Reverse Osmosis follow-up

Tom Gardner · 2015-02-12T09:15:25+00:00

I installed a RO system. I opted for an American made 5-stage system after reading flaming reviews on the Chinese units. This unit oozed quality, top quality fittings, tubes and components, a 5 year warrantee and no Chinglesh instructions. And, only one trip to the hardware store for a "T" not in the kit. The filters, two ten micron carbon block and a 5 micron sediment filter and one more small carbon filter after the tank. They need to be replaced every 6-12 months depending on feed quality. All the filters are about $30, I don't know anbout the membrane. The output is very nice! I like the taste though it seems a little flat. My ice from the ice maker isn't clear like the manufacturer promised...I knew it wouldn't be, but it is less opaque. All in all, I would recommend it. No more bottled water!

Feb 12, 2015 23 Replies

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mogulah 11 years ago

I was looking at Chinese suppliers of Solar Water purifiers. I guess there aren't that many.

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Tom Gardner 11 years ago

You made me appreciate my city's water, as bad tasting as it is. And REALY appreciate Cleveland water when I had it. Most of us just take water for granted, thanks for the different perspective.

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Jim Wilkins 11 years ago

One sheet may have been 0.055" and the other 0.058", IIRC. I'm not hiking way out back through the deep snow just to check.

The electrodes are 308L-16, either 3/32" or 1/16", I don't remember from 10 years ago and still have a few of both. I may have used 3/32" for the lap joints and 1/16" for the butt welds.

The same dealer sold me 312 to weld the stainless pipe rims and hubs to the mild steel spokes of the wider wheels I put on my hydraulic lift to use it on dirt. The pipe weldor friend who gave me the cutoffs didn't have any scrap stainless flat stock.

-jsw

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Larry Jaques 11 years ago

Ah, you're in chef's school? Whatcha bakin'? Titanium wrapped blintzes?

;)

Yeah, that would be good, wouldn't it?

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