Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Inaugural run of my new, inspired by @RustyGreen and the folks over here - https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2832232 - filtration system to get a spot free rinse when washing cars. Much ado about nothing, I know but it brought my town water from 20 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) ppm to 0. Sorry for the crappy pics (I’ll get better ones on request.

Everything was bought on sale over the winter and with Amazon GCs.

• PVC fitting selection is horrible in these parts so I went with brass fittings and lotsa of teflon wrap. Lotsa in like 15 wraps for the white on the main housings and 7 or 8 with the thicker stuff.
• I went with the 4.5 x 10 Pentek Big Blue housings due to height issues with longer ones.
  
• The first housing has a general spun filter, the other two have refillable filters with the recommended Resintech MBD-30 Nuclear Grade Mixed Bed DI Resin.
• The filters are mounted on a peice of leftover Azek supported by one 8’ cedar 2x4. I only had about 2-3” unused after all the cuts. The filter and frame can slide up off the cart but I’m hoping to service them mounted.
• I figure I came in close to the cost of the cheaper off the shelf systems. But where’s the fun in that

The only leak was a pinhole size one on the peice of patch hose between the filters and power washer. It’s from an ancient hose so time to sacrifice another.

Edit:
I forgot the good morning everyone I hope you have a better than decent Thursday.

 

The urge of temptation is growing in me. I might have the system one of these days.

 

Looks great!

I'm a little confused about the TDS meter though. I thought it measured this

 

Good morning everyone, have a great, safe and blessed Thursday. We are almost done for this week.

 

Good Thursday morning friends! Hope everyone has an amazing day

 

Morning all
Have a great day

 

Fixed

Mornin’ Folks

 

Looking like that filter needs to come off maybe.

 

Yeah, conductivity does that to some folks.

 

Morning yall, I'm dead tired today. Didn't fall asleep till midnight.

 

Not the spectacular sunrise pics our fearless leader posts but the commute today was kinda neat at a chilly 40 degrees - alongside the Connecticut at a boat launch.
Up river then down:

 

Thanks for the reminder

I got these drive by photos this morning. Hay is being made everywhere near the house this week

 

Dry this week everyone around me is cutting and bailing this week.

 

Good morning shop crew, have a great Thursday!

Town run and a little light gunsmithing are all that’s on the agenda today. May try to fit a nap into the busy schedule too.

 

Right back at you!

Aging myself here… that train bridge I posted hasn’t been used in decades, makes me think of Hogan’s Heroes

 

Heck, I think 20 ppm is pretty good. The county water comes out of my tap at around 200 ppm.

 

Kinda gives a Whole New Meaning to “there’s Gold in them there hills”. Price of feed around here rn be nothing but

 

Yeah, I was happy to see the low starting point and even happier the system got it to zero.

 

One of my first jobs was lookin’ after a Coin Op. Car/Truck wash. If you didn’t have good soft water….then you were dead in it. Never get ‘er clean.