It died a natural death

[dugg]

Well it finally happened, my RO/DI unit went bad after 3 years of abuse. It was a 6 stage Water General unit from filter direct. I had it for 1 year in OKC, then 2 years here on my well water in Florida. My unit is hooked up to a 55gal. holding tank, the ice maker in the freezer, and a faucet on the sink, for drinking water, so it gets extremely heavy use. I know they last according to how dirty the incoming water is, but 3 years IMO is outstanding. I measured my TDS last week, and it was at 4ppm, so i ordered a new unit. It cost almost the same for new filters as for a new unit, plus my old unit didn't have a refillable DI cartridge. I got a 6 stage unit, with a new pressure tank, and a new faucet, with 1 extra bag of DI resin for $171.00 including shipping. I don't mean to be advertising for filter direct or water general, but just thought i would let people know about the outstanding service i got from my cheap ebay RO/DI unit.

 

[herpchat]

LOL, Glad it did well for you.

I have been playing with the idea of an RO unit or maybe a still but not for SW but for my wild bettas and tetras.

What buffers do you add back to your SW?

 

[dugg]

I use kent tech AB , and drip limewater.

 

[JasonF]

Your doing well if your membrane lasted that long. With the same unit I changed my membrane out at 18 months and have to regularly change the filters.