RODI in summer quick, evaporate fast, winter slooooow

[Leroy]

No stranger to this situation but until I have my own home it'll be different to run a sump/refugium in the basement. New apartment I mean all new. But anyways my 32 gal rubbermaid containers that I manually fill to ATO my tanks need to be filled more in the summer due to the evaporation to the tanks is quicker, yet on the good side is the RODI is like bang, filled in my 44 gal Brute container overnight. In the winter........sheeet forget it. Takes days to get 20 gallons but less evaporation in my tanks.
Though I am working on making it easier once I'm fully on my feet after over 2 yrs of a busted heel. I've got a few things to catch up on.

 

[alpha0r]

Perhaps in the winter you could run the input water though a coil of 1/4' tubing in your sump to warm it up and get more GPD.

 

[JohnK]

I run the input to my RO unit through 25' of tubing coiled in a heated 5 gal bucket. Works well.

 

[Leroy]

Both ideas are great to warm the water in a 5 gallon bucket of water with a heater in it so the water processed threw the RODI is quicker. I'm going to work out some plans so by winter it'll be ready to put in to use. Wonder if I should document and pictures for a DIY?

 

[alpha0r]

Both ideas are great to warm the water in a 5 gallon bucket of water with a heater in it so the water processed threw the RODI is quicker. I'm going to work out some plans so by winter it'll be ready to put in to use. Wonder if I should document and pictures for a DIY?

Of course.

 

[S Hunter]

Both ideas are great to warm the water in a 5 gallon bucket of water with a heater in it so the water processed threw the RODI is quicker. I'm going to work out some plans so by winter it'll be ready to put in to use. Wonder if I should document and pictures for a DIY?

Please do. We always need good DIY projects, i for one love reading how people make things.