So Friday my water shut off for a min. Then came right back on and everything seemed to be fine, other then air purging from the lines and what not. I noticed Friday night when I got home from work and took a shower that the water smelled very heavily of chlorine. I thought I might just be nuts. Girlfriend cant smell anything, but her nose isn't the best and mine is overly sensitive to certain things. All weekend every time I ran water, from the sink shower etc, all I could smell was chlorine. I went into overly protective father mode, and I'm not letting anything go into my tank without knowing whats going on. I'm on the last bit of my DI water reserve and cant get in touch with the water company. I cant tell if they just flushed the lines and are running a new batch of chlorine or if they switched over to chloramines. For those of you that have been through this before can you offer any advice? I'm running a 5 stage ro/di unit, water company is Windemere Utility out of Tampa, I can't find any information and don't want to start running water through the DI into the tank if they switched to something I'm not aware of.
Water treatment changes?
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BobbyV
Established since 2008
Better to be proactive and install new media and equipment to your RO systems now to protect your inhabitants.
A Volumizer is a very nice and well worth investment. This tool will help you maximize the workable life per canister.
Change Out Schedule per manufacture's instructions:
For every 1,000 gallons:
- Replace Pentek Chlorplus Carbon Block
For Every 500 gallon:
- Replace Catalytic Active Carbon
- Replace GE ROSAVE 1 Micron Sediment Filter
I purchase Color Changing Resin so I can anticipate when it is expired.
Plus I invested in a deluxe TDS Meter so I exactly know if I am pushing out 0.
Typically your membranes will last you 3,000 gallons. Potentially even more/longer if you have a habit of flushing them at every use.
The Volumizer and TDS Meter are well worth the expense. The amount of money you save on "knowing" where your media stands in regards to workable life is important.
Chloramines are the devil!
A Volumizer is a very nice and well worth investment. This tool will help you maximize the workable life per canister.
Change Out Schedule per manufacture's instructions:
For every 1,000 gallons:
- Replace Pentek Chlorplus Carbon Block
For Every 500 gallon:
- Replace Catalytic Active Carbon
- Replace GE ROSAVE 1 Micron Sediment Filter
I purchase Color Changing Resin so I can anticipate when it is expired.
Plus I invested in a deluxe TDS Meter so I exactly know if I am pushing out 0.
Typically your membranes will last you 3,000 gallons. Potentially even more/longer if you have a habit of flushing them at every use.
The Volumizer and TDS Meter are well worth the expense. The amount of money you save on "knowing" where your media stands in regards to workable life is important.
Chloramines are the devil!
