[bad trippy]

is the tap for the waste running parallel to the hose? if it is then its on flush.
I've sent you an email trippy.

cheers for the email matt, the only time the tap was inline with the hose is when i done the intital 2 hour flush, then i turned the tap upright after the flush to resume normal use

[ftp]

I would shut it all down untill the morning because the stuff in the tank will need chucking and you could be wasting your resin too if you have it connected all wrong.

[mark dew]

I think you might have confused the flushing that is necessary for 1st time use?
The 1st time flush is having the tap switched in an upright position and running for hour or so. This is before it is connecting to the di vessel. Throw this water away.
Check the tds after doing this.

What size ro have you got and do you have a booster pump?
I suspect your 95% waste to pure isn't really that high, but is probably how it should be without a booster pump.

The maintenance flush is flushing with the tap horizontal to the pipe. 

[bad trippy]

I think you might have confused the flushing that is necessary for 1st time use?
The 1st time flush is having the tap switched in an upright position and running for hour or so. This is before it is connecting to the di vessel. Throw this water away.
Check the tds after doing this.

What size ro have you got and do you have a booster pump?
I suspect your 95% waste to pure isn't really that high, but is probably how it should be without a booster pump.

The maintenance flush is flushing with the tap horizontal to the pipe. 

yeah the tap was horizontal to the pipe, in the flow position in accordance with the diagram in the instructions

[mark dew]

I think you might have confused the flushing that is necessary for 1st time use?
The 1st time flush is having the tap switched in an upright position and running for hour or so. This is before it is connecting to the di vessel. Throw this water away.
Check the tds after doing this.

What size ro have you got and do you have a booster pump?
I suspect your 95% waste to pure isn't really that high, but is probably how it should be without a booster pump.

The maintenance flush is flushing with the tap horizontal to the pipe. 

yeah the tap was horizontal to the pipe, in the flow position in accordance with the diagram in the instructions

Yes thats a maintenance flush.
You also need to run the ro a discard the 1st couple of hours of 'pure' water.

[bad trippy]

I think you might have confused the flushing that is necessary for 1st time use?
The 1st time flush is having the tap switched in an upright position and running for hour or so. This is before it is connecting to the di vessel. Throw this water away.
Check the tds after doing this.

What size ro have you got and do you have a booster pump?
I suspect your 95% waste to pure isn't really that high, but is probably how it should be without a booster pump.

The maintenance flush is flushing with the tap horizontal to the pipe. 

yeah the tap was horizontal to the pipe, in the flow position in accordance with the diagram in the instructions

Yes thats a maintenance flush.
You also need to run the ro a discard the 1st couple of hours of 'pure' water.

So now if i run it for a few hours on ro and di the tds will eventualy come down to 00?

[mark dew]

You will only get 0 after the di vessel.

What size ro do you have and do you have a booster pump?

[bad trippy]

its 200 gpd no booster pump but mains pressure around here is quite strong

[mark dew]

That's alright then. You should/will get 0 tds soon enough.
It sounds like the colours of your pipes are mixed up, but it don't matter. It is easy to work out.

1. Produce 'pure' water for an hour or so (without connecting to the DI vessel)
2. Check the tds from both the waste pipe and the pipe producing pure water.
The lower tds will be your 'pure' water outlet.

After an hour or so of production the lower tds should come down to well under 30 if you have good water pressure. And probably nearer 10.

I think that will do it. Good luck.

[bad trippy]

thanks for your help mate i appreciate it

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Trippy try taking the reading from the hose that goes into the DI vessel it should read between 10-35ppm, my tap water has a TDS of 256 and when it goes through the RO it comes down to 12 then after the DI its 000.
Before filling it up next time I would strongly suggest changing the resin in the DI vessel.

[bad trippy]

Heres some pics, look at the instructions you can clearly see they say the waste is red hose is red and the blue is for the pure, but the tds of the red is now 10, thats going through the di too

[bad trippy]

having a rough time, the pics wont load because their too big grrrrrrrrrrrr

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Trippy email me the pics mate.
the pics are probably too big.

[bad trippy]

Really getting fed up now, i rang pure freedom before lunch and the fela i spoke to said he would get someone to ring me, waited for over two hours no phone call so decided to ring them up again about 2pm the fella i spoke to seemed baffled when i told him the problem,he asked me to email him some pics which is what i did, still aint heared anything from them. Also when i first bought the ro off them from ebay on buy it now they forgot to send it to me, again i had to chase them. Think i will just box it up and send it back to them and get my money back

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I think I can see the problem trippy!!

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

look at the pic, the top membrane cannister has 2 outlets with hoses. your waste hose is coming out of the top outlet, my waste comes out of the bottom one. try changing these over and then take another reading.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Trippy I have just sent you an email that i have highlighted, the hoses need changing over as the waste hose is actually got good water flowing through it and the processed hose has got the waste flowing through it.

[bad trippy]

Matt your definetly right yours in on the bottom mine is top, ive now swapped them around and now the water coming out of the red is reading 700 odd and the pipe going to the tank is 35, so looks like we could be on the right track, ine disconted the di for the time being im gonna flush it for two hours

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Trippy change the resin in the DI vessel mate as it will be knackered now.