just bought it thru your link, thanks Ben ... I installed this system 2 months ago, checking it regularly. Today it dropped to 24ppm from 32ppm last month and 40ppm at installation with nearly 1:1 waste water production using 400+ppm tap water-very satisfied!!
A very good easy simple video to follow. For those folks which connect the drain pipe into a waste pipe with the saddle provided it is very important not to over insert it into the drain pipe so that it becomes an obstruction and may cause future blockages. It should just enter flush past the entry edge of the waste pipe.
Get one with a Built-in non-electric permeate pump -- reduces water waste up to 80 percent and increases water production up to 50 percent.. The one I got, and I have well water also is a Home Master TMAFC-ERP. Been using it for a year now, treated water is below 60 PPM, untreated over 600...
Brah, thank you with this video. It helps a lot especially this is my very first time installing something like this. Appreciated it and job well done. Big Thumbs Up!
Thank you. Great video. I too plan to use an iSpring RO system with a basement install. A pro installer suggested that using a 1/4" line out to feed the faucet from a basement install would result insufficient flow. He suggests using 3/8" instead. Two questions: 1) How is the flow from your faucet with the tank set in the basement? 2) If your flow rate was insufficient, how did you fix it?
Katherine Danner Sorry for the slow response. I just now say your comment. Yes, that's exactly what I did. I have 3/8" OD tubing which is called 1/4" PEX that rund from the basement to each point of use for the RO system and the flow rate is even better than expected. Definitely worth installing the slightly larger line. 👍
If you mount the storage tank at the ceiling you will gain water pressure. The storage tank is pre charged with 8-10 psi and for every 28” of water column you have to push the water up you will lose 1 psi. So if you have an 8 foot ceiling and mount the tank on the floor you will lose approximately 4 psi of pressure just to push the water up to the ceiling.
Hi Benjamin, I followed your setup and have a 1/4 RO system connected to a 1/2 ID water line in the basement that goes to my fridge because I wanted clean ice but my water pressure is weak, any suggestions? Also thank you very much for all your information! I couldn’t have successfully installed my system without all your fantastic videos!
Thanks for the video. Do you still recommend the ispring? I am also looking at APEC. I am considering mounting it to a roll out shelf next to the sink. I haven’t figured out how to make the plumbing hoses not catch on a pull out drawer. The idea is to make the filters accessible for maintenance. Cheers from a Minnesota boy who lives in Texas.
@@BenjaminSahlstrom about the JG valve setup you used, where do I find the rest of the components you used to seal off the other end of the 3-way? I'm linking directly to an existing spiget valve in my basement.
Great detailed video. Appreciate the effort and hard work. 1 ad seem to me norm, I can put up with 2 ads but 5 ads? Seriously? Anyway, good job. Best of luck.
That's a lot of tubes! Make sure you get an under sink cabinet mat from Xtreme Mats and a water sensor to prevent any water damage from the inevitable leak at @t.
Question: I'm about to install mine and I am going to need to install it in the basement as well. But I will be running the faucet provided. Do I need to install this "booster" the get the water up to my facet? I'm not o the well. I just have no room under the sink for the unit.
Ben Thanks for the video I have city water does the booster help when connected to the frig for water and ice maker is it necessary or can do without the booster
i like the way you set this R.O. equipment, i am new to this kind of setting it up. Las Vegas water is very dirty when you boil a gallon of water & reduce it to almost to a cup, the water turns to a mud light brown sugar in color so i have to install additional water filter connected to the water softener then the R.O. your video is very informative, i asked the salesman of Home Depot how to install it but seems like he is new to his job mind as well consult it to your knowledge video, thanks you for sharing,..
Cesar, it is important to know that if you are boiling water, the only thing you are removing.... is water and some biologicals, other than that, you are removing (evaporating) water and condensing your ppm of particulates and heavy metals.... (which is making dirtier water) unless of course you are doing a de-salinating method and collecting and condensing the steam from the water you are boiling ...
Thanks for the great video. Can I ask how much it costs to maintain this system...such as replacement filters and such? Also, does it remove lead? I would like to get one of these, but Im not sure which one to get. I am hooked up to city water that's pretty good on its own, but I just don't trust it. Plus the lead level results were barely in the normal range. I also don't want it to add stuff to the water, like salts and calcium and stuff. That just seems weird. Id greatly appreciate your feedback. Thanks in advance.
