Reverse osmosis plumbing installation

Alternatives include self piercing valves, T fittings, and faucet adaptors that connect between the faucet and the top of the riser tube. It should not be used on ribbed, corrugated, reinforced plastic or steel braided tubing. Ask your local dealer what alternatives can be used in place of the self-piercing valve if one cannot be used under your sink.

The Faucet Adaptor not supplied and Ball Valve not supplied will work with all standard kitchen faucets and provide a reliable connection to supply feed water to the RO unit. These flexible tubes are the easiest to use with the Faucet Adaptor because the 2" of additional space needed for the Faucet Adaptor can be easily accommodated by flexing this kind of riser.

If your riser tube is made of copper you will need to either make a bend in the copper to allow for the 2" of space needed for the Faucet Adaptor. A copper tubing cutter is the ideal tool for making this cut although a hack saw can be used. If a cut is made, a new compression ring not supplied will need to be installed to make a new water tight connection with the riser tube and the angle stop shut-off valve. The drain saddle valve should always be installed before above the p-trap and on a vertical or horizontal drain.

Do not install the drain saddle near a garbage disposal to avoid clogging the drain line with debris. For convenience on under sink installations it may be advisable to complete under sink tubing connections at this time. The sediment cartridge, carbon block cartridge s , and reverse osmosis membrane must all be installed in the RO unit.

The cartridges are provided in sanitary packaging. Please wash hands or use gloves when handling the cartridges. The melt blown polypropylene sediment cartridge is the first on the inlet side, followed by the carbon block cartridge s CBC Both of these cartridges can be installed with either end in first.

The membrane goes into the membrane housing with the o-ring end first. Be sure RO Membrane is pushed into Membrane housing as far as it will go. The RO unit is normally mounted to the right or left sink cabinet sidewall, depending on where supply tank is to be located. Generally the unit is installed at the front of the cabinet and the tank at the rear. To mount the unit, elevate it at least 2" off the floor, level it and mark the location of mounting holes needed.

Drill hole for mounting screws and install screws allowing the mounting bracket slots to slip over them. Note: If the cabinet sidewalls are not solid, unit may sit on the floor with screws used just to keep it against the cabinet in a vertical position.

Pre-filling the storage tank is recommended so there is sufficient pressure to check for leaks and water to flush the carbon post filter. To do this connect the feed line that will serve the RO unit directly to the bladder tank. Allow the water to fill the bladder until it stops. Close to tank valve, shut off the feed pressure, release the tube from the reducer and remove the reducer from the tank valve. With all components in place, complete final tubing connections with these guidelines:.

To complete this operation, connect a T with a shut off valve into the faucet tubing and route tubing to the refrigerator. Hooking up to existing copper tubing is not recommended due to possible corrosion Turn off icemaker inside freezer prior to turning off the existing tap water supply line to the refrigerator.

Turn on the icemaker after the RO system has been drained several times and the tank has a full supply of water. Icemaker lines are often run in the rafters of unfinished basements or finished basements with drop ceilings and then up to the fridge.

In cases where a basement or cabinets connecting sink and fridge are not available, icemaker connections cannot be made. This particular model RO system has a purified water storage tank because it produces filtered water so slowly.

You will need to attach the included TSV tank valve to the threaded stem on the top of the water storage tank. At this point of your reverse osmosis filter hookup, you have completed almost every step. As you move back a little and look at what you have done, you will notice that you have some color-coated tubing left over and some connections on the system that are still open-ended. The system will not work properly if all the open-ended connections do not have plastic tubing going into them and you can expect to be cleaning up a lot of water if you try to run the filtration system like that too.

The first tubing connection to be made is connecting the Feed Water Adapter AFW to the elbow fitting on the stage 1 sediment pre-filter red tubing for this RO system model. In almost all cases of a reverse osmosis filter installation, a line will run from the AFW to some type of pre-sediment filter. Continue attaching the tubing to the pipes sequentially in a way that makes sense until all of the connections have tubing going into them.

Be sure the last filter stage is connected to the pure water faucet and your reverse osmosis stage drain port is connected to the tubing that comes from the quick connect port on the drain saddle clamp. When you are finished with this step, all of the connections should be hooked up just the same as shown in the diagram below. While you are doing this, keep in mind that even small leaks can cause costly structural problems with your sink cabinet area and floors if they drip steadily over several months.

Even if you have never even seen a reverse osmosis filter before, if you use common sense during the installation process it will help the job go along a lot smoother. If you did something during an installation that just does not seem right, then it was probably done wrong. If you take your time and follow the instructions carefully, most reverse osmosis systems are not that hard to install. So, at what point will you be better off calling a professional to come and install your new reverse osmosis filtration system?

There are a few ways that I would approach this. Contact us today and see what a reverse osmosis system can do for your home! Reverse Osmosis System.

The Reverse Osmosis Difference What makes a reverse osmosis system different from other water—cleaning systems? The Benefits of a Reverse Osmosis System There are a few reasons why you may want to consider the installation of a reverse osmosis water treatment system in your home: Virtually no maintenance: not only are there no mechanics to worry about with a reverse osmosis system, the semi—permeable membrane discards captured impurities and particles on its own, making this system virtually free of maintenance.

The valve has a tube that attaches to the inlet side of the RO pre filter. This is the water source for the RO system. There may be more than one pre-filter used in a Reverse Osmosis system, the most common being sediment and carbon filters. Additionally, carbon filters may be used to remove chlorine, which can damage the RO membranes. The semipermeable RO membrane is designed to remove a wide variety of both aesthetic and health-related contaminants.

While many reverse osmosis filtration systems install to single outlets, some systems are robust enough to handle the filtration needs of an entire house. These are also known as a point of entry POE system and install at the main waterline of a home or business. These systems are quite large and are not suited for everyone. However, some people and businesses choose them because of their increased output capabilities. According to the latest figures, only about 1 in 10 Americans gets all their drinking water from the tap, while roughly twice that many people get their water mostly from bottled sources.

Over the last two decades, Americans have consumed more and more bottled water, nearly tripling our use of glass and plastic bottles since Reverse osmosis is one way that you can seriously reduce the use of plastic bottles in the United States. Creating totally drinkable and highly filtered water at your tap means you'll no longer have to contribute to the enormous amount of plastic waste our country produces.