purefreedom booster pump set up

[Graeme Broome]

I've just got a aquatec reverse osmosis booster pump to go with my 200 GPD compact reverse osmosis and just want to check if I've got it in the right place, is this right?

 

[Tuffers]

Calling @spruce

 

[Phildeeney]

Should be between pre filters and ro membranes

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[spruce]

The most common place to put a booster pump is between the prefilters and the r/o membranes which is what you have done. It stops any sediment damaging the pump if you placed it before the prefilters.

You do need to keep a close eye on those prefilters. Our water in Teesside is sometimes full of sediment so I would always recommend a sediment filter before the carbon block. I recommend a Fiberdyne carbon block - Daqua and Gardiners sell them. They are more expensive than the GAC or ordinary c/b filters, but they have a much longer service life.

I'm surprised the two of you manage on a 200GPD r/o tbh. Its my guess that this is why you have fitted a booster pump. My next upgrade would be another membrane housing and 3 x 150GPD membranes. That upgrade isn't expensive and will more than double your water production.

The 2 of us managed fine with the 450GPD upgrade without a booster pump.

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