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Troubleshooting Tips
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Sounds you might hear |
| Running water from the unit | •This is normal. |
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| to a drain. |
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Water has air bubbles |
| Air in system after installation. | •Will go away after water runs for a while. |
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and is cloudy |
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Chlorine taste and/or |
| The ppm of chlorine in your | •If the water supply contains more than 2.0 ppm of |
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odor in the Reverse |
| water supply exceeds maximum | aesthetic chlorine, additional filtering of the water supply to | ||
Osmosis product water |
| limits and has destroyed the | the Reverse Osmosis is needed. Correct this condition |
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| Reverse Osmosis membrane. | before doing maintenance on the Reverse Osmosis system. | ||
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| The prefilter is no longer | •Replace the Reverse Osmosis membrane cartridge, |
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| removing aesthetic chlorine | flow control, screen, prefilter and postfilter. |
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| from the water supply. |
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Other taste and/or odor |
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| may have a different taste |
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| than what you’re used to. |
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| Low water usage. | •Completely drain system and allow to refill. |
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| Contamination in product | •Use sanitizing procedures. |
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| water storage. |
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| Prefilter and postfilter | •Replace the prefilter and postfilter. If taste and odor |
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| need to be changed and/or | persists, replace the Reverse Osmosis cartridge, flow |
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| the Reverse Osmosis cartridge | control and screen. |
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| needs to be changed. |
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Water leaking from |
| Drain side of faucet air gap | •Inspect and eