Auqa-Safe RO/DI water filtration

[Chad]

Hi everyone,

I am wondering if anyone else has this system up and running. I just set it up and noticed that the yellow tube (discharge water from the RO) has water constantly flowing out of it. Is this correct operation? Seems strange to me that a unit, if it were on constantly, would be wasting water left and right like this. If anyone has an idea please advise..

Thank You
Best Regards

Chad

[canadawest]

Hey Chad, welcome to the world of RO/DI creation!

Yes, the yellow discharge hose is supposed to be constantly flowing when the unit is processing water. If you have your unit permanently plumbed into a water line, then you will need to have a shut-off valve on the intake hose (usually black) to prevent the unit from constantly running and processing water.

Typically the waste line (yellow) produces 3-5 times the output of the processed water. So for every 1 gallon of processed water produced, there is typically 3-5 gallons of waste water. The ratio depends on several factors, water pressure, temperature and TDS of the input water.

HTH