Deb lost her sense's long ago... :lol: .

I looked into flow meters last year and found a place in Montreal that carried a unit practical for aquarium use. litremeter.com or somethin' like that. That's where the practicality ended though...they were a couple hundred bucks a piece. :eek:. It would be a cool addition to the "water treatment facility" though. :cool:

Deb I took apart my old kent unit and added a 15micron prefilter before my aquasafe unit. It's a clear cannister and I change the 15 micron unit about every 3 months. It's amazing how dirty the prefilter's in the unit and the extra one I added get! :eek:

Where did you get the 15 micron Jon?

You can get them at home depot. they come in a 2 pack for about $12 I believe. They are in the water heater/plumbing ish section.

Sometimes they are labled 15 to 30 micron and sometimes 10 to 25 micron. I'm not fussy as it's just to get the big crap out.

My aquasafe has never clogged in 6 months. I estimate that I've pulled at least 1000 gal from it. It still can put out 5 gal every 3.5 hours. I flush it for about 20min once a week. We have really good water pressure at our house, so maybe that's the difference. Maybe I should order some new filters all the same.

BTW, it's the 6 stage 75 GPD unit.

i have a different problem on my ro unit from aquasafe .. sometimes i find it processing water for hours i have to turn the flush switch on and off to shut the system from processing water
anyone having the same problem?

Jesse, mine's been doing the same. I'm assuming it's a calcium build-up inside the shut-off, (back-flush), valve. Mine will often shut off when the washing machine is turned on, causing a sudden pressure drop.
One of these days I should look at fixin' that though, our water bill doubled last month. :eek: I repaired a leaky toilet hoping that was the major culprit...

I have a question. Why are the sediment filters 5 micron and the carbon 1 micron. Wouldn't the carbon clog up too quickly then?

Anyway, I changed the first sediment filter and it was barely tan colored. No change in water flow. The pressure pump rocks, no problem there, but there is definitely a blockage somewhere.. :confused:

I guess I'll change them all out...again.... :rolleyes:

They have water bills in calgary I though it was a flat rate down there. there goes my plans of moving and building a 10,000g dive tanmk in a shed. well I guess I will have to stick to small tanks.
Do you need a ro-di unit sold far aquarium use or can you buy a normal one?

Jesse, this might be worth a try. I took my shut-off/back flush valve off ond soaked it in vinegar overnight. It's been working great since.
Snaggle, if you're concerned about the water bill, just do what Steve, (Buk-a neer) did. Go meet the new neighbour... :rolleyes: :lol: .