booster pump for R/O unit or another route?

[ryangrieder]

my r/o unit is only around a month old. i hooked it up at my buddies house and ran it with around 75-80 psi. his water pressure was pretty good. thats what the lady on the phone from the company told us to run it on. he had a nice simple stream of r/o water being made and fills 2 garbage cans in a day. i hooked it up at my place. i have around the same water pressure. i can only get around 34-40 psi and a steady drip of water made. its rated 100gph a day. it takes from 9 in the morning til 9 the next day to get around 3/4 garbage can full. i read about booster pumps. how does it work and what do you sugguest? either what booster pump or another way to speed up my water. i did try other water lines in my house and its all the same. the cord off the faucet is only around 2 foot from the R/O. the TDS reads at 0 still but its not a good enough pressure to get that 75-80 range. what do you reccomend? any other methods? ideas? comments? doing something wrong? want to make fun of me? call me names? help me? fix my problem? please do so. thanks

 

[ryangrieder]

bump

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Hey Ryan the psi to the house from the local water district isnt the reading that matters its what you get out of your faucets. If thats only 30-40 i would get a booster pump to bring it up to the required psi and I think youd see the same as when you had it at your buddies house. Theres a model most people prefer not sure something AquaTech 8800 if I recall right. Im sure people that run that pump will chime in here, I would get that model and would probably be happy with the results...Good luck

 

[ryangrieder]

how does it work? is it like a power head almost that connects after the faucet and before the RO unit? like pulling the water faster and pushing it into the RO?

 

[juiceguy]

it goes inline from your supply line:

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store...di-accessories/aquatec-8800-booster-pump.html

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Like juiceguy said it goes inline and boosts the pressure to the most useable pressure for the RO units.

 

[ScorpionSys]

LOL I wish I never told my wife I needed more pressure for my tank instead of a little booster for the rodi Unit she made me get a plumber to install a $1500 whole house booster. Reason was if I could boost the pressure for the tank she needed more pressure for her shower.

When I was looking I looked into both premate pumps that use the waste water to add pressure somehow no electric needed sounded good but I have no first hand experience.

 

[ryangrieder]

LOL I wish I never told my wife I needed more pressure for my tank instead of a little booster for the rodi Unit she made me get a plumber to install a $1500 whole house booster. Reason was if I could boost the pressure for the tank she needed more pressure for her shower.

When I was looking I looked into both premate pumps that use the waste water to add pressure somehow no electric needed sounded good but I have no first hand experience.

LOL thats funny