Ro/di Booster Pump - Question...

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My RO/DI (Captive Purity 4-stage 75 GPD) is connected to a faucet in my classroom science lab.

After running the RO/DI for a few months, the faucet leaks badly.

The leak is NOT where I connected the adapter to the white RO/DI feed line, but further back in the faucet assembly.

The faucet is shaped like a capitol letter 'L' - only upside-down - the leak is the corner of the 'L' - so the faucet is not 1 solid bent metal pipe - one pipe comes up vertically approx. 10 inches and then a second pipe extends horizontally at a right angle that permits water to run into the ssink basin - the leak is where these two pipes join together - there is some kind of round metal cap where they meet - water just comes squirting out around that cap.

Sooooooooo, if I buy a booster pump will it prevent the backpressure on the faucet? I know it will boost the water pressure feeding the RO/DI, but I need to know if it will solve the backpressure problem.

I will have the facuet repaired, but I need a solution so this does not happen again, thanks for any ideas/aadvice....

 

[sodaman]

I'm not sure where you were wanting to install the booster pump but lets say you installed it after the faucet. The faucet would still see the same pressure you have right now. The pressure after the pump will be higher. The pump will not relieve pressure because you still have restriction on flow from the RO/DI unit. I would suggest just having the plumbing fixed or to plumb your RO/DI unit before the faucet with using a tee.

 

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Thank you - SADDLE VALVEand SHUT-OFF VALVE is what I need - plumb before faucet - less than $10 to fix - thank you - a couple plumbes in anotehr thread gave me this advice - peace!