amcvay1979
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My water setup is kind of unique and I thought I was doing a good thing, I'm thinking my plan is costing me money. From my water main I have a whirlpool whole home regenerating filter, basically it removes chlorine and I'm assuming it's an ion exchange type of filter and I can set it to regenerate every 1 to 12 days. From there I have a whirlpool softener and then my RO unit.
So I noticed my TDS in to my RO was 150. My tds out of the membrane was 30. This didn't seem right so I just installed a new membrane and it's down to 4 now, great.
So I'm wondering if what I've been told is true that a softener can kill a membrane or if my original membrane was just cheap and junked out?
Anyone else have a softener before an RO and not experience membrane life shortage?
So I noticed my TDS in to my RO was 150. My tds out of the membrane was 30. This didn't seem right so I just installed a new membrane and it's down to 4 now, great.
So I'm wondering if what I've been told is true that a softener can kill a membrane or if my original membrane was just cheap and junked out?
Anyone else have a softener before an RO and not experience membrane life shortage?