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Although I had assumed the "ammonia and silica trap cartridges" were not the same as "anion/cation cartridges" when paired together (in terms of needing a mixed bed after)? I thought a mixed bed was only needed if it was a two stage DI system with one of those "trap" carts?
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So I tested my system, and got these results:
Do in-line meters typically show values below, but close to 0? Basically the numbers show what I have seen, I actually let it go longer than usual. The DI is changed in color but not >1.0 on the output. Maybe all my meters are wrong, but it certainly makes me wary of relying on them.
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02/15/2018, 10:09 PM | #154 | |
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Part of my re-boot I am glad I revisited, I think I had my carbon/chlorine filtration down (verified tonight with strips) but instead holes in my DI setup/maintenance that really are not hard or expensive to fix and add redundancy for (and actually save in the long run).
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02/15/2018, 10:23 PM | #155 |
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You're welcome
I really like being able to turn on the TDS meter on the storage tank and seeing that 0.
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I'm glad this thread popped back up. I'm about to set up a tank and water filtration.
The water here is very hard, between 350 and 950 ppm depending on the well the city is drawing from. That will give me RO water at between 7 and 20 ppm out of the RO with a 98% membrane. At the bottom end, I don't think a DI stage will deplete very quickly, but I know from past experience that at the high end I won't get much more than 30 gallons out of a mixed bead cartridge. I'm in an apartment, so a softener to precondition is not really an option. It sounds like what I need is a first stage 'rough' DI like the Spectrapure Mega MaxCap DI Cartridge. Are these newer resins really that much better? Is would appear you are getting 3.5 times the filtering at 2.5 times the price. That is IF they perform as advertised. The other thing I can do is go to a 99? high rejection rate membrane I guess.
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Standard Filmtec 75's have been spec'ed at 99% rejection for the last few years.
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You'll want to add pressure to deal with high tds as well. At least 1 psi per 100 ppm over 250 ppm.
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As for whole house, that`s hard to do in an apartment.
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It was likely 3.5 - 4 years ago they were purchased.
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The Chlorplus 20BB filter worked so well for my tank that I decided to get a bigger one for the wifey and I...
2.5 cubic ft of catalytic carbon and 48,000 grain water softener. Auto backwashes and measures water flow through unit/total gallons between recharge. This thing is clutch. Straight from every tap in the house
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Tkeracer - where did you get that setup?
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Sorry, some reason it didn't tell me someone responded. I got it from discountwatersofteners.com. It's a genesis high flow system. 2.5cuft catalytic carbon. Now having it a few months I couldn't go back, i'd defend that thing with my life haha.
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Just a heads up, if you asked a question on amazon today about this filter... Don't purchase these filters from amazon. Fresh water systems has the chlorplus20bb for $100 vs amazons $150.
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