Monster RO system. At my house.

[joekool]

You going to put some sort of cover over it? Would stink for the sun to make it deteriorate prematurely.

Yes I need to build something. Also so my water doesn't heat up.

 

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The gravel in the bottom of the tank is not really doing anything to treat the water - just helping with water flow.

Check your RO system manual - in general, the higher the pressure the better - but it all depends upon how the system was designed, the pump, etc, etc. Shoot me an email if you need help. [email protected] Because you control the pressure, and your flow restrictor is adjustable, you can tweak the system. You'll find that if you change one of the variables (like pressure, or concentrate flow), it affects the others.

Russ



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The guy didn't test anything but the salt level but he does install a lot of these systems in my area. There was so much salt in my water that the softener couldn't regen properly. They converted the softener into a filter and changed the circuit board.

I can't imagine spec'ing and selling, and installing a system of that cost w/out testing the water - unless I was really familiar with the local water. So either your guy knows your water from extensive and very local (i.e., your neighbors) experience... or not.

Russ

 

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Wondering if I should go to a sediment filter lower than 5 micron

The potential issue with the sediment filter - and it has greater potential to be an issue the smaller you go with the micron rating - is that you'll clog the filter and thereby starve the pump for water. Meaning that the pump can push water away from itself faster than water can get through the clogged filter.

Your system has a low pressure switch to protect against this. Even so, think of the LPS as a failsafe rather than being comfortable having the LPS routinely kicking the system off and on.

So if it you are the type that will pay attention to the system, and have a reasonable understanding of how it works, try a 1 micron.

Finding the best sediment filters with well water requires a bit of trial and error - everyone sediment profile (amount and size of sediment) is different, as is user's aptitude to pay attention well enough to find a sediment filter that adequately protects the membrane (think a maximum of 5 micron) but doesn't require replacement so often that it's impractical, and doesn't result in frequent low pressure situations.

Russ

 

[joekool]

Got ya. He said he has done a lot of them like he is some sort of expert. I have seen a few like mine in the neighborhood. Who knows.
Should I be fine drinking the water?

I changed it to 1.5:3.5 should prolong the membrane life.

Old tds was 1750 out of the tap. It's much better now although i havent checked it yet. I may try smaller sediment filter.

 

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Assuming you don't have bacterial issues in the well water, you should be fine drinking it. But w/o knowing more about the water how do you know if you need additional equipment before the RO system (pretreatment). Iron? Manganese? h2s? metals? You may or may not have things in your well water that will shorten the life of your RO element.

Putting a big carbon tank on well water makes me think he used CGAC to treat h2s. Or maybe he's using it to remove sediment.

3.5 gpm on the concentrate is good - I wouldn't go lower. If you need more permeate flow let me know - there are other tweaks that can be made.

It was a good suggestion above to get it out of the sun - from algae in the tank to degrading the plastics, the sun won't do this system any favors.

Russ

 

[joekool]

The carbon is the last thing water goes through before entering the house. Water goes straight from well to the RO. Sediment first of course.
Sme of the other systems in the neighborhood look similar but not all exactly the same

Did seem kind of strange to just install a unit and not test any water. How should I go about testing? Take a sample to local well company that tests water? I can do pre and post production.

 

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Lots of options for testing. Give us a call to discuss if you'd like

Russ
513-312-2343

 

[joekool]

Ultimately it will be the well company responsible for testing. I only lease the home and I shouldn't have to pay for anything. I'm going to inform the owners tomorrow of what was installed as they didn't install much and I want to make sure they got what they paid for.

Like you said hard to believe that they just installed something without doing a test of water pre and post.