RO/DI unit troubles

e46er · #1 10-22-2009, 02:41 AM

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

burrows14 · #2 10-22-2009, 02:49 AM

yeah i have really good pressure too and i cant figure out why i only have a trickle

burrows14 · #3 10-22-2009, 03:58 AM

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!

thats my vent!
Ray

e46er · #4 10-22-2009, 05:17 AM

20 lb sledge?

mark · #5 10-22-2009, 05:26 AM

can get extractors but even the tapered square end of a file (part for the handle) works

hillegom · #6 10-22-2009, 05:26 AM

Sometimes you can wedge the right sized tapered screwdriver into the hole and turn it out

burrows14 · #7 10-22-2009, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by e46er

20 lb sledge?

+plus falme thrower! lol

burrows14 · #8 10-22-2009, 05:40 AM

ended getting it out witha kitchen knife. got it working again but still a bit on the disapointed side of things.

mike31154 · #9 10-22-2009, 06:24 AM

Sorry to hear about all the troubles.

Sometimes the flow restrictor is integrated into the elbow fitting at the output of the RO membrane housing... I think. Hard to imagine they would sell you a system without a flow restrictor. Make sure this is not the case with your system, 'cause if it is, you may now have two flow restrictors. That could explain the trickle scenario. My 5 stage 75 gpd system produces slightly more than a trickle with the input pressure at close to 60 psi after the pre filters. A 100 gpd membrane should obviously produce more than a 75. Are you sure you need 7 stages? Might work more efficiently with fewer stages. What's the configuration, i.e., how many pre filters, carbon filters etc.?