Need RO set up help...

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

I sold my RO unit and started buying RO water by 5 Gallon jugs. It was fine for a while but I am tired of it and want to go back to a home unit again.

The reason I stopped using mine in the first place was because in my old condo I was able to just simply hook the unit up to my bathroom sink but in my new place, all the faucets are all fancy and you can't hook it up properly. I didn't want to bother figuring it out but now I do. Wish I hadn't sold the unit now!

Anyways I see people hook them up under the sink...is this easy? I know you would need a picture of under my sink to know but can anyone give me an idea of how its done?

What would be the best way to hook up an RO unit to the kitchen sink plumbing or is this not really possible?

Thanks!

[banditpowdercoat]

Go to your local plumbing store and ask them, thats what I did. Take a picture of whats under your sink, and they can get you all the parts. Me, it was a plastic T, kinda like John Guest fittings, but slide the sink line in and tighten the connector was all. Then adapted the T to the RO line with a shutoff in between. The drain, well, I have a dishwasher too, and taped into the drain for that with a rubber coupler.

[mark]

As said, very easy to Tee into a cold supply line. For the waste can use a saddle Tee on the drain line.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Hmmm....ok, I am kind of lost!

I will take pics and see if you guys can help better with them.

[banditpowdercoat]

should have 3 hoses on your RO unit. A Yellow, Orange and Blue, right? If so, Yellow in supply, or incoming. from the cold water line under the sink. The Orange is the waste water. It goes into the drain and the blue goes to the tanks

Now, depending on what kind of plumbing is in your home, depends on what kind of fittings you need to adapt the RO lines to the house lines. And you need a shutoff on the Yellow line. The cold water is presurized, and without this shutoff, the RO will constantly run.

[tang daddy]

If you are buying a new ro unit they usually come and supply you with everything you need, I installed mine in about 15mins. Make sure you shut the cold line and then it's basically cake after that. If you are buying a used unit then it still should come with everything you need.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

So I have no idea where I would even start!

Yes it is a new unit.

This is what is under my kitchen sink. Any ideas? Is it possible?

To be honest I don't even know which the coldwater line is???

Hahahaha...this could be a bad idea!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

The RO/DI unit is the Aquasafe Maximus 100GPD...and comes with no instructions. There is a link to some but it does not work. I did a search around the net and found most people LESS than impressed with Aquasafe and their customer service/instructions.

Anyone have a digital copy for me?

I also found that a lot of people say they are plumbed wrong when you get them. Also that you need to remove the part that adds back TDS for drinking water taste...don't know what this is exactly...

Going to need a bunch of help.

I have used an RO/DI before so when I look at this one, it does make sense but in the past I just used a faucet adapter to hook it up to the tap.

These are the two lines and parts it came with. Not sure how to use them

[tang daddy]

ok dude, the red I believe is the supply you will want to hook that up to you cold supply under the sink.

to find your cold turn on the right tap and just to be sure feel from underneath it should be the one on the right side of your drain.

next unscrew the nuts on the red line and rescrew it on the cold line, also there should be some rubber to insulate and this goes inside the red line clamp. so I'll repeat again trace cold line (right side) shut off cold supply open the tap cold side on your sink to make sure there is no water in the line. insert rubber between the clamp on the red line screw nuts back on evenly abit on one side abit on the other.

dont screw one on fully as this may be uneven. after the red line/ clamp is on secure and by secure I mean snug, slowly turn the tapping device clockwise until it pierces the cold water supply line after it pierces the cold water line unscrew it all the way out.

next your drain the black piece in the middle under your sink, unscrew both screws on the yellow line the other piece clamps on to your black drain pipe there should also be a rubber insert for this and something to make a hole in the black drain pipe I would screw a hole on the straight part that comes down underneath the drain of your dishwasher. same as the steps above screw both together evenly and snug.

Then onto the last step...

turn on cold water supply slow while the tap in your sink is open to relief pressure. check for leaks it may have alittle condensation which is ok then shut it off. One thing to make sure on your rodi trace the yellow line back to the unit there should be a lever for the drain this needs to be open so that it can make clean water, it should be labeled also make sure from the cold line that the supply is fully open aswell and if you go to home depot you should be able to pick up an attachment hose so you can extend it to your wc and top off also you can p/u a tap to open and shut from the end of the hose just to make life easier. Oh and one more thing sometimes from the manufacture they dont tighten every screw/fitting on there so after you set it up get a flash light go under the sink an check for leaks. If you still can't figure it out I can help you on saturday but you supply the beers I drink stella cheers.