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Old 10-22-2009, 02:49 AM
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Im pretty sure i have the sam. Unit and i'm not impresssed with it I only get 20 gal over 24 hours and it's rated for a 100 gpd and out water in the lower mainland is good and now I'm only getting 10 gpd and the filters arnt even 6 months old
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Old 10-22-2009, 02:53 AM
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Im pretty sure i have the sam. Unit and i'm not impresssed with it I only get 20 gal over 24 hours and it's rated for a 100 gpd and out water in the lower mainland is good and now I'm only getting 10 gpd and the filters arnt even 6 months old
i got a flow restrictor now seems to do the job. do you only get a slight trickle too?

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Old 10-22-2009, 03:41 AM
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Yea just a slight trickle my house pressure isn't great but I bypassed the prv so I have street pressure going into it but I was still expecting more than 20% efficiency
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yeah i have really good pressure too and i cant figure out why i only have a trickle
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ok now im just PO'D!!!!! ive spent the last 2 hours trying to tweak the system to run properly and i go to tighten one of the elbows by hand and it SNAPPED!! leaving the whole unit useless! anyone know how to get a broken fitting out?? please before i loose my mind over this thing!

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20 lb sledge?
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can get extractors but even the tapered square end of a file (part for the handle) works
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Sometimes you can wedge the right sized tapered screwdriver into the hole and turn it out
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20 lb sledge?
+plus falme thrower! lol
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