RO Filter questions

[Slyguy00]

Hahah its gettin a lil worse but thanks for all the info guys. It all helps alot.

[Slyguy00]

So I think iv finally gotten it all figured it out. I removed the storage tank and the stupid aso valve, and hooked it directly up to my tap. Would you guys say its doing its job. I tested my tap water with my TDS meter and it read 221, and then i tested the water coming out of the ro it says 20. Is that acceptable or should it be doing a better job?

[hillegom]

Thats acceptable for your system. The RO works at about a 98% efficiency.
If you wanted to bring it down to 0, as many do, then u have to add a DI (dionization) cartridge.
Here in Surrey we have about 12-15 ppm water and I run an RO/Di system for 0 TDS.
The lower your ppm, then the less work the DI portion has to do. The DI, expensive stuff, lasts longer.

[Slyguy00]

This may be a stupid question, but once I have my RO water do I still need to add prime to it? Also the PH coming out of ro is like 6, so obviously add some PH booster? I ran my filter for a few hours and its now down to 14. So hopefully it gets lower still.

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

This may be a stupid question, but once I have my RO water do I still need to add prime to it? Also the PH coming out of ro is like 6, so obviously add some PH booster? I ran my filter for a few hours and its now down to 14. So hopefully it gets lower still.

No adding prime, infact you shouldn't need to add anything!

[Slyguy00]

Awesome thanks chris!

[spit.fire]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

This may be a stupid question, but once I have my RO water do I still need to add prime to it? Also the PH coming out of ro is like 6, so obviously add some PH booster? I ran my filter for a few hours and its now down to 14. So hopefully it gets lower still.

Don't have to add anything, the salt mix will buffer the ph as well