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There really isnt a way to have a r/o unit operate unless you have it tapped into the water lines. Like was stated earlier, its an easy process to do and if you dont want to hook it up using a faucet attachment you can use a saddle attachment that will pierce the copper pipe under the sink.You will then have to attach the waste water line using an appropriate fitting that can be bought online for r/o units.

can i run a r/o non plummed into anything, my parents wont let me take hold of a sink everday for all day, so coudl i jkust put it in a bucket and maybe let it filter that for days needed? this would also destory all that wasted waste water

Why dont you add a y onto the water spigot and add your RO under the counter?

I'm not sure what you mean. RO systems have to be under pressure to work. If you turn off the pressure such as unhooking it from a constant water source then you have to wait for the whole system to fill up and pressurize again. The waste water also can't be stopped. It's the resulting minerals and other junk from the water. An ro membrane and system doesn't collect the minerals anywhere it runs them off down the drain constantly. A normal ro system has no pumping mechanism so it can't draw water from a bucket it has to have water forced into it by the water lines or from a faucet.

Mine is hooked into the pipes where the water first comes into the house and has a 10g storage tank. Some water runs into the ro system and most of it goes on to whoever is running a faucet. It never interferes with anyone's water usage and if I turn it off the storage tank empties. Then I have to wait around for not only the system to fill but the storage tank as well before I get any pressure. Normally you hook them to the pipes under the sink but mine didn't fit under any sinks.

could i do osemtihngl ik this, have one barrel up high then treaded to the ro/ then have a waste bucket and a good bucket, would that be enoough pressue?

You shoudl be able to go to your local hardware store and get a fridge icemaker kit. This will have plastic hose, connections, and a clamp that goes around a copper pipe. Then you turn it and it will drill threw the pipe so water can flow. Very easy to install.

Dan


Dan

pprobably not. The preassure from your faucet is greater then that. What your goint to have to do to run it that way would need weight to add pressure to the water. Why not connect it to a water faucet outside with a y fitting 97c at any hardware store plus the reducers and such to make it fit to the ro and then coiver it up wit a plastic bin.