Exo
Tastes like chicken!
What is the brine rate?
Brine rate? I'm unsure what that means.
What is the brine rate?
run the unit and capture both the waste water and the "clean" permeate water
what is the ratio of these two volumes.... should be about 4:1
run the unit till you get about a cup of clean permeate and then measure the waste water volume
you will, water temp has a major influence on membrane efficiency...
when you remove your old filters, do you see signs of them being compressed and evidence of sealing aorund the central core?
well brine rate good, prefilters sealing good.... only things left are the prefilters themselves and the water
If you have a lowe's nearby, try getting your next prefilters there... they have a 3 filter kit of one sediment and two carbon block.
Ive used these for years with great service....
Using them would be using a known variable
FWIW The concentration of chlorine required by law in the United States is 0.2 ppm, the prefilter rating should be based on this level
Can you use an aquarium test kit and verify the household supply level?
Huh...well...either my test tabs are broken, or my life is in danger, because according to the color chart that goes with the test tabs..my levels are nearly 1.0ppm.....assuming the kit works properly.
I don't currently have a aquarium kit, but I can get one if need be.
Exo, your water company may be using Chloramine instead of Chlorine...
Typical carbon will still remove it only not as well, if that is the case you would be better off with something like this:
http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-ChlorPlus-carbon-filter.asp
Mmmmm. The only valve I can find on it does allow me to blow through it both ways. But the auction says it included a check valve on the membrane product side. >.>;; Am I missing something here?
Ahhh..I see....I though it was chlorine because I've found that if I fill a five gallon bucket with the tainted RO water, put an aquarium airstone running in there, and left it for 2 days, it tests negative for chlorine.....hmmmm
Either way....I'm assuming that getting that prefilter may be a good idea anyway...it should take care of it regardless.
no pic needed, sounds like it to me
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When I google your model I get a unit with two prefilter stages. With that in mind and the fact that Chlorine/Chloramine is your primary issue, I would install that prefilter in both stages. They are rated at 1 micron so that is way more than adaquate for sediment as well.
Av
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Exo, I checked the 2008 records for your water district (newest I found online) and they report an average Chlorine level of 1.5-2.2 mg/l (basically 1.5-2.2 ppm)... with a maximum permissible limit of 4.0mg/l
the report I read gave no indication of Chloramine use...
but you are obviously having issues... dunno mate, 2008 was 3 yrs ago
I can smell the chlorine in my tap water, yet I have never had any similar issue with my system... in fact if you look at the color of the clear inlet hose to the color of the waste or permeate hose in my system you can clearly see the difference. The inlet hose has yellowed from the crap in the water while both the waste and permeate still look new.
(Lowe's prefilters)
I definitely wouldnt keep buying the same prefilter you currently use