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03-12-2007, 07:34 PM
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Usually Confused
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern California
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Does the RO water come out of the blue or yellow tube?
I think it is universal, just want to make sure right tube. 
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03-12-2007, 07:36 PM
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Shark Bait
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Probably the blue tube - You got a photo?
How many stage RO/DI unit???
Eitherway the waste tube should be the one with the restricting valve on it (can be just a basic on off valve which you have to set)
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03-12-2007, 07:39 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Conyers, GA
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Mines the blue tube. (where the water comes out-blue)
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03-12-2007, 07:57 PM
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I'm sorry.......
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: South West Florida
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Blue here also
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03-12-2007, 08:11 PM
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Mine the good water comes out of the blue tube. Do you have the directions?
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03-12-2007, 08:13 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: New York City area
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well the one with the faster rate coming out will be the waster water, so the slower one should be the pure.
Its the blue tube for me as well.
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03-12-2007, 08:18 PM
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Usually Confused
Join Date: Jul 2006
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It was the blue and I just flooded the basement!!!
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03-12-2007, 08:19 PM
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I'm sorry.......
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Originally Posted by JY13131
It was the blue and I just flooded the basement!!!
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Ouch sorry to hear that! How did you flood the basemant?
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03-12-2007, 08:21 PM
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Usually Confused
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My work sink is very old and I had to put an attachment on it to attach to the RO unit. Well I put the water on FULL blast and while I was lounging upstairs, the rubber became detached from the connector and sprayed water all over, covered almost the whole basement floor
Lucky it is concrete!
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03-12-2007, 08:22 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JY13131
My work sink is very old and I had to put an attachment on it to attach to the RO unit. Well I put the water on FULL blast and while I was lounging upstairs, the rubber became detached from the connector and sprayed water all over, covered almost the whole basement floor
Lucky it is concrete! |
Happened to me too.
Make sure those hose locks that twist on are on tight with o ring seal !
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03-12-2007, 08:55 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
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Mine is blue too... then again... all of my tubes are blue! 
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03-12-2007, 10:12 PM
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Shark Bait
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Originally Posted by zxcv123
well the one with the faster rate coming out will be the waster water, so the slower one should be the pure.
Its the blue tube for me as well.
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It sounds like you need a restrictor on your waste tube (Just a simple on off valve), this stops you wasting so much water down the drain and forces more water through the RO element (will increase the production rate of good water too).
If you put the valve on and decrease the flow rate through the waste tube to about 1/2 that of the good water you should still get a TDS reading of less than 2.
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