Help with connecting RO buddy to faucet.

[Oyster_-]

I think I need some sort of faucet adapter as none of our faucets have threads, and so the RO buddy can't connect to it. It came with this attachment thing (the white thing), but none of the sinks fit it. The photo of the faucet is the basement faucet I was intending to use. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this?

 

[keagan]

That faucet has an external thread on it. If it's the right size you might just have to give the threads a scrub and try to firmly screw it on without cross threading. I had a lot of trouble getting that same adapter on my old sink it just seemed to endlessly spin but I eventually got it on after alot of cursing.

 

[Oyster_-]

That faucet has an external thread on it. If it's the right size you might just have to give the threads a scrub and try to firmly screw it on without cross threading. I had a lot of trouble getting that same adapter on my old sink it just seemed to endlessly spin but I eventually got it on after alot of cursing.

Sadly the faucet itself is too wide for the attachment

 

[keagan]

Sadly the faucet itself is too wide for the attachment

3/4 inch? You can get a 3/4" hose thread (GHT) to 1/4 adapter (push connect) from a hardware store.

One of these

 

[slingfox]

Take a look at the two incoming water lines to the sink. It is usually better to t off the incoming cold water line. That way you can keep the RO Buddy hooked up all the time. See this photo:

 

[Oyster_-]

My basement sink has a big box around it that can’t be easily opened to access the water lines

 

[slingfox]

My basement sink has a big box around it that can’t be easily opened to access the water lines

It is usually bad news bears if you cannot access the water lines to any sink easily. How else can you replace the faucet cartridge when it starts to leak, etc. (other than shutting off the water line into the house). Anyhow there are fittings which can connect the faucet outlet to an RO line—you have the search around or maybe someone on the board will be able to post.

You should also check to see if the tip of the faucet can be unscrewed. That is not uncommon.

 

[Oyster_-]

Turns out there was another attachment I didn’t see that works! Thanks for the help anyways everybody!