Anyone have an ro in non heated room. That u drain out at the end of day?
Anyone have an ro in non heated room. That u drain out at the end of day?
i built a big box that i insulated and is big enough for the ro to fit in. between uses i store the ro in the box with a 100 watt bulb for heat. no problems so far and we have had weather in the teens at night
Tim Schmidt
2013 13 Taps 4 Gallons Syrup, Drum evap.
2014 50 Taps 14 Gallons Syrup, Drum evap.
2015 60 Taps on 3/16 gravity, 40 Taps on buckets, 42 Gallons Syrup, Home built 30 x 60 arch and flat pan
2016 125 Taps all on 3/16 gravity average 18 in. vacuum, 43 Gallons Syrup, Same Arch and Pan
2017 125 Taps all on 3/16 gravity average 18 in. vacuum, 44 Gallons Syrup, Same Arch and Pan
2018 155 Taps all on 3/16 gravity average 18 in. vacuum, Same Arch and Pan, home built 100 gph ro unit
Mine is in an insulated closet.
A small ceramic space heater does the trick.
Draining the system and leaving it a day or two probably wouldn’t hurt, but you don’t want the membranes to dry out.
42.67N 84.02W
350 taps- 300 on vacuum, 50 buckets
JD gator 625i Sap hauler w/65 gal tank
Leader 2X6 drop flue
Homemade auto draw-off
Homemade preheater
Homebrew RO, 2- xle-4040's
LaPierre double vertical releaser
Kinney KC-8 vacuum pump
12X24 shack
Lots of chickens and a few cats.
Even if you are draining the unit I would assume the membrane will retain water and freeze. Just a thought.
We have a CDL 250 which is advertised as not requiring a heated room. It is 4 years old now. After loosing the primary pump, multiple rebuild primary pumps, and finally a new primary pump (the Dealer was awesome and the only charge we have incurred is one rebuilt and one primary pump). The new recommendation is to use some type of small heat source to help reduce ice issues. We have our RO sitting on top of a tank. We use a heat lamp with cheap metal shade facing the pump area. It has worked like a champ since. We drain the unit by tilting it in several directions, but for the small electrical cost the heat lamp is worth it. We did place Thermax over the top on the 7' high ceiling and then used a couple pieces to come down on the sides to slow the migration of the heat.
Mike
Tapping since 1985 (four generations back to early to mid 1900s). 200-250 taps on buckets and then tubing in the mid 90s. 2013- 275 taps w/sap puller 25 gal. 2014-295 taps w/sap puller 55 ga. (re-tapped to vacuum theory) 2015-330 taps full vac. 65 gal, 2016-400 taps 105 gal, 2017-400 taps 95 gal. 2018-additional 800' mainline and maybe 400 new taps for a total near 800 taps. 2x6 Leader WSE (last year on it) supported by a 250 gph RO.