I am trying to flush the prefilters, but my water pressure is very low compared to yours. Pressure on my main faucet is good, but the one that goes on the prefilters inlet is very low. How to solve that ?
Hey Ben, 1 question for you, is there a reason for you to not use 1/4 pipes all the way to your sink/fridge? Why did you stick with 3/8? Was it because all your piping was 3/8 already or is there a better flow with 3/8 regardless of the source being 1/4?
Soemone told me an RO system cannot run 20+ feet. I wanted basement install, but the RO line from the end of the filters to fridge would be maybe 40-50ft. Would this be possible?
With the extra pump on his system it is viable to run a line 40' no problem, I have this system but with the UV chamber, and when it was in my washroom I had to also have the pump, now that i put it under the sink, the pump is over-kill
You will loose pressure the further away you mount your faucet. Consider a larger bladder tank or adding a booster pump like the one shown should do the trick. This might also happen if you add a run to your fridge. If your fridge also has a filter and you install it you will again loose pressure. Just don't use the fridge filter.
Smaller RO Bladder tanks, like this one, fill partially with water from the top. Larger ones have the water on the bottom. A Butyl (rubber) diaphragm separates the water section. Then the bottom of the tank is filled with air to 7psi (through the Schroeder valve) when the tank is empty of water. It will measure around 35 - 40psi when the tank is full of water. This pressurizes the tank so when the tap is opened water will flow freely out of your connected faucet or to a connected Ice maker or fish tank. Over time the tank will loose pressure. So occasionally when cleaning out your RO system after draining the tank of it's water, check the Schroeder valve to insure it has 7 psi of pressure. This is the valve at the bottom section of the tank like a bicycle or car tire. It will probably be covered with a blue cap just under the water tank label.
Nice video not sure what the purpose of the tank is or if i need it i am planning to buy one of the ro systems to run it stray to my ice maker and get water out of the ice maker my question is do i need this tanks ?? I dont think i have the room under my sink for this tank please if there any one that can help me understand the purpose of this stupid tank also have good water pressure at home
A Reverse Osmosis system only produces a trickle of water on demand because of the filtration process.. Using a Storage tank allows you to collect a certain amount of water until you need to fill a glass or canister of water.
What if I only have the Ispring and not the other system you have there? You have a second filter system there. Do we need 2 systems like you have there? Do you have a video of installing the other whole house system? Is the Ispring not a whole house filter system?
He does have a video of the other system, you dont need the other filter to get the RO filter working, and no the I-spring wasnt made to be a whole house system, but it still can be, make sure you are getting the one rated for the daily water output you are going for, some are only rated for 40 gallons a day, his is rated for 100 gpd... hope that helped
when we installed our RO. we never flushed it. i guess the last filter RO filtered the carbon dust and probably shorten its life span by 20% lol. thats why we never seen the dark water the first used.
I'm having an issue with my system where my tank doesn't seem to empty more than 2 quarts of water at the tap before it seems to appear empty . The manufacturer is saying I have a bad tank. Would a pump help or are they correct?
I have a question, i looked at my 5 stage RO system and notice from the 2nd stage canister it went straight to membrane, and then goes to post carbon, then back down to 3rd stage canister, then from 3rd stage canister, I see 1/4" tube straight into my faucet, is my RO system being set up wrong? I thought the 1/4" suppose to come out from post carbon and not from the 3rd stage :(
That is strange.... my RO faucet and tank line comes straight off my PAC, my PAC is even after my UV stage since I have a UV stage model, the PAC is the last thing in my line according to the instructions I used to set it up
I was wondering this myself as I did an under sink install and it goes straight to a drain pipe (above the trap) but with 0 air gap.... I dont think it needs an actual "air gap" just as long as the drainage tube is in air in whatever pipe its installed in ... if the drain tube were submerged in water in a drain pipe, like under the trap, I could see a few problems
Its likely to extend the life of the RO filter and reduce the time it takes to filter. If the RO was filtering the tap water which has alot of large particles/contaminants and such it would in a way clog the RO filter and end up taking a long to time to filter.
