[NWH]

Yeah so does my plastic 40x40 the plastic clip can be a fiddly thing to put back in sometimes,as you’ve seen on my metal houseing I have that metal inlet screwed into the top which must screw in the RO internally.

[Simon Trapani]

Airlocks in our systems are a bit of a myth to me. Air just gets pumped out either by delivery pump or booster pump. Only ever affects calibration imo. Airlock would be the last thing i would think of in this case.

[NWH]

I was thinking if it did happen to be an air lock though is it possible that the fitting could have moved at the top of the houseing internally causing it to leak.

[KS Cleaning]

Suppliers should include instructions on how to change the membranes . It’s save a lot of down time and phone calls , Daqua includes instructions with the new membrane I bought - one thing to remember is to take pictures of every step you take so you know how to put it all back together

Agreed. Doug at Daqua actually changed mine for me as his old unit was only about 5 miles from me. Looked a right faff and it definitely helped that he had the proper tools for the job.

[Smudger]

I have to say I like the champ housing so straight forward - I have one of those stainless steel ones brand new going spare - I might get around to selling it sooner or later..

Nigel - where is the leak ? have you tried tightening up the connection ?

Darran

[NWH]

Hi Darren do you mean the clamps if so yes I’ve tightened top and bottom but it still leaks out from the clamp.

[NWH]

Darren should I remove that top 1/2” barb from the plastic houseing before trying to pop the top off or will it come off with it in place,surely it must be screwed in after the cap its on and clamped.

[Smudger]

Just so im clear - are you leaking from A or from B ?

If B then I think you are going to strip it down - does the membrane come out this end ? personally I would have thought it would pull in/out the other end because thats a lot of fittings to undo for just a membrane change

Darran

[NWH]

Initially and mainly it leaks from the bracket if it’s left on eventually it’ll only leak slightly from the other fitting.

[NWH]

Should that top pop off though Darren with that fitting in place where it is at the moment.

[Smudger]

in theory it should pop off once the clamp is off - usually (well on the champ) you need to give it a hard pull as it gets sucked on really hard - however I cant see what that pipework goes so im not 100% certain you may have to disconnect it somewhere along the line

Darran

[NWH]

Thanks yesterday I took the clamp off and popped the end up about 2” it was hard going like it was either being sucked by air or the fitting needed to be unscrewed before it would come off completely,if I manage to get it off what am I looking for this is the thing ie something blocking the fitting etc I’m not going to remove the RO from its stainless steel case in case I get grief from Pure Freedom although due to maintenance I would have to remove it at some point.
If there’s something wrong with it they can send me a new one as I said I’ve only filled a 1000 ltr tank once.

[DJW]

Probably needs platinum jubilee clips.

[NWH]

On the stainless steel clamps I couldn’t tighten them much more and when it worked fine the first time they weren’t tight at all,I’ve probably closed the gap 1/4” from when I first used it.

[Smudger]

Probably needs platinum jubilee clips.

thats actually quite funny!

[NWH]

I reckon somethings happened to the RO itself if I had to guess.

[Smudger]

On the stainless steel clamps I couldn’t tighten them much more and when it worked fine the first time they weren’t tight at all,I’ve probably closed the gap 1/4” from when I first used it.

interesting - when you say closed do you mean the black cap has gone into the housing further ?

Maybe the o ring seal has come off - or split - this would allow the cap to fit too far inside restricting water through and out of the membrane

Darran

[NWH]

Oh ok thank you Darren yes it’s almost like there’s a damaged O ring-washer because of the way the water is squirting out of the side of the clamp,if I leave it powered on with the booster pump still working I still get water in to tank and also get waste I turn it off as soon as it starts to leak everywhere so I turn it off.
It looks as if it’s working and water is passing through the RO and the pre filters and vessel,I just need to know if I need to remove that L shaped inlet before I take off the the top lid of the RO

[NWH]

I know the plastic houseings have an O ring I have them on my other static setup,so these have an O ring when I lifted the top off yesterday I didn’t see an O ring broken or otherwise is there anyway it could have broken and moved down towards the membrane therefore not allowing me to see it.

[NWH]

I’ve just watched a couple of videos on fitting these membranes and they should come with O rings for the top and bottom of the caps,I can’t remember seeing an O ring on mine when I partially removed it yesterday although saying that for the first 1000 I didn’t have any problems.