kendaroo Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hey everyone, I have been researching RO/DI units since I'm tired of hauling water from the store (especially after last weekend when I took a sharp turn on the Ross Island Bridge and the full bucket in the trunk fell over with such force that the lid popped off and I lost 5 gallons!) Aghh... anyway... So I read on the Water Bureau website that our water is indeed treated with chloramines. My question is: is the chloramine-specific unit *really* necessary or do standard RO/DI systems do a good enough job? I'm guessing I need the chloramine-specific unit, but I thought I would ask about what other people in the metro area are doing, just in case it would save me a little $. Thanks!! Kendra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 good question. I don't have an answer. I have a carbon filter on the house, then there are three pre filters before my RO, then three DI chambers after. I don't think any of them are for chloramines. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salt Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 It was my understanding that thats what the carbon is for, iirc the chloramine specific filters you can buy are just a higher grade of carbon correct me if i'm wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 The last carbon filter I got for my purifyer was graded for chloramine, I got it at Upscales. I dont know if it makes a differance or not but better safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Hey everyone, I have been researching RO/DI units since I'm tired of hauling water from the store (especially after last weekend when I took a sharp turn on the Ross Island Bridge and the full bucket in the trunk fell over with such force that the lid popped off and I lost 5 gallons!) Aghh... anyway... Yeah - I burned up a nice car stereo amplifier this way. (flame)(flame) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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