Brook
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I installed a GE 10gpm RO waterfilter about 15 years ago for drinking water. It has been great. Fortunately with whole house pre-filtering I am not getting much visible stuff in the water ... but we do have a fair bit of iron, sulfur and manganese dissolved in our well water. Softener and iron filter bring it to acceptable levels. The RO filter has done an excellent job to make it comfortably drinkable.
This filter by GE comprises ...
Prefilter -> Pressure valve -> RO cartridge -> Tank and Polishing filter OR Waste water -> Out.
My faucet died a couple years ago, so I installed a Non-AirGap faucet and left the airgap on the old faucet connected.
The non-airgap faucet decided to leak so I decided it was time for an overhaul.
New AirGap faucet ... it leaked from the body underneath ... not the pipes, so that had to go back and I couldn't get a new Air Gap faucet. So in goes a new non-airgap. The drain is clear enough for temporarily using it direct until I can lay my hands on an airgap or airgap faucet.
I next replaced the cartridges. And then real problem started! Leaks everywhere. I eventually got those sorted, but all the water from the RO unit is going down the waste water pipe and NONE is going to the tank or polishing tank. The position of the pressure valve appears to keep it out of the line of fire.
It's almost as if the RO cartridge is simply not letting any water get through it at all! All previous cartridge changes would produce some air and later water going into the tank ... but not this time!
Anybody had a totally reject RO filter cartridge?
This filter by GE comprises ...
Prefilter -> Pressure valve -> RO cartridge -> Tank and Polishing filter OR Waste water -> Out.
My faucet died a couple years ago, so I installed a Non-AirGap faucet and left the airgap on the old faucet connected.
The non-airgap faucet decided to leak so I decided it was time for an overhaul.
New AirGap faucet ... it leaked from the body underneath ... not the pipes, so that had to go back and I couldn't get a new Air Gap faucet. So in goes a new non-airgap. The drain is clear enough for temporarily using it direct until I can lay my hands on an airgap or airgap faucet.
I next replaced the cartridges. And then real problem started! Leaks everywhere. I eventually got those sorted, but all the water from the RO unit is going down the waste water pipe and NONE is going to the tank or polishing tank. The position of the pressure valve appears to keep it out of the line of fire.
It's almost as if the RO cartridge is simply not letting any water get through it at all! All previous cartridge changes would produce some air and later water going into the tank ... but not this time!
Anybody had a totally reject RO filter cartridge?