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What did you order Scott? What’s your pressure like out of the tap?
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ScottJ
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I ordered the smart booster aquatic life pump. I don't know my pressure, but it's not 80!
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You really need a pressure gauge to tell, but in general you can't go wrong with a booster pump.
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Does everyone run their pressure at 80 lbs exactly?
I was running about 90 because I was told it is risky to mess with the pressure adjustment screws. I broke 2 flush valves over a year and decided to just adjust it. No problems since.
I was running about 90 because I was told it is risky to mess with the pressure adjustment screws. I broke 2 flush valves over a year and decided to just adjust it. No problems since.
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I shoot for 80 psi, which I get without a booster. 90 psi I believe is right on the edge of the maximum recommended. At 100 psi I would expect fittings to be blowing out for sure, from what I've read.
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So I purchased a gauge and put it inbetween the sink and supply line and I’m getting around 75 PSI going to the RO buddie. I took another video of my filtered return hopefully this one works, still poor flow for my clean return
So I purchased a gauge and put it inbetween the sink and supply line and I’m getting around 75 PSI going to the RO buddie. I took another video of my filtered return hopefully this one works, still poor flow for my clean return
I believe your pressure gage goes after your pre filters and right before your membrane as the carbon and sediment filters will take a toll on the pressure
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Inbetween carbon cartridge and membrane?
So sediment > carbon > pressure gage > membrane > di
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22.6 deg Celsius and I have my TDS in the mail currently not sure as of now
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I’m on city water as well not a well
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I’ll try this now
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So I’m getting 77 psi between the carbon and membrane
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77 all around, could I have a bad membrane??
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So it looks like the deion has a air bubble, I took off all the 1/4 hoses and reattached all the fittings and when I first started up I had steady flow out of the filtered water, I watched air bubbles in the de ion filter and now back to slower flow after about 30 seconds
The waste water to good water ratio is supposed to be about 3:1 or 4:1, is that what you are getting?
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So I think I found the problem, I decided to dunk the whole system under water to look for leaks and sure enough the 90 deg elbow ontop of the membrane was blowing bubbles out of it. I re-sealed it and stopped the bubbles and have better flow. According to chat gpt lol, the system should fill up a half a cup in one minute, it’s now producing half a cup in a minute and a half, a lot better than the starting 4 minutes to fill. Due to not being at the optimal pressure, I’ll take it where it currently is now. Thank you for the help and suggestions everyone much appreciated!
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