Spectrapure maxcap o-ring replacement?

Dweezilz · Jan 30, 2021

Does anyone know of an o-ring that will fit a maxcap 90? I lost one moving it to another room and Spectrapure wants $23 shipping on an already overpriced part at $4. So $27 for an o-ring! I'm pretty irritated right now.

Saltyreef · Jan 30, 2021

Dweezilz said:
Does anyone know of an o-ring that will fit a maxcap 90? I lost one moving it to another room and Spectrapure wants $23 shipping on an already overpriced part at $4. So $27 for an o-ring! I'm pretty irritated right now.

Most 10" housings have the same Orings.

O-Rings for BRS 10" RO Canisters (Old Style)

O-Ring for the 10“ Reverse Osmosis Canister. This o-ring may or may not fit in all 10" canisters due to manufacturing differences.

www.bulkreefsupply.com

laverda · Feb 17, 2021

Actually there are at least 3 different o-rings used by standard canisters. Home depot sells a pack of 2 different ones. Neither was correct for the canister I was trying to fix at that time. Lowes and Ace may carry different ones. Industrial supply and bearing supply houses should be able to help as well.

Saltyreef · Feb 17, 2021

laverda said:
Actually there are at least 3 different o-rings used by standard canisters. Home depot sells a pack of 2 different ones. Neither was correct for the canister I was trying to fix at that time. Lowes and Ace may carry different ones. Industrial supply and bearing supply houses should be able to help as well.

Spectrapure uses 84mm orings. Did just confirm the brs one likely will not work.
Any 84mm oring should suffice.

Replacement O-Ring for SpectraPure Filter Housings - 84mm -ORING-SL-#1

SpectraPure, Inc. is an Industry Standard in the Water Purification world. From Drinking Water to Aquarium Systems, you don't just want pure water, you want the PUREST Water! Get it with SpectraPure!

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Dweezilz · Feb 17, 2021

I ended up winging it before you posted this info and got an $8 three-pack of APEC Water Systems 10" (3.5") O-Rings from Amazon. I figured if they leaked I could just return them. It fit in perfectly and water flows through the system with no leaks so far in about 2 hours of testing. It says 3.5" outside diameter so I'm guessing it must be very close to 84mm inside which is 3.31". Hopefully this one stays leak free because I can't find other 84mm ID o-rings anywhere besides Spectrapure. Probably because most I've seen give the OD and the 84mm is ID. Sadly, their website STILL charges an insane amount of shipping anyway (ie 6X the price of the O-Ring) but their support person said they would fix it at some point. Not really an option to spend that on shipping.

tsouth · Feb 17, 2021

Dweezilz said:
I ended up winging it before you posted this info and got an $8 three-pack of APEC Water Systems 10" (3.5") O-Rings from Amazon. I figured if they leaked I could just return them. It fit in perfectly and water flows through the system with no leaks so far in about 2 hours of testing. It says 3.5" outside diameter so I'm guessing it must be very close to 84mm inside which is 3.31". Hopefully this one stays leak free because I can't find other 84mm ID o-rings anywhere besides Spectrapure. Probably because most I've seen give the OD and the 84mm is ID. Sadly, their website STILL charges an insane amount of shipping anyway (ie 6X the price of the O-Ring) but their support person said they would fix it at some point. Not really an option to spend that on shipping.

For next time, I highly recommend Freshwatersystems.com