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Title: booster pump
Post by: C.C.S. on October 07, 2016, 03:54:46 pm
Hi where i best to have the booster pump ? before prefilters or after?
Thanks
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: nathankaye on October 07, 2016, 04:42:57 pm
Quote from: C.C.S. on October 07, 2016, 03:54:46 pm
Hi where i best to have the booster pump ? before prefilters or after?
Thanks

After. The booster is so you get maximum performance from your membranes, as they work more efficient at a higher psi.  The prefilters purely expand life of the membranes and normal tap pressure is sufficient for them.
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: p1w1 on October 07, 2016, 04:47:05 pm
ive put mine before the pre filters on my 40/40 
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: nathankaye on October 07, 2016, 06:20:57 pm
Water passing through prefilters can slow down the pressure. So if using booster at prefilter stage, your not really getting true performance from booster pump. Thats why its best after prefilter.
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: Dave Willis on October 07, 2016, 07:10:59 pm
Hardly makes any difference. Ever watched how fast your prefilters fill up when you first open the tap?
If you boost your membranes the prefilters are still keeping up with just tap pressure.
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: andyM on October 07, 2016, 07:33:53 pm
Quote from: nathankaye on October 07, 2016, 06:20:57 pm
Water passing through prefilters can slow down the pressure. So if using booster at prefilter stage, your not really getting true performance from booster pump. Thats why its best after prefilter.

I've tried my booster pump running at 100 psi both before and after pre-filters and the pressure gauge showed no difference.
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: robert mitchell on October 08, 2016, 10:56:31 am
Quote from: andyM on October 07, 2016, 07:33:53 pm
Quote from: nathankaye on October 07, 2016, 06:20:57 pm
Water passing through prefilters can slow down the pressure. So if using booster at prefilter stage, your not really getting true performance from booster pump. Thats why its best after prefilter.

I've tried my booster pump running at 100 psi both before and after pre-filters and the pressure gauge showed no difference.

Agreed , i have done the same and noticed no difference either
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: tlwcs on October 08, 2016, 11:10:23 am
Surely it makes a difference to the pump, after the pre filters any sediment is removed?
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: Dave Willis on October 08, 2016, 01:49:15 pm
Can't be that bad - you drink the stuff don't you?
Title: Re: booster pump
Post by: Nick_Thompson on October 10, 2016, 08:37:33 pm
Quote from: Dave Willis on October 08, 2016, 01:49:15 pm
Can't be that bad - you drink the stuff don't you?

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