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Please check the nature/quality/TDS of the water coming straight out of the RO system, rather than the water in the tank

Based on a career worth of experience with RO membranes, I think your concern re over pressurizing membranes is misplaced. Maximum pressure always far exceeds test pressure. If you run below test pressure, you will reduce the gals per day of purified water produced, and you will (potentially...

Where are you seeing "froth?" In the permeate holding tank? What is the TDS of the permeate?

Agreed... and one thing to add. This is rarely done, and it should be done all the time. Have your plumbers add sufficient unions such that the softener and carbon tank valves can be disconnected from the plumbing with sufficient clearance that the valves can be unscrewed from their tanks...

It means your softener is working! It's always a good idea to have a sample port between your softener and the spot free system

If a membrane manufacturer does not provide the pressure spec... do not buy the membrane. Can't say, that after 25 yrs of doing this, I've ever seen a max pressure that wasn't well above the test pressure/pressure spec. I wouldn't consider buying a membrane if the test pressure approximated...

The devil is in the details here. What is your pump output pressure? What membranes are installed? When a manufacturer provides a temperature and pressure spec on a given membrane, nothing says those conditions are "ideal." They are just the conditions provided to the membrane during...

The two primary specs you want to match up are diameter and length which you've already done (4" x 40" nominal) and the pressure at which you run the system. For instance, we stock membranes with pressure specs @ 80 psi, 100 psi, 150 psi, and 225 psi...

We've seen issues with higher than expected water bills at customer's locations when water treatment equipment (e.g., backwashing carbon tanks, softeners, spot free RO systems) malfunction and run water to drain 24/7. Routine maintenance on the equipment solves the issue.

If needed, take a look at the label on the solenoid to determine the voltage it runs on. Might be 110vAC, might be 220vAC, or might be something less like 24 vAC. Next, let us know the female thread size - often 3/4" or 1" are the more common sizes of RO's used in carwashes. Let us know at...

No - it should not be doing that. When commercial RO systems are "off" the current to the system is off. Without current, the normally closed solenoid valve at the inlet to the system should be closed. Yours isn't closing. Either take the solenoid valve apart and clean it (sometimes debris...

Typically the pipe that feeds the repressurization pump comes out of a bulkhead fitting installed near the bottom of a holding tank. The only pressure in that pipe is the head pressure from the tank (just a few psi - about 2.3 psi per foot of tank height). It would be unusual to have a...

Yes... RO water works great in a steamer

If it fits the housing, it'll work great

Just noticed another thing in your pics. Someone has used a large set of channel locks to loosen/tighten your blue sediment filter housing. Bad practice. We have wrenches specifically for that purpose that do not damage the housing. remove, clean, and lube (food grade silicone grease) the...