Alright, well, I'll see if THAT works.

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I did a couple of things, including turning the water off and emptying the tank.  Okay.  But, what I thought was something, was, but it was... different.  The water shutoff is actually two shutoffs.  So... the tank refilled.  Fair enough.  Once I realized what was going on I turned off all the cold water.  Odd though.  The valve I shut off is the one that goes to the reverse osmosis system.  Hmm, unless there is something else odd in there...  Perhaps their is a leak from that shutoff.  Unfortunately, the only way to shut off this water, if the valve failed, is to turn off the whole house water.  Yeah, I really ought to put a valve down below.  Then again, all of these valves seems to have a high failure rate.  Used infrequently... what... they just fail through water flow degradation?  Doesn't make sense.  I'll give it another 15 minutes, if it is still flowing then, I'll... check some other things. 

Beyond that, I am not sure everything will work in a direct crossover, as I had hoped.  Even the drain, on this Sears system, seems to be proprietary.  Instead of a normal saddle, they have their own system hookup.  Still, I'll look closer.  It might fit, or be make to fit.  Or... I might simply be able to hook that discharge hose right to my new system.  Otherwise I'll have to install a saddle, which isn't a problem.  What would be a problem is figuring out how to remove this custom bit of fitting, replace it, or figure out how to close that hole.  Bleh.

On the good side, I like the way this one was engineered.  The faucet, which is the only problem with the old one, is not meant to nickle and $150 dollar the buyer.  It is meant to hook up once, hook up well and smartly and with a waterproof seal built in, and then never give any hassle.  Yes, I am liking this new system.  I appreciated the old system, functionally.  It's longevity, and the expense of replacement parts, simply made it a useless system.  I ought to tinker with it, take it apart and check through things, just to get a better idea of what these systems are and do.  Who knows, there might be little pieces and parts I might consider valuable.  Replacement tubes looked rather good on the old system, too.  If not as easy to replace as the new ones, at least they don't seem fragile to replace, as some systems are.  I never replaced the old filters, as it was a high volume, for a family of four to six.  I use lightly, even for one.  A pot of coffee a day, and not regularly.  The rare times I cook beans or make spaghetti.  Not much use, considering it was a 50-70 gallon per day unit.  But... it was about time, as I see things, for new filters.  So I just dumped now rather than spend as much, and just from what I could see, to fix the faucet as the new system cost.  Yeah... simple choice.  Only this time I shopped around long before pulling the trigger.

I really would like to get the water that would be normally dumped to go into a tank in the basement.  The water is still good, great for washing the body, or vehicles with a pump, or such.  It's not even bad for drinking, it just isn't as good.  I just hate wasting water.  I'll... figure something out, eventually.  I would have to purchase a large water tank and an extended hose of the right size, hook those up, and figure out how to move that water to where else I might want it.  Not good for the garden, though, since it has been softened.  Yes, I do think about these things.  But I can only do so much, so fast, and seem to be perpetually behind the curve.  Wee! 

Dang it.  Forgot to set the timer.  I'll just give it 15 more minutes.  Later.