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11-05-2004, 02:20 AM
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Deb lost her sense's long ago...
 .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.  . It would be a cool addition to the "water treatment facility" though. 
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11-05-2004, 04:15 AM
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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!
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11-05-2004, 05:55 AM
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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.
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11-06-2004, 04:53 AM
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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.
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11-06-2004, 05:17 AM
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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?
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11-06-2004, 10:31 PM
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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. I repaired a leaky toilet hoping that was the major culprit...
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11-07-2004, 02:11 AM
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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..  I guess I'll change them all out...again.... 
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11-07-2004, 03:26 AM
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Do you need a ro-di unit sold far aquarium use or can you buy a normal one?
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11-11-2004, 03:29 AM
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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... .
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