and fully agree with Mark.....buy a RO/DI unit.
"Starting to complain...." If she is just starting, consider yourself lucky. My wife started as soon as I said "I do," and it hasn't stopped for 34 years. :grin:
Hey, talking about messes, is the porch done? Now I'm starting to sound like your wife! :o
Not even close.....if we make some assumptions.....the average US drinking water TDS is 350. If we assume 1 "clean" gallon of water for 3 gallons of waste on the RO/DI unit (that's what I get with my 75 gpd unit), that calculates to a TDS of 467 for the waste water.
Wow! WOW! You have to be able to see a color difference with that water. There are no actually standards, but the EPA recommends not drinking water over 500.
As I typed this a thought came into my little pea-brain....this is RO/DI water we are talking about and not saltwater? If...
It is hard to see, but I mounted the sock holder below the trim of the tank....with a spacer between the blue plexi and the trim. When the sock overflows, it goes between the blue plexi and the edge trim...right back into the sump.
I used teflon nuts and bolts.