Hi there, Thank for the video. please help trouble shoot my drain line, it always running , regardless faucet water line is on or not? that is wasted a lot of water.
just bought it thru your link, thanks Ben ... I installed this system 2 months ago, checking it regularly. Today it dropped to 24ppm from 32ppm last month and 40ppm at installation with nearly 1:1 waste water production using 400+ppm tap water-very satisfied!!
Really well done video! Thank you - I think you sold my husband on installing an RO system in our garage (in Texas we don't have a basement).
A very good easy simple video to follow. For those folks which connect the drain pipe into a waste pipe with the saddle provided it is very important not to over insert it into the drain pipe so that it becomes an obstruction and may cause future blockages. It should just enter flush past the entry edge of the waste pipe.
Get one with a Built-in non-electric permeate pump -- reduces water waste up to 80 percent and increases water production up to 50 percent..
The one I got, and I have well water also is a Home Master TMAFC-ERP.
Been using it for a year now, treated water is below 60 PPM, untreated over 600...
Dave Smith Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video. I was just getting ready to install mine under my sink, but this is a much easier idea.
Brah, thank you with this video. It helps a lot especially this is my very first time installing something like this. Appreciated it and job well done. Big Thumbs Up!
Electrical outlet is pretty close to the unit , might want to move it over some.😉
Thank you. Great video. I too plan to use an iSpring RO system with a basement install. A pro installer suggested that using a 1/4" line out to feed the faucet from a basement install would result insufficient flow. He suggests using 3/8" instead. Two questions: 1) How is the flow from your faucet with the tank set in the basement? 2) If your flow rate was insufficient, how did you fix it?
Katherine Danner Sorry for the slow response. I just now say your comment. Yes, that's exactly what I did. I have 3/8" OD tubing which is called 1/4" PEX that rund from the basement to each point of use for the RO system and the flow rate is even better than expected. Definitely worth installing the slightly larger line. 👍
If you mount the storage tank at the ceiling you will gain water pressure. The storage tank is pre charged with 8-10 psi and for every 28” of water column you have to push the water up you will lose 1 psi. So if you have an 8 foot ceiling and mount the tank on the floor you will lose approximately 4 psi of pressure just to push the water up to the ceiling.
Hi Benjamin, I followed your setup and have a 1/4 RO system connected to a 1/2 ID water line in the basement that goes to my fridge because I wanted clean ice but my water pressure is weak, any suggestions?
Also thank you very much for all your information! I couldn’t have successfully installed my system without all your fantastic videos!
Good video... how do I know that the tank has the correct pressure and when there is a lack of air?
Glad I watched. You taught me that I should consider the additional pump due to the well pump cycling down and back up to shutoff. Thanks!
Water right next to 2 electrical outlets nice and safe lol.
Gfci was made for that very purpose. Is your garbage disposal plugged in under your sink, or connected to a donkey outside?
Thanks for the video. Do you still recommend the ispring? I am also looking at APEC. I am considering mounting it to a roll out shelf next to the sink. I haven’t figured out how to make the plumbing hoses not catch on a pull out drawer. The idea is to make the filters accessible for maintenance. Cheers from a Minnesota boy who lives in Texas.
Great Video, and i would like to thank you for taking your time showing and explaining how everything goes and works.
Glad that it was helpful! Blessings from Minnesota!
@@BenjaminSahlstrom about the JG valve setup you used, where do I find the rest of the components you used to seal off the other end of the 3-way? I'm linking directly to an existing spiget valve in my basement.
Ben do you think it would be an issue to mount just the tank below the floor? And could I add nitrogen to the tank to bring the pressure up?
Great detailed video. Appreciate the effort and hard work.
1 ad seem to me norm, I can put up with 2 ads but 5 ads? Seriously?
Anyway, good job. Best of luck.
It played 5 ads? That's crazy! Sorry about that. I don't think I set that many. Anyway, thanks for watching!
@@BenjaminSahlstrom I got only 3.
That's a lot of tubes! Make sure you get an under sink cabinet mat from Xtreme Mats and a water sensor to prevent any water damage from the inevitable leak at @t.
Question: I'm about to install mine and I am going to need to install it in the basement as well. But I will be running the faucet provided. Do I need to install this "booster" the get the water up to my facet? I'm not o the well. I just have no room under the sink for the unit.
Hello, thanks for the video. My RO pompe makes a constant tic tac noise. Is it normal ?
