Hi water dudes- I'm looking at an RO system for my 3bbl brewery. I'd love to grab a bigass system for huge GPD and quick brewdays, but budget is always tight.
What I'm thinking is that I can get a lower GPD (say, 100) system on the cheap and just let it run into my HLT the day or two before brewday. I could even hook my 3 kettles up together via a hose for ~375G of storage space, and run excess water into spare fermenters for storage for the next brewday.
How feasible is this? My water is very hard and very alkaline, so am I threatening to ruin my membranes this way? I've heard of people running water softeners before their RO Systems- does anyone do this? Again, trying to save money but if running without a softener is going to tear up my membranes, that's not really saving money. Thoughts? I can post my water if needed.
What I'm thinking is that I can get a lower GPD (say, 100) system on the cheap and just let it run into my HLT the day or two before brewday. I could even hook my 3 kettles up together via a hose for ~375G of storage space, and run excess water into spare fermenters for storage for the next brewday.
How feasible is this? My water is very hard and very alkaline, so am I threatening to ruin my membranes this way? I've heard of people running water softeners before their RO Systems- does anyone do this? Again, trying to save money but if running without a softener is going to tear up my membranes, that's not really saving money. Thoughts? I can post my water if needed.