Help With RO

[brick-brothers]

So I had my RO unit running over night. I just change all the filters 2 day ago and replace the 1 mircon with a 5 micron sediment. This morning I find my Carbon Block & Sediment filter brown. I know my water cant be that dirty. What can be the problem? Should I look into buying a new RO unit?

 

[House of Laughter]

yes it can be that dirty.

House

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

Where do you live cuz if you're in a area that has poor water your filters can be destroyed faster

 

[masterswimmer]

I think an analysis of your source water is in order. What is your TDS out of the tap? I've seen a range of source water TDS from about 40 ppm up to as high as 850 ppm. You could very well benefit from a second sediment pre-filter. I would probably use a 5 micron and follow that with a 1 micron sediment filter.

Russ

 

[brick-brothers]

my tds was saying 0.00 for the water coming out the unit but Err for the water coming out the membrane. I think its time to change the membrane. I havent change it since I bought the unit 3/4 yrs ago.

 

[brick-brothers]

I'm going to add a prefilter today

 

[House of Laughter]

my tds was saying 0.00 for the water coming out the unit but Err for the water coming out the membrane. I think its time to change the membrane. I havent change it since I bought the unit 3/4 yrs ago.

That will not affect the first 2 filters unless you changed the order of the filters.

Typically, water goes into micron then carbon then RO membrame.

Hope that helps,

House

 

[brick-brothers]

Does lowes or homedepot sell the membranes?

 

[brick-brothers]

I live in bedstuy, BK @ Adamp_holydiver

 

[brick-brothers]

Gotcha

 

[masterswimmer]

my tds was saying 0.00 for the water coming out the unit but Err for the water coming out the membrane. I think its time to change the membrane. I havent change it since I bought the unit 3/4 yrs ago.

Manny, a typical RO/DI usage will give you a life of about 2 years on your membrane. 3-4 years is way over the recommended replacement time. Based on the picture it appears your membrane is a 75 gpd rating.

Russ

 

[brick-brothers]

Is it possible upgrade the membrane from a 75 to 150/200 with out buying a whole unit?

 

[edd]

if you have 0 tds, why do you think you need a membrane.

 

[brick-brothers]

it was reading Err coming out plus I havent change it in 3/4 yrs

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

I live in bedstuy, BK @ Adamp_holydiver

Really I live in Greenpoint we have the same water that's weird that its like that I have not changed my filters in 8 months

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

But yea get per filters it will help out a lot my uncle / mentor ( for this hobby) has a r/o system that is 12 canisters and he is in queens (same water) but you need to clean everything in your system if you get a err reading check sensors. remember your R/O water is you most important part of you tank with out it working properly you are in a world of problems.

 

[reefer4eva]

I remember making ro/Di water and at the same time the fire department was flushing out the hydrants..you want to talk dirty! The water coming out of my regular faucet was brown...whiped out my filters before I realized

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

I remember making ro/Di water and at the same time the fire department was flushing out the hydrants..you want to talk dirty! The water coming out of my regular faucet was brown...whiped out my filters before I realized

ewww filter killer
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