Is this locally available system cheaper than CRSpotless

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MorBid

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In another post I mentioned that the place where I work uses DI-water in the manufactuering process but we have tanks and not cartridges.



I spoke with the sales manager from the supplier and he said he could hook me up with a 8" dia x 18" H setup (two tanks of course) which is estimated to process 1000 gallons.



It would cost me $10.00 a month or $120 per year to rent the tanks and $45.00 to get the tanks recharged (swapped out).



They come connected up for water supply/output and have that electronic thingy on it to tell you when the tanks should be replaced.



With my Karcher 1.6 GPM PW I use about 15 to 25 gallons of water per wash (depending on how much time I spend on the wheels/wells).



Can someone help we with the numbers to figure out which system is cheaper to use over the course of a year?



TIA
 
Can't you get water from work ? Use your DI water for raising only and you'll save water. You should be able to raise a full size car in 10 mins and thats probably more then enough time .
 
I probaly could, if I had a pickup truck to get the water tanks back and forth. We process 1000's of gallons a week of DI water. Don't think they'd miss a measly 25 gallons.



But the tanks are hooked up to different "lines" on the shop floor during the manufacturing process which I know nothing about. I just run the network. I don't want to be unhooking things.
 
That's a really good price for a mixed-bed system. It just sounds a little small on resin area...make sure it will output the quality water you want. A mixed bed should be able to give you million-ohm resistivity when it's freshly recharged, usually with a 50,000-ohm indicator light. I'm not sure what CRSpotless guarantees.
 
Morbid...it may be cheaper per gallon your way. I'm guessing .17 per gallon. When I got my CR system, I figured it to be .28 per gallon after the unit itself is paid for. I find it hard to believe that tanks that size will produce that much correctly filtered water. I mean, my CR 300 unit has 2 tanks that are 5x20 and do 300 gallons collectively. I'd have to see what the resistivity meter is looking for to actually offer a water quality comparison. (But heck...I'm just a layman with this thing)



One other thing. If you are estimating that you use 25 gallons per wash...that would equate to somthing like 16 minutes of constant spray...that can't be the case..can it?
 
Matt M, PA



I've been talking about that 1000 gallon thing in another post with someone who has some experience and he doubt's it too.



I called the sales manager up at the place where I'm going to rent from and he said that 1000 gallons was a guess using the larger tanks they sell (we have those at the shop almost 5' tall) as a reference since they sell mostly those.



No I don't use the whole 25 gallons on each wash, maybe a 1/4 of that but it depends.



My Audi A4 has some funky matting in the rear wheel wheels that's a b*tch to clean. If you spray any soap on them it takes forever (alot of water) to get the soap out. But s*it sticks to them like you wouldn't believe (grass, salt, dirt)



I also do the undercarriage and wheels each wash but my biggest probelm is where I work the parking lots are un-paved and there's a truck depot next door and they're parking lot is unpaved too so it takes only a couple of days for the car to get caked in gravely dirt/dust that gets in every nook and cranny.



So I have to initially rinse the car really good before ever putting a mitt to it. I guess with a black car I'm too paranoid of scratches.



Any way they are going to drop off that system for me next Tuesday on thier next schedule visit to the plant. I don't have to pay anything up front ($45.00 isn't due till I get the tanks regenerated) and the 10.00 rent is due after each 30 days.



I'm thinking I should be able to get the same amount of gallons processed at least as the DI300.
 
MorBid said:
my biggest probelm is where I work the parking lots are un-paved and there's a truck depot next door and they're parking lot is unpaved too so it takes only a couple of days for the car to get caked in gravely dirt/dust that gets in every nook and cranny.
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:shocked :eek: :shocked :eek: Wow, I get upset parking on the street.
 
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