yea it came with a tank, and the whole bleach thing is what it says to do in the instructions for sanitizing it.. I dunno, but I thought I should follow the instructions for once haha. It also says I need to let it run for 10 minutes, turn off for 1 minute to let it build back up, then back on for 10 more minutes or until the bleach smell is gone.. I was skeptical at first about the bleach too, since it is known that chlorine will damage the membrane, but I even called GE and they confirmed that you add bleach. They also said different models need to be sanitized differently.. But this is what I am supposed to do with this particular one..
Anyways, I do plan on testing it b4 using it! Would be foolish not to, especially when they had me put water and bleach into the prefilter. I want to be sure all that clorine is gone! The water coming out is crystal clear! But I understand that I need to dump out more then the first 10 gallons that comes from it.. Meaning it will take me another full day before I can test the water and possibly add 10 gallons per day (if working as it should), filling it in a little over a week! Damn this will take a while, but I just think of the $ i saved by not buying water from a store, and I get lots of spare drinking water to boot!
I wish someone else had this particular setup so I could cross reference..
its the GE brand model number: GXRM10G, if that might help someone trying to see what I am talking about.
They also had me rinse the membrane under tap water b4 installing, so I made sure it was a pretty quick rinse. Does all this sound right?
