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Title: what do you change first
Post by: cottonbud10 on December 26, 2007, 10:45:02 am
hi all,this is a wfp question,i have been running my system for the last 7 months, and have noticed that my tds reading is starting to go up, it,s only 1or 2 points so i,m not to worried yet,but i was wondering what you change first,,,,is it the resin, or filters if so which one,,,thanks for any help,,and merry christmass and happy new year to you all...kev
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: windowwashers on December 26, 2007, 10:47:25 am
hi all,this is a wfp question,i have been running my system for the last 7 months, and have noticed that my tds reading is starting to go up, it,s only 1or 2 points so i,m not to worried yet,but i was wondering what you change first,,,,is it the resin, or filters if so which one,,,thanks for any help,,and merry christmass and happy new year to you all...kev
7 months  :o

My resin was lasting less than 2 weeks, I also change me prefilters every other month.

My TDS is 470+ out of tap though  :-[

I change when it goes over 000 as I like the water 000 all the time, call me fussy but 000 I know it is pure
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: cottonbud10 on December 26, 2007, 11:00:41 am
thanks windowwasher,that must work out expensive changing so often..kev
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: Paul Coleman on December 26, 2007, 11:03:44 am
hi all,this is a wfp question,i have been running my system for the last 7 months, and have noticed that my tds reading is starting to go up, it,s only 1or 2 points so i,m not to worried yet,but i was wondering what you change first,,,,is it the resin, or filters if so which one,,,thanks for any help,,and merry christmass and happy new year to you all...kev

Change your pre-filters at the earliest possible time or you could wreck your RO membranes.  It's normally best to change pre-filters quarterly if they are 10" or half yearly if they are 20".  Hopefully youyr membranes are OK.  In the meantime, changing the resin would be a good idea.  Don't let the sudden lower TDS following this change lull you into a false sense of security though.  Those pre-filters should be past their sell by date by now.
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: windowwashers on December 26, 2007, 01:15:44 pm
thanks windowwasher,that must work out expensive changing so often..kev
if you think about a fiver is expensive then I guess it is. I am having two resin barrels as soon as connections arrive to cut down the waste of resin, should have had this straight away but I did not know to much about it and got talked out of it  ::)

I have a 4040 RO by the way, prefilters are alot cheaper to replace than a £200+ membrane  ;)
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: cottonbud10 on December 26, 2007, 04:44:14 pm
fair point there old chap...kev
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: cottonbud10 on December 26, 2007, 07:40:18 pm
thanks shiner ,would love to have a chat with you in a little more detail about do,s and dont,s of running the system,any time you have spare give us a call,,,07940 705738
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: d s windowcleaning on December 26, 2007, 09:10:01 pm
change pre filters and di at the same time that way you got a fresh start . if high tds change your membrains
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: cottonbud10 on December 27, 2007, 07:42:10 am
thanks daveshaw,i,ll get on to it,by the way are the pre-filters the ones on the top of the unit,and what are the 3 cylinders along the bottom,what are they and when should i change them,also dave what is a flush,i,ve never done it,do i just turn that tap that says flush,and do you know how long i let it run for ,before i tufn it back to normal....thanks....kev
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: d s windowcleaning on December 27, 2007, 02:14:24 pm
cottonbud10 your pre filters are the bottom 3 . the top 3 are membranes i usually change mine around every 5000ltrs of product water produced . to flush turn the blue tap into flush position i normally do this for 5 minutes each day . but others do it maybe once a week .
Title: Re: what do you change first
Post by: cottonbud10 on December 27, 2007, 05:33:14 pm
thankyou very much daveshaw,i,ll get on to ro man after the holidays and order a set of filters,,once again THANKYOU..kev