Buying water

[abracadabra]

Good point on the costs of RO systems. RO systems are not cheap to install and there is a yearly cost for new membranes. However I would like to know how much it costs to produce distilled water with a home system?

Craig

I thought this thread was talking about water for brewing, drinking and general human consumption. Not treating water to flush down the toilet.

 

[davarm]

I am still waiting on the filter , was supposed to be here today. Dude said he had to glue it all together because it leaked big time before. So I went ahead and bought the glue. I found the filter at amazon.com for $13.95 before shipping. Hope that helps!

In reference to the filter as shown in BYO..

If you glue the parts together, then you have to start from scratch with the next filter, right?

Do you have an estimate of the total cost for the pvc parts?

Also, does the filter automatically stop flow when it reaches the end of it's life?

 

[davarm]

I am still waiting on the filter , was supposed to be here today. Dude said he had to glue it all together because it leaked big time before. So I went ahead and bought the glue. I found the filter at amazon.com for $13.95 before shipping. Hope that helps!

In reference to the filter as shown in BYO..

If you glue the parts together, then you have to start from scratch with the next filter, right?

Do you have an estimate of the total cost for the pvc parts?

Also, does the filter automatically stop flow when it reaches the end of it's life?

 

[aseelye]

Yes when you gluc pvc or cpvc together, it fuses the parts permanently. After 10000 gallons, you must spend another $40, giving you a cost of $0.004/gallon. No, it doesn't stop flowing, but you'll be able to taste it. If you're brewing 5 gallon AG batches, you're using around 9-10 gallons per batch, giving you a water cost of about 4 cents over 1000 batches, hardly something to worry about.

 

[Ivan Lendl]

I cannot use my water because it is nasty. I buy water for my all grain brewing by the 5 gallon jugs like the same kind you find on a water cooler. I know this water is RO and have just read that is bad for all grain. What water should I use, maybe bottled spring water?

Unless your beers come out nasty why not just use the 'nasty' water? Isnt burton water kind of nasty?

I just use deerpark from Walmart its like 5$ per 5 g's.

 

[aseelye]

Unless your beers come out nasty why not just use the 'nasty' water? Isnt burton water kind of nasty?

So what happens when you want to make a german beer?

 

[Ivan Lendl]

So what happens when you want to make a german beer?

Deerpark.

Heres how deerpark compares to pilsen water:

Ca2
pilsen 10, DP, .10-31
Mg2
pilsen 3, DP, 1-8
HCo3-1
pilsen 3, DP 1-72
so4-2
pilsen 4, DP 1-7.4
Na1
pilsen 3, DP .7-5.5
Cl1
pilsen 4, DP .1-13

That being said, I dont make german beers.

 

[stale]

I go to wal-mart and buy thier artesian spring water. In the 3 gal pack the cost is 50 cents a gal. I've never had a problem with it. My well water on the other hand has made nothing but crappy beer.

 

[davarm]

I could not find a way to get it on-line, but here is the next best I could do.

Parts needed:

* (1) 2"90 -degree elbow PVC (male and female ends see pic)
* (2) 2" x 1/2" bushing adapter pVC
* (1) 2"x3" coupling PVC
* (1) 1/2" male threadx 5/8" hose barb brass
*(1) 1/2" male thread x 1/2" hose barb brass
* (1) Culligan WHR-140 filter.

Here's a dumb question, although maybe not so dumb since I don't have the magazine.....

Which end does the water source go in? Is it the 5/8" barb fitting on the left?

Once I know that, I can probably figure out the orientation of the filter.

 

[CollinsBrew]

This may have been mentioned before but I bought a standard RV water filter with hose attachments from Wal-Mart for about $17.50 that made my water taste great right out of the hose. It removes chlorine and water hose taste. It's just a basic charcoal filter I'm sure.

I grew up on well water and while the smell isn't all that great, the taste is really good a pure, however, that depends on the depth of your well. Our well was 450 ft. which is pretty deep for a Florida well. It had a slight sulphur smell to it but tasted great. My neighbor's well was only 150 ft and when he watered his lawn you could smell that mess all the way down the street. Also, all of his sinks and showers had a nice hew of rust red on them from the heavy amounts of iron in his water which also gave it a very metallic taste. Not to mention, the water is so hard at that point that you don't even feel clean after showering in it.

 

[Cheesefood]

Also, all of his sinks and showers had a nice hew of rust red on them from the heavy amounts of iron in his water which also gave it a very metallic taste. Not to mention, the water is so hard at that point that you don't even feel clean after showering in it.

My In-Laws in North Central Iowa have that same red-rust on ALL of their sinks, toilets, etc. My wife thought she was a strawberry blonde until she went to college. I can't stand the water there. A long time ago, I set precedent by showing up with a few jugs of drinking water for myself. They thought it was really rude of me at first, but now my wife and her brother also drink only bottled water (that their mom buys in advance of our trips).

Showering is disgusting though. I feel slimy coming out. First thing I do when I get home is take a long, hot REAL shower.

 

[ski36t]

Another discussion on the same topic here. My $15 solution is posted there.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=28087&page=2