[richywilts]

the ro system has produced about 8 inches of water in the ibc since about 3 o clock do u think the membrane has gone or should i buy a booster pump???

had this membrane a while now and produced a lot of water we do flush and backwash but not as often as we should do

or do u think it just coz we have changed the resin coz this sometimes slows prodution down for a day or so till it kicks in

[mark dew]

If you don't have a booster pump then getting one is a must in my opinion. They work really slow in the cold on just tap pressure. Unless you have good pressure?

[dave0123]

wouldn't just go like that though would it? If it was ok yestaday. how far filled is it usually after 8 hours?

[richywilts]

it could be the cold just felt the piping to the tap and its frozen il buy some lagging tmoz, im gonna get a booster pump tho go machine mart tmoz

a joiner wouldnt work with out wood would he haha

in the past tho it sometime take a while when we refill resin have to check lad hasnt filled it too much

[James archell]

It could be your pre-filters, it could be your membrane, it could be your resin, it could be the cold, it could be a drop in water pressure, it could be a blockage.


Id start at the beginning and try to do my best to work my way through, a process of elimination. Of course is there anything you've done to the system since it was last used will also need to be considered, perhaps a fitting has been replaced in an incorrect fashion.

I think I saw you say on another thread that you have someone who's job is concerned with the water production side of things, has he been playing with the system and not told you?

Then again I'd also invest in a number of things, a pressure gauge, they're cheap as chips.

You've been talking about a pump a lot recently, that and this talk of system problems, what you been doing in that lockup Richy that you've not told us about?  

[CleanClear]

we do flush and backwash

I understand what flushing is but what is "backwash" ?

[James archell]

Its a method of maintaining the cleanliness of the bit of your body that is on the opposite side of the front of your torso.

[d s windowcleaning]

Before you get a booster pump HOW was the ro say 8 weeks ago before all the cold weather , production will slow down in cold weather .

[CleanClear]

Its a method of maintaining the cleanliness of the bit of your body that is on the opposite side of the front of your torso.

If you think i'm about to rub an RO membrane across my arse you're mistaken.  

[James archell]

Hmm, there's a thought 

[richywilts]

its an ionic system that ive took out the van usually works fine dont normally have problems but im guessing its the change in weather or change of resin i have three ibcs so usually have plenty of water cant remember if they were all filled last weekend so that may have had a bad start to the week but defo need a booster pump coz i have to leave it on 24/7 to keep three tanks filled

[R.C Property]

My ro has also slowed right down in this weather, it normally take a day to fill my ibc tank, but due to the cold it takes upto 2 days now,
Prefilters are only a few months old,

[Dave Willis]

Don't suppose one of your numptys has left the valve in flush position?
.......... give him a good beating if he has.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

Richy beating another employee
Surely not