First time use RO/DI unit

[garnet13aj]

Okay, so I'm finally setting up my typhoon 3 RO/DI unit. The directions say that if the water is below 77 degrees the output will be lower. Does this mean I should be using hot water, they don't really specify the temperature I should be using.
Thanks for any insight...

 

[sign guy]

you want to be at 77 or lower. if you are lower then your gpd will be lower. I recamend getting about 25 feet of the piping using it as your intake line. then coil it up in a buket of water with a heater

 

[garnet13aj]

Thanks, I read wrong...Ooh, I'm excited for good H2O quality though!

 

[sign guy]

it makes a huge difference

 

[garnet13aj]

okay, honestly I will never look more stupid than when I'm trying to anything w/any sort of plumbing. The tubing at the inlet leaks a lot when I turn on the faucet. Any guesses why? Is there something really obvious that I should have done, or should I try to plug it up w/something (if so, what?). Thanks...

 

[fbm]

If it has a hose type connection does it have a rubber washer in there? If not then that is probably your problem.
I run my with inlet water at about 55 degrees. But I use it to fill a tank and it is hard piped so I don't really care how fast mine produces water. You could also just throttle hot water into it as well. Say lukewarm water the touch.

 

[sign guy]

is it at the female adapter or the unit?

 

[garnet13aj]

Okay, so here's the unit

This is a closeup of the left side, where the inlet is and this is where it is leaking when I turn on the faucet.

I don't think there is a rubber washer I can put there...if there is though, that is probably where I went wrong. And just to clarify, water is running into the unit, it's just leaking as it does so.

 

[sign guy]

pull the pipe back out and make shure nothing is in the fitting then push it all the way back in and give it a pull back out with out releacing the lock

 

[zman1]

Is it leaking at the hose end or the cartridge housing end?
Hose end -- Push the hose in and pull back on it.
Housing end - unscrew it and put a little teflon tape around the threads.

 

[garnet13aj]

lol, okay I'll see what I can do w/that info and probably I can start getting some actual RO/DI water, if not...you'll hear back from me!
Thanks

 

[garnet13aj]

Leakage problem is fixed...turns out I didn't push them in far enough. Hopefully everything will run smoothly now. I appreciate everyone's willingness to help me as well as their patience.

 

[garnet13aj]

Okay, another question My unit came w/a TDS-3 meter. It doesn't really come w/directions. It has 3 buttons ("hold", "temp", and "on/off"). How do I use the meter?
Do I push the "on/off" button and then place it in the water to get a reading, is it that simple or is there more to it? Thanks again for any input.