obrien.david.j Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I'm surprised (but shouldn't be). The incoming water quality to our house has always felt good. I complain in the late summer time if TDS creeps up to 60-70 range. Peak winter time, I'm usually 10-20 range. And in between usually 20-30 range. It was ~25 about 1-2 weeks ago when I made last batch of new RO water. Today... 55. I know, not a huge number, but the change in two weeks surprised me. Don't worry, TDS out of the RO is always 0. But my Silica has always run high. So this year for Xmas (black friday sales) I bought a new spectrapure beast, with supposedly good finishing cartridges - capable of catching more silica. Likely to install it over the T-Giving holiday weekend. What's the incoming TDS feeding your RO systems today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBret Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I'm normaly between 42 and 55. Sitting at 52 currently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 This morning, I'm at 60 incoming. My water supply seems to be moving around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Which water district are you in? I’m in the Tualatin Valley Water District, and I’m seeing 18 TDS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 22 hours ago, obrien.david.j said: I'm surprised (but shouldn't be). The incoming water quality to our house has always felt good. I complain in the late summer time if TDS creeps up to 60-70 range. Peak winter time, I'm usually 10-20 range. And in between usually 20-30 range. It was ~25 about 1-2 weeks ago when I made last batch of new RO water. Today... 55. I know, not a huge number, but the change in two weeks surprised me. Don't worry, TDS out of the RO is always 0. But my Silica has always run high. So this year for Xmas (black friday sales) I bought a new spectrapure beast, with supposedly good finishing cartridges - capable of catching more silica. Likely to install it over the T-Giving holiday weekend. What's the incoming TDS feeding your RO systems today? By the way...you should peel off the protective plastic film to get rid of the unsightly bubbles on the blue faceplate. It's only there for scratch protection during shipping. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash21 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Not sure on mine…as it just shows coming out from unit. I do like it a lot as it flushes by itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 22 hours ago, SuncrestReef said: Which water district are you in? I’m in the Tualatin Valley Water District, and I’m seeing 18 TDS. 20 hours ago, SuncrestReef said: By the way...you should peel off the protective plastic film to get rid of the unsightly bubbles on the blue faceplate. It's only there for scratch protection during shipping. 🤣 We're in Tualatin Valley WD as well. That's why I'm surprised. Must be something local on my end of the line. No need to peel off the film, I'll be "sharing the unit" with someone else soon. But I will start the life of the new RO unit with Peeled TDS meters. Thx for the Pro-Tip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I’m in Portland and getting 15. But thanks for the reminder to check, looks like my color changing DI is done, still 0 tdi on the output thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 Update. For this time of year, today's TDS is more my normal. [@SuncrestReef , notice there's no protective film. But removing it left some uglies. ] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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