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03-13-2008, 10:53 PM
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 R/O filters can someone explain to me what the added stages are? DI and i dunno what the next is called
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03-14-2008, 10:18 AM
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| Re: R/O filters The stages go as: Pre-filter Sediment filter Carbon Block RO membrane Deionization (DI) Carbon (Taste) filter Some systems may have multiple stages for certain parts or skip a couple stages.
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03-14-2008, 08:28 PM
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| Re: R/O filters yeash! i only got a thee stage, 6 micron, 1 micron, r/o membrane. did i screw up buying this???
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03-15-2008, 10:15 AM
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| Re: R/O filters No, do you have a TDS meter?
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03-15-2008, 04:30 PM
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03-15-2008, 05:49 PM
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03-15-2008, 05:57 PM
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| Re: R/O filters nope don have one, another for my shopping list
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03-15-2008, 07:29 PM
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| Re: R/O filters TDS = Total Desolved Solids. This is a measure of the purity of the water or actually what's left in the water after you've run it through the purification process. No system totally removes all the dissolved salts short of doing a distillation process. |
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