DI COLOR CHANGE RESIN

MTBake · Jan 15, 2020

renato120 said:
I don’t have either of those. Is that why my waste water has so much water pressure going tongue drain?

It could also be why your pump isn't building pressure. Its definitely needed. What does your waste water line look like now? Is it just a hose going to a drain?

MTBake · Jan 15, 2020

If you are missing the restrictor, I can send one for a 75gpd membrane. Along with a fitting for install. Could be the final piece of this puzzle. Just lmk.

renato120 · Jan 15, 2020

MTBake said:
It could also be why your pump isn't building pressure. Its definitely needed. What does your waste water line look like now? Is it just a hose going to a drain?

Yes. From the membrane waste line to the drain.

renato120 · Jan 15, 2020

MTBake said:
If you are missing the restrictor, I can send one for a 75gpd membrane. Along with a fitting for install. Could be the final piece of this puzzle. Just lmk.

Yes please.

MTBake · Jan 15, 2020

renato120 said:
Yes. From the waste line to the drain.

Sounds like you are missing the restrictor. See my previous post

MTBake · Jan 15, 2020

renato120 said:
Yes please.

Add your address to the PM you already sent me and I'll get it out tomorrow. No worries on shipping or anything like that. Glad to help out.

renato120 · Jan 15, 2020

MTBake said:
It should have lots more water coming out than the clean water hose. 3-4 times as much.

Activate the float and wait a minute or 2. If the water flow doesn't shut off, the auto shut off valve is bad. This is not unexpected. They can fail and should be replaced from time to time.

Do you have a shutoff valve for the ro/di system itself?

Its been 5 minutes and it doesn’t shut off.... I had an extra shut off valve. I switched and nothing changed. Rodi keeps running with the float switch up

renato120 · Jan 15, 2020

MTBake said:
Sounds like you are missing the restrictor. See my previous post

So I need the restrictor to lower the pressure of the waste line?

MTBake · Jan 15, 2020

renato120 said:
So I need the restrictor to lower the pressure of the waste line?

It builds pressure throughout the entire system. Without it, water flows freely through the waste water line of the ro membrane housing. It doesn't give the incoming water a chance to filter correctly.

renato120 · Jan 15, 2020

Hope

MTBake said:
It builds pressure throughout the entire system. Without it, water flows freely through the waste water line of the ro membrane housing. It doesn't give the incoming water a chance to filter correctly.

hopefully this is what is missing to make it work.

MTBake · Jan 15, 2020

renato120 said:
Hope

hopefully this is what is missing to make it work.

Agreed.

clm65 · Jan 15, 2020

You may have posted this and I missed it...are you using a 75 gpd membrane? The restrictor needs to be matched to the membrane.

renato120 · Jan 15, 2020

clm65 said:
You may have posted this and I missed it...are you using a 75 gpd membrane? The restrictor needs to be matched to the membrane.

Yes 75gpd.

Buckeye Hydro · Jan 16, 2020

MTBake said:
Russ, @Buckeye Hydro, has always been my go to with ro/di issues. I'm sure he'd be able to help here as well.

Be happy to. Oh my goodness. Just read through this entire thread. If the OP'er wasn't confused coming in... I'll bet he is now! OP'er -> please feel free to give us a call when you are in front of the system if you want to put this to bed.

Russ
513-312-2343

renato120 · Jan 16, 2020

Buckeye Hydro said:
Be happy to. Oh my goodness. Just read through this entire thread. If the OP'er wasn't confused coming in... I'll bet he is now! OP'er -> please feel free to give us a call when you are in front of the system if you want to put this to bed.

Russ
513-312-2343

When I get home from work I will give you a call. Thank you so much!!
yes very confusing lol. Very thankful of everyone here trying to help.

Buckeye Hydro · Jan 16, 2020

renato120 said:
When I get home from work I will give you a call. Thank you so much!!
yes very confusing lol. Very thankful of everyone here trying to help.

We'll get it figured out. Haven't been stumped in 20+ years

MTBake · Jan 16, 2020

Buckeye Hydro said:
Be happy to. Oh my goodness. Just read through this entire thread. If the OP'er wasn't confused coming in... I'll bet he is now! OP'er -> please feel free to give us a call when you are in front of the system if you want to put this to bed.

Russ
513-312-2343

Thanks for chiming in, Russ. You explain this stuff better than I ever could.

jstephens24 · Jan 16, 2020

hope it gets resolved. following along

Phyber · Jan 16, 2020

Quietman said:
What's the pH of your tap? If it's higher, then it's likely not CO2 causing the issue - which is a good thing...most municipal water shouldn't have a CO2 problem.

I used to burn through mixed only slightly under that rate - 60 gallons and I had two smaller canisters of mixed exhausted. High pH (8.2+), High TDS (400 ppm), Chloramine city water.

I installed the 3 stage DI from BRS and now only replace Anion media about every 200 gallons. I have yet to replace the Cation or Mixed after 400 gallons. It might not be great, but I'm much, much happier and the cost is much less.

Thread hijack;

I have well water, 60 TDS, but high co2. I get about 50g of good 0 TDS water before the di is burnt up.

I have a BRS 4 stage unit. If I add the triple di setup, I'd likely only be replacing the anion resin as co2 kills it? Since it's pure anion vs mixed bed, would I get double the output before exhaustion? And once exhausted, would the other di stages keep product water at 0 TDS?

Buckeye Hydro · Jan 17, 2020

Findings so far:
*Concentrate tube was plumbed to the DI
Fix: Re-plumb unit correctly
*Very low system pressure even with booster pump. Found that system did not have a flow restrictor.
Fix: Install flow restrictor sized for cold feedwater in NH.

Russ