[paul mc]

hi guys left my merlin in shed outside an just noticed there that all 4 housings r cracked. i shud hav had it in the house so just be aware. does anyone know if it easily fixed an how much? or is a new one called 4. will try get pictures up. i hate tis snow cant work then tings start breakin. any advice greatly appreciated 

[Smudger]

If the housings are gone so will the membranes therefore i reckon it's a new one

Darran

[paul mc]

If the housings are gone so will the membranes therefore i reckon it's a new one

Darran

cheers darran
yeh was tinkin that. can u buy housings seperate an just replace them.

[Frankybadboy]

If the housings are gone so will the membranes therefore i reckon it's a new one

Darran

cheers darran
yeh was tinkin that. can u buy housings seperate an just replace them.

yes but with the cost of memrains etc,its just as cheap to buy a new one.,learn by your mistakes i did :

[Smudger]

I don't know of any suppliers that list the housings seperatly, i got mine from WCW so it may be worth a call, but with membranes costing £120-140 + pre filter at £20 you are already over half way to a new one add in 3 housings at (guess) £15 your looking at £200 when you could probably get new for £235.00 - depending on who has an offer on.

if you google merlin ro you can get a parts list so you will know what to order.

Darran

[CLEANCARE WC]

same happened to my mates merlin yesterday and it was inside his garage too 

[geefree]

does the same go for a standard 300 gpd, as two of my filter housings have split.? are the membranes ruined guys ?

[Frankybadboy]

does the same go for a standard 300 gpd, as two of my filter housings have split.? are the membranes ruined guys ?

housing for standard ro are normall £15 each then £30 for membrains@ purefreedom

[paul mc]

tried to put pictures up ther but wudin let me.

does the same go for a standard 300 gpd, as two of my filter housings have split.? are the membranes ruined guys ?

housing for standard ro are normall £15 each then £30 for membrains@ purefreedom

looked at purefreedom ther the empty housings r  £27 . cant c membranes on site  my merlin has 4 housings. thanks 4 al advice lads

[formb]

Colder than a penguin's pooper: 

[paul mc]

just got round to takin housings off. not sure if membranes r destroyed but to me they look ok. in that case housings is all tha is required hav tried postin pictures but for sum reason i cant

[Smudger]

try hosting the pictures on photobucket then copy and paste link.

4 housings ?  - are you including the little white post filter ?

Darran

[Rob125]

This happened to me too - spent the last month taking good care of it and making sure it was warm and then through bad luck had to leave in the van for a day and the membrane is now cracked.
I filled up from an outside tap and it used to be very slow - like 6-8 hours to fill up a 250 litre tank. Pressure seemed alright but the merlin would probably shoot out 80/90% waste and only trickle the remaining 10% in too the tank.
Now going to change to an indoor system - with an indoor connector. Think the pressure will be less but if I get a 4040 unit - will the 500 litres per hour that its advertised be realistic to achieve - how does it do it - by filtering more water so waste is a lot less.
Also will carbon filters before the 4040 or a merlin 720 improve the water production rate (as well as keep membranes safe?)
Any opinions much appreciated,
Thank you,
Rob

[Smudger]

my understanding is that 4040's are better made and of course larger so can handle the volume.

yes you should have carbon pre filters for both, this will keep the membranes in better condition for
longer.

Darran

[Rob125]

is it possible to put just carbon filters / salt filters (i see cleaning spot / pure freedom sell these) in the housing of the 720 merlin system? - this would be instead of the RO system and i would connect the merling to a 4040 instead?