Advice sought on using an RO unit
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:57:39 GMT, Spindoctor
bubbled forth the following:
On 25 Jun 2004 05:52:29 GMT, Rbogath wrote:
Many thanks - look like i have connected it up properly - however, not
totally certain whether I should or should not still be treating the RO
water that comes before putting it into tank, for chlorine etc.
The carbon cartridge should remove all the chlorine/chloramines so no
treatment is needed. Just be sure to change it as recommended or
better yet do an occasional test for chlorine. The amount of chlorine
used by the water company may vary significantly throughout the year,
making a time or volume based cartridge change schedule hit or miss in
some cases.
I may be wrong on this, but from what I've seen, it looks like both
the RO and waste water flow through the carbon and sediment filters,
so you have to consider the waste volume as well as the RO volume if
changing on a "number of gallons" schedule.
HTH
Jerry
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