I have been googling/calling all morning. Hoping someone on here knows where I can rent/exchange DI water tanks in Coastal South Carolina. Fayetteville to Wilmington to Charleston to Columbia. Any leads would be appreciated. --So far Culligan out of N. Charleston is my only lead. Thanks again.
Need help finding DI water tanks
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BlueBliss
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Culligan seems to have a corner on the market in the south east. We had a supplier about 10 years ago that sent resin for us to recharge our own. It was much cheaper, but they went under about 7 years ago. The only company I ever found otherwise was Culligan. We had to make regular exchanges (every Tue. 2 sets of tanks) or it was likely they didn't have the weak base in stock!
bhenson
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Jeremiah,
Call Chris at Window Clean Resources 862-266-0677. They sell them. They might be able to make you a better deal if you buy your resin from them to recharge your tank. Also have you called any water filteration places. Im not sure if i mentioned that when we talked the other day.
Bryan
Call Chris at Window Clean Resources 862-266-0677. They sell them. They might be able to make you a better deal if you buy your resin from them to recharge your tank. Also have you called any water filteration places. Im not sure if i mentioned that when we talked the other day.
Bryan
<TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" id=AutoNumber2 border=0 cellSpacing=0 borderColor=#111111 cellPadding=5 width=580><TBODY><TR><TD> OK, here's what I've found. Culligan of Wilmington seems to be my closest dist. He said the two- tank system is my best bet. Myrtle Beach's public water has about a TDS of 100. So at that #, he said I should be able to go 4000 gallons before the tanks need exchanged with the two bed system, and only 1200 with the mixed bed. The prices are flat $40 a month for the rental, and $135 to exchange both tanks. I asked about adding a water softner, he said the first stage had the same stuff as a water softner so it would be redundant.
I'm going to continue to call around, but does this sound kosher? Thanks
Found this on Culligan's website:
TWO–BED
The cation and anion exchangers are connected in series. The cation tank removes positively charged ions (calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, manganese and potassium). The anion tank removes negatively charged ions (sulfates, chlorides, carbonates, bicarbonates, nitrates and silica). Strong base anion units typically produce 0.2 megohm water at a pH of 8-9, whereas weak base anion units produce lower water quality, a pH of 6-7, and do not remove silica or CO2.
</TD></TR><TR><TD>MIXED–BED
Cation and anion resins are combined and mixed in a single tank. Thousands of cation and anion ion exchanges take place as water passes through the resin bed. Typical water quality of 2 megohm or more with neutral pH.</TD></TR><TR><TD>MULTIPLE–TANK SYSTEMS
Three tanks or more are connected in series; or parallel; or a combination of the two. Produces high purity water in any desired quantity. Systems may consist of strong acid cation, strong or weak base anion and mixed bed media tanks in a number of varying combinations, to produce the water quality required. Water qualities of 15 megohm or more, with a neutral pH, can typically be attained.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I'm going to continue to call around, but does this sound kosher? Thanks
Found this on Culligan's website:
TWO–BED
</TD></TR><TR><TD>MIXED–BED
heartlandxtremeclean
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My culligan man said $110 a month for rental of the 2 tank system (or I can buy them around $1000-$1500) $140 to regenerate, and get this tds is around 500 here(so ive been told)! Is that even possible?? so only 1400 gallons per charge, Ive had the 2 dealerships Ive asked say i can start anytime for around $2 per car(they both run them to car wash when they get "too dirty") but how can I possible make decent money @10 cent a gallon+ rent + all other expenses?? I know DI/RO is the best way to go, but what about hand drying( chamois) any other ideas?? I wish I had Bryan's di supplier and ANYONE elses water!!
EcoClean
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Jeremiah those numbers sound off. I use a single cubic foot, mixed bed Di tank and I average about 3000 gallons @ an input of 50 TDS before the final TDS starts to creep up. Are you wanting to rinse cars off or clean windows? If you're going to rinse cars, you need volume. A Ro/Di system will save you money. If you're cleaning windows, you'll be fine with just a Di tank @ 100 TDS since you're only using about 0.5 GPM.