How Long Should Resin Last?

[bluemoon]

Hi all wondered if anyone can give me some advice? I have been using 2 8x24 di vessels since the beginning of March and refill my 350l tank 2 or 3 times a week on average. Today i checked my ppm from the 1st vessel and it was reading over 100. 2nd vessel and tank are at 000ppm. Is this normal or am i doing something wrong? My ppm from tap is about 220. Grateful for any advice

 

[Smurf]

This calc should give you a rough guide on how long di resin should last www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/Resin%20Calculator.htm

 

[bluemoon]

Thanks Smurf, according to that i should change every 7 weeks. Thought i might get a bit longer out of it but least i can swap vessels around to get a while longer from my resin. Thanks again mate !!

 

[mark m]

as u are using twin di and you can safely clean with up to 10ppm I think you would get approx. 3 times what the gardeners calculator is telling you

 

[JDMW]

ive cleaned with 18ppm before, this week actually and when the sun dried it i got no spotting. i harvest rain water aswell and that goes up to 12ppm sometimes and doesnt spot.

 

[Oliver]

lol & I was worried the other day when mine was coming out at 2ppm hmy: stopped working & went & changed my resin straight away! :biggrin:

 

[Smurf]

So you should :biggrin:

lol & I was worried the other day when mine was coming out at 2ppm hmy: stopped working & went & changed my resin straight away! :biggrin:

 

[JDMW]

heard stories about ppl cleaning with tap water before in soft water areas.

 

[Gmeister]

heard stories about ppl cleaning with tap water before in soft water areas.

I don't think that was in this country??
I have seen it too, but it was in new Zealand, where a guy went there for holiday/seeing parents, they wanted windows cleaned, and apparently the ppm of water was around 50ppm!

He used a normal sweeping brush and the tap water!

Windows came out sparkling apparently!

 

[xline]

heard stories about ppl cleaning with tap water before in soft water areas.

i know of a massive company in scotland that do this.

 

[bluemoon]

Thanks all for your help and advice. I'll wait till my second vessel gets to 10 Mark and then i'll get some new resin. Should last longer then until i can get some more customers and need to fill my tank every day, its slowly building up and i cant wait till i have enough jobs to fill all my weeks. Knock knock and knock some more doors is the way i found works best. Thanks again

 

[charlie]

get a ro, ther not out of this world £££££££££££££

 

[Ade]

Thanks all for your help and advice. I'll wait till my second vessel gets to 10 Mark and then i'll get some new resin. Should last longer then until i can get some more customers and need to fill my tank every day, its slowly building up and i cant wait till i have enough jobs to fill all my weeks. Knock knock and knock some more doors is the way i found works best. Thanks again

Hey bluemoon dont forget when 2nd di gets to 10 mark (or whatever u deem unusable) only change resin in 1st di vessel & switch over vessels ( 2 becomes 1 )

also shaking and stirring resin can prolong its life lol