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I would say it’s safe to say it was time to change my RODI filters. I’ve been running it since 2022 and this is the first time I changed my membrane and carbon block. The other ones I haven’t changed and to be fair it’s because my TDS is 0 and I do flush it although most of the time I don’t or I forget lol. It’s amazing how fast it is again. My pressure shot right back up to above 80 compared to around 20 meaning the water was being made so slowly. And I got the replacement filters close to a year ago I just never changed them until now lol.
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I would say it’s safe to say it was time to change my RODI filters. I’ve been running it since 2022 and this is the first time I changed my membrane and carbon block. The other ones I haven’t changed and to be fair it’s because my TDS is 0 and I do flush it although most of the time I don’t or I forget lol. It’s amazing how fast it is again. My pressure shot right back up to above 80 compared to around 20 meaning the water was being made so slowly. And I got the filters probably a year ago I just never changed them until now lol.
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Check your TDS at each fill
 
That's more nasty than protien skimmer.
I thought my rodi unit was bad which is outside.
LOL! I know it looks really bad. To be clear it didn’t smell at all and rinsed right off and down the drain. The inside of RODI unit is all clean now too.
 
I haven't even checked the cities tds.
I haven't had any issues so..
I also can't seem to find anything that says the tds rating
What RODI unit do you have? The BRS plus versions all have them or you can add them. You can also buy a handheld TDS meter.
 
1 TDS in woohoo!! And still 0 out!!!:)
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if you have 1 in and 0 out, how long were you running those filters to get to that mess? I just bought a really inexpensive probe that has TDS and Temp on it (Vivosun) as a backup to the BRS on board TDS meter. would like "extra" checks.
 
And, just think, unless you are tapped off of the RO, you’re drinking that water.
 
I would say it’s safe to say it was time to change my RODI filters. I’ve been running it since 2022 and this is the first time I changed my membrane and carbon block. The other ones I haven’t changed and to be fair it’s because my TDS is 0 and I do flush it although most of the time I don’t or I forget lol. It’s amazing how fast it is again. My pressure shot right back up to above 80 compared to around 20 meaning the water was being made so slowly. And I got the replacement filters close to a year ago I just never changed them until now lol.
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Dang girl. I thought I tried to get my moneys worth out of my filters but you take it to the next level :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
 
And, just think, unless you are tapped off of the RO, you’re drinking that water.
I have the same system she has. Mine's only been in use for 4 months and I was getting a tds of 7 AFTER RO/DI.
I just changed all my filters, backwashed the membrane and added 2 DI stages. We have very high mineral content here.

I drink bottled water.
 

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