adinsxq Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I turned on the wrong valve for my RO/DI and made about 5 gallons of SCALDING HOT water. Did I destroy my membrane? Thanks. Link to comment
er1c_the_reefer Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 yes you did sir. =/ Link to comment
adinsxq Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 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. Link to comment
er1c_the_reefer Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 meter should still be good, i think. Link to comment
Scott Riemer Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 That sucks Adin. Link to comment
touchthebutt Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I did something similar but a) the water was not scalding it was very warm and 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? Link to comment
xbwolfx Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 noob haha. i was waiting for it... Link to comment
er1c_the_reefer Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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" Link to comment
touchthebutt Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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 Link to comment
Phixion Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Adin, try testing with a handheld TDS meter. I has one you could use. But I'm also out in Fontucky now. Link to comment
chvynva916 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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. Link to comment
dan06277 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I have a tds meter if you want me to bring it when I pick up my palys. Link to comment
bonsaidarrell Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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. Link to comment
touchthebutt Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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? Link to comment
touchthebutt Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Just tested the ro tds and it's at 8. Tap is 275 so I think evrything is ok. Thanks. Link to comment
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