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:(

 

sigh.

 

the in-line meter still reads zero... but that's probably fubar too. time to make an order.

 

thanks eric. i was actually going to just PM you and save myself the thread.

 

you are my hero.

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I did something similar but

a) the water was not scalding it was very warm and

B) it was for 5-10 minutes only

 

I quickly adjusted the faucets and started running it correctly and made 5 gallons of 0 TDS DI during the next 3 hours.

 

How do you know that the membrane is damaged?

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er1c_the_reefer

i dunno. it's probably if you consistently used hot water on RO membranes where it gets damaged. everything i've read says do not use water > 100*F because it'll make the glue fall apart. if that's the case, you'll notice the membrane is damaged when you try to take it out and it "telescopes"

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i'll call air,water,ice on Monday. In the absence of any other info I will assume that if I am getting 0 TDS output on the di side than everything is ok.

 

Thanks

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Maybe I'm missing something, but is this that difficult to figure out? Like Phixion says, just get a handheld TDS meter (pretty cheap) and keep testing it.

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bonsaidarrell
i'll call air,water,ice on Monday. In the absence of any other info I will assume that if I am getting 0 TDS output on the di side than everything is ok.

 

Thanks

 

Does your unit allow you to get a sample after the RO? That would give you a better indication, because the DI could cover for a bad RO for a short time.

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Does your unit allow you to get a sample after the RO? That would give you a better indication, because the DI could cover for a bad RO for a short time.

 

Yes. I will check that today. As I understand it, RO should be 5-10% of tap water tds correct?

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