Eating Up RO Membranes

[flyfisher2]

You sending it to YouTube?
That’s the only way I get it to work.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

You sending it to YouTube?
That’s the only way I get it to work.

Silly me I should of known by now haha I’ll get to it

 

[Reef.]

Just a side note, I would change both sediment filters to 1 micron, 5 Microns is quite large so it’s unlikely doing much, better to go 1 on the first and anything it misses the 2nd will hopefully catch.

 

[flyfisher2]

Just a side note, I would change both sediment filters to 1 micron, 5 Microns is quite large so it’s unlikely doing much, better to go 1 on the first and anything it misses the 2nd will hopefully catch.

Thanks Reef,
Wouldn’t clog too quickly?
Was thinking 5 to 1
Funneling it if that makes sense

 

[flyfisher2]

Silly me I should of known by now haha I’ll get to it

Any luck?

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Sorry for the delay on the video. Broke my old phone recently so I’m having trouble getting on to old accounts like YouTube.

 

[flyfisher2]

Take your time… No hurry
Marine Depot hasn’t even shipped it out yet
HAHAHA

 

[Ryan3313]

Is the rodi unit hooked directly to the hose bib or to a hose?

 

[Woodyman]

Thanks Reef,
Wouldn’t clog too quickly?
Was thinking 5 to 1
Funneling it if that ma

This would depend on your source water and your pipes. Two 1 microns won't hurt, or you could even run a 1 followed by a 0.5 I'd you wanted

 

[Woodyman]

This would depend on your source water and your pipes. Two 1 microns won't hurt, or you could even run a 1 followed by a 0.5 I'd you wanted

I have an extra canister I need to mount still, but I'm planning on a 1 micron followed by a 0.35 or possibly 0.2 then 2 of the carbon blocks.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Watch out world I’m a YouTuber now. https://youtube.com/shorts/WpEkEnOaTNQ?feature=share

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Wait that doesn’t look right haha
Edit:think I got it to show up now. Hope it helps reefer

 

[flyfisher2]

I watched it closely. Your connections are slightly different to mine but the flow seems to be the same. Thanks for taking the time to post and welcome to Youtube !

 

[flyfisher2]

Is the rodi unit hooked directly to the hose bib or to a hose?

It's not hooked to the hose. Theres 'Y' at the hose bib and the hose connected to one while the feed line to the RO/DI is connected to the other. The bib is off unless the hose or the RO are needed. The Y has individual shutoffs for each out.

 

[flyfisher2]

 

[Woodyman]

This is how I've got mine as well, however mine is hooked up to by utility sink in the basement and not outside hose.

 

[Reef.]

Thanks Reef,
Wouldn’t clog too quickly?
Was thinking 5 to 1
Funneling it if that makes sense

I use 1 and it's fine...remember the rating is a nominal rating, so a 5 micron only needs to stop size 5 TDS around 60% of the time, (not sure of the exactly standard) that leaves 40% that can be much bigger than 5 microns passing through and it still gets a 5 micron rating.
1 microns for the first will still allow say 5 microns to pass but the 2nd sediment filter has another chance to catch those.

 

[Woodyman]

I use 1 and it's fine...remember the rating is a nominal rating, so a 5 micron only needs to stop size 5 TDS around 60% of the time, (not sure of the exactly standard) that leaves 40% that can be much bigger than 5 microns passing through and it still gets a 5 micron rating.
1 microns for the first will still allow say 5 microns to pass but the 2nd sediment filter has another chance to catch those.

I got the below answer several years ago from an engineer at Spectrapure when quoting out and installing a unit at my work.

The largest micron size we sell and that we recommend is a 1-micron sediment
filter and here is why:

Most people are not aware that these types of filters are "nominally" rated
not "absolute" rated and the percentage of 1 or 5 micron particulates that
will be captured will be different with different manufactures. (Typically,
nominally rated filters will capture only about 5 to 10 % of the
particulates they are rated to capture).

Nominally rated 5 micron filter will capture 10% of the 5 micron particulate
and about 80% of particulates that are > 50 micron. The 1 micron filters we
use typically capture a much higher percentage of 1 to 5 micron
particulates.

 

[flyfisher2]

awesome so I spent a little time in the washer room with the Mrs. and we discussed the additional canisters. She complained at first but we finally agreed on a spot over the slop sink.

 

[flyfisher2]

Just to be

I got the below answer several years ago from an engineer at Spectrapure when quoting out and installing a unit at my work.

The largest micron size we sell and that we recommend is a 1-micron sediment
filter and here is why:

Most people are not aware that these types of filters are "nominally" rated
not "absolute" rated and the percentage of 1 or 5 micron particulates that
will be captured will be different with different manufactures. (Typically,
nominally rated filters will capture only about 5 to 10 % of the
particulates they are rated to capture).

Nominally rated 5 micron filter will capture 10% of the 5 micron particulate
and about 80% of particulates that are > 50 micron. The 1 micron filters we
use typically capture a much higher percentage of 1 to 5 micron
particulates.

just to be clear, the removal of these particulates in no way affects the result obtained by the TDS meter?