Gil&Fin Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Over the last year, my pressure gauge showed about 50-60 PSI. It has steadily declined and when it got to about 30, I purchased a booster pump. It popped back up to 60ish. It has steadily declined yet again. My gauge is showing about 20 without the pump and 40 with the pump. I'm looking for the culprit. I've changed all filters. I've checked my hose pressure, which is about the same as it was a year ago. I must be missing something. Ideas on where to look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Is the back pressure stem still in the waste line? Maybe it's too short or missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Hmmm. Not sure what that is. I'll google it. Thanks for the tip! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltwater newbie Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Did you change your membrane also or just the previous filters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 I changed everything out. I'm not ruling out a filter issue, though. I wonder if I have the wrong size prefilter. How many microns do you guys use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kshack Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Spectrapure uses 0.5 prefilter and 0.5 carbon block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thanks, Kshack. That helps. I will check to see what I have. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caolewis Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Over the last year, my pressure gauge showed about 50-60 PSI. It has steadily declined and when it got to about 30, I purchased a booster pump. It popped back up to 60ish. It has steadily declined yet again. My gauge is showing about 20 without the pump and 40 with the pump. I'm looking for the culprit. I've changed all filters. I've checked my hose pressure, which is about the same as it was a year ago. I must be missing something. Ideas on where to look? Gil&Fin, The same happened to mine. It used to be 6 months or more to change filters last year, but now it took few weeks to get all the filters real dirty to the point it got clogged way too fast. I think all the constructions around the Washington county and too hot of the summer to have too dirty water. I changed all the new filters and get 60 PSI read but 3 weeks later, it went down to 20psi and filters were all darky. Anyway, I using BRS filters in order Purtrex 5 Micron Sediment Filter MATRIKX CTO 0.6 Micron Carbon Block MATRIKX CTO 5 Micron Carbon Block I also upgraded to 90 GPD membrance and booster pump (3 weeks ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thanks, Tom. Great info. I'm happy to hear you are in the same water district and are having the same problem. Umm...that didn't come out right. I'm SORRY you are having the same problem. [emoji22] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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