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Title: booster pumps
Post by: andyralph on January 07, 2010, 05:24:36 pm
hi all need to know the baet place to buy a booster pump for my 300 gpd not makeing enough water and do they help that much only makeing about 10 litres an hour after changeing filters cheers andy
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Post by: wezzy32 on January 07, 2010, 05:30:36 pm
whats the pressure into the system?
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Post by: andyralph on January 07, 2010, 05:34:07 pm
hi its about 222 bar
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Post by: wezzy32 on January 07, 2010, 05:47:12 pm
try your pump out off the van first b4 u buy as that wat i did and made no diff so iv left it as it was
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Post by: zodiac on January 07, 2010, 05:53:27 pm
what  is the tap pressure ?
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Post by: JamesTurnbull on January 07, 2010, 06:31:16 pm
Hi there

there is a few place that do booster pumps,

pure freedom do this one http://www.purefreedom.co.uk/aquatecbooster.html
The guy from red diving from ebay does these http://www.johnhewitt.com/pumps.htm ( you have to work out if your system is in series or parallel)

Do remember that in the cold, the RO system makes less water, the best temp is about 25 and a pressure of about 50-60 psi.
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Post by: wizard on January 07, 2010, 08:36:02 pm
I found it increased the tds to 0 and delivered more water and much less waste.
Do not even look at the pumps a gale force marine on E Bay.Your Psi should be 55 to 80 psi..They say the diferance detween a filter and a membrane is this pressure.The membrene works best under pressure.
Title: Re: booster pumps
Post by: mark dew on January 08, 2010, 12:52:56 am
hi all need to know the baet place to buy a booster pump for my 300 gpd not makeing enough water and do they help that much only makeing about 10 litres an hour after changeing filters cheers andy

You asked a question about water production before. I am convinced by this post, that you didn't follow the advice you were given (by me).
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=87036.0#msg777957

Your ro unit is in flush mode. Turn it to production.
Forget where is says flush or production on the flush valve. Check manually. And know for sure.

Unplug the pipe to your DI unit and watch the water dribble out as you turn it around. Stop turning the valve when water is dribbling out fastest
Even without the booster pump your production should be double this. 

Good move on getting booster pump though. This will allow you to get between 40 to 50 litres per hour.
But only when the valve is set in the right place.