Ben Thanks for the video I have city water does the booster help when connected to the frig for water and ice maker is it necessary or can do without the booster
Thank you Ben great help for my water system installation!
what is the name of the blue pre-filter? thank you for this vid,really helpful.
Excellent presentation! Thanks!
I would love to see the flow from the RO faucet at the sink. It looks very low without the tank bladder helping.
What is Auto shut off system is ther to switch off booster pump when pressure tank is full...?
Tnx for installation video
i like the way you set this R.O. equipment, i am new to this kind of setting it up. Las Vegas water is very dirty when you boil a gallon of water & reduce it to almost to a cup, the water turns to a mud light brown sugar in color so i have to install additional water filter connected to the water softener then the R.O. your video is very informative, i asked the salesman of Home Depot how to install it but seems like he is new to his job mind as well consult it to your knowledge video, thanks you for sharing,..
Cesar, it is important to know that if you are boiling water, the only thing you are removing.... is water and some biologicals, other than that, you are removing (evaporating) water and condensing your ppm of particulates and heavy metals.... (which is making dirtier water) unless of course you are doing a de-salinating method and collecting and condensing the steam from the water you are boiling ...
Thanks for the great video. Can I ask how much it costs to maintain this system...such as replacement filters and such? Also, does it remove lead? I would like to get one of these, but Im not sure which one to get. I am hooked up to city water that's pretty good on its own, but I just don't trust it. Plus the lead level results were barely in the normal range. I also don't want it to add stuff to the water, like salts and calcium and stuff. That just seems weird. Id greatly appreciate your feedback. Thanks in advance.
I am trying to flush the prefilters, but my water pressure is very low compared to yours. Pressure on my main faucet is good, but the one that goes on the prefilters inlet is very low. How to solve that ?
Hey Ben, 1 question for you, is there a reason for you to not use 1/4 pipes all the way to your sink/fridge? Why did you stick with 3/8? Was it because all your piping was 3/8 already or is there a better flow with 3/8 regardless of the source being 1/4?
how to fix my my drain saddle black hose non-stop dripping while the pump does not start RCC1UP-AK 7Stage just bought new
Soemone told me an RO system cannot run 20+ feet. I wanted basement install, but the RO line from the end of the filters to fridge would be maybe 40-50ft. Would this be possible?
With the extra pump on his system it is viable to run a line 40' no problem, I have this system but with the UV chamber, and when it was in my washroom I had to also have the pump, now that i put it under the sink, the pump is over-kill
You will loose pressure the further away you mount your faucet. Consider a larger bladder tank or adding a booster pump like the one shown should do the trick. This might also happen if you add a run to your fridge. If your fridge also has a filter and you install it you will again loose pressure. Just don't use the fridge filter.
Hi Benjamin, I just bought a RO water system but I don't have the big white tank. Would it be fine if I don't use one?
What is the point of the tank? Is it optional to install? I have limited space undersink. THanks
Tank is required so you’ll have water at the faucet, RO water takes a while to generate and isn’t instant, so the tank is required
Excellent.. Many thanks!
only one tube goes to the small tank?
how do you get water out of it?
Looks like he forgot a step. Should be 2 tubes for the tank, one incoming and one outgoing.
Smaller RO Bladder tanks, like this one, fill partially with water from the top. Larger ones have the water on the bottom. A Butyl (rubber) diaphragm separates the water section. Then the bottom of the tank is filled with air to 7psi (through the Schroeder valve) when the tank is empty of water. It will measure around 35 - 40psi when the tank is full of water. This pressurizes the tank so when the tap is opened water will flow freely out of your connected faucet or to a connected Ice maker or fish tank. Over time the tank will loose pressure. So occasionally when cleaning out your RO system after draining the tank of it's water, check the Schroeder valve to insure it has 7 psi of pressure. This is the valve at the bottom section of the tank like a bicycle or car tire. It will probably be covered with a blue cap just under the water tank label.
Hi thanks gave a good idea what to do as my system came only with a Chinese description
How long is the run from the filter to the faucet.
Good job looks nice
For some reason the water coming out from the faucet is very weak, I wonder what’s wrong with it?
Very good video
Nice video not sure what the purpose of the tank is or if i need it i am planning to buy one of the ro systems to run it stray to my ice maker and get water out of the ice maker my question is do i need this tanks ?? I dont think i have the room under my sink for this tank please if there any one that can help me understand the purpose of this stupid tank also have good water pressure at home
A Reverse Osmosis system only produces a trickle of water on demand because of the filtration process.. Using a Storage tank allows you to collect a certain amount of water until you need to fill a glass or canister of water.
What if I only have the Ispring and not the other system you have there? You have a second filter system there. Do we need 2 systems like you have there? Do you have a video of installing the other whole house system? Is the Ispring not a whole house filter system?
He does have a video of the other system, you dont need the other filter to get the RO filter working, and no the I-spring wasnt made to be a whole house system, but it still can be, make sure you are getting the one rated for the daily water output you are going for, some are only rated for 40 gallons a day, his is rated for 100 gpd... hope that helped
Question can this 7 stage system run a water vending machine
What is the blue filter next to the RO please?
thanks
GFCI outlets would be a good idea. Just because of proximity of water and electricity.
Yes, they actually are GFCI as those outlets are served by a dual function AFCI & GFCI circuit breaker.
@@BenjaminSahlstrom sweet
Thank you so much. You're a lifesaver!
Thank u man.. ur a pro
Can I install the system about 20 feet away from the kitchen sink.
when we installed our RO. we never flushed it. i guess the last filter RO filtered the carbon dust and probably shorten its life span by 20% lol. thats why we never seen the dark water the first used.
A good one but hope next time you remove the nylon on the filter.
Hi, i think it would be good to give carbon a 10-15 min cleaning.
Why does my black pipe keep trickling after the tank is full?
I'm having an issue with my system where my tank doesn't seem to empty more than 2 quarts of water at the tap before it seems to appear empty . The manufacturer is saying I have a bad tank. Would a pump help or are they correct?
I would agree that the pressure tank is likely bad. Good luck and let me know if that solves the issue!
The bladder in the tank has likely ruptured. Drain the tank and test it's pressure. If it doesn't keep 6 pounds of pressure it's a bad tank.
This system still performing 2 years later?
I have a question, i looked at my 5 stage RO system and notice from the 2nd stage canister it went straight to membrane, and then goes to post carbon, then back down to 3rd stage canister, then from 3rd stage canister, I see 1/4" tube straight into my faucet, is my RO system being set up wrong? I thought the 1/4" suppose to come out from post carbon and not from the 3rd stage :(
That is strange.... my RO faucet and tank line comes straight off my PAC, my PAC is even after my UV stage since I have a UV stage model, the PAC is the last thing in my line according to the instructions I used to set it up
What's the air gap for and why is it important?
I was wondering this myself as I did an under sink install and it goes straight to a drain pipe (above the trap) but with 0 air gap.... I dont think it needs an actual "air gap" just as long as the drainage tube is in air in whatever pipe its installed in ... if the drain tube were submerged in water in a drain pipe, like under the trap, I could see a few problems
God Blessings upon you! thankz so much.
Why do you pre-filter the water before RO? Shouldn't the first stage of RO do pretty much the same?
Its likely to extend the life of the RO filter and reduce the time it takes to filter. If the RO was filtering the tap water which has alot of large particles/contaminants and such it would in a way clog the RO filter and end up taking a long to time to filter.
Bout this same model and works great.
Glad it's working well for you!!
Thank you
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great job man !!!
Hi there, Thank for the video. please help trouble shoot my drain line, it always running , regardless faucet water line is on or not? that is wasted a lot of water.
sounds like a bad check valve or bad automatic shutoff valve
@@toolmaster9 yeah it was a bad automatic shut-off valve
Glad you got it figured out!!
Use solenoid valve
or should it turn off after few minutes?
How can install two pressure tanks?
Just put a tee in the line going to the pressure tank and connect the 2nd tank to it. That's all you have to do! :)
This system isn’t for whole house. That’s why it says under sink. Wink
I thought about that but I’m using it for drinking water and another one for my fish tank
keep electricity of the pump always on
RO system installing
Bruh you didn't take off the plastic on the middle filter vs poking a hole.
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Its interesting that you are concerned enough about water quality, installing a filter and RO system, but used PLASTIC piping.
You are not supposed to touch the membrane filter with your hands only with gloves you are wrong thumbs down
Can those be installed before the hot water tank? Coming in from the main to the tank?
It only has 1/4 inch lines. It would take forever to fill up a big hot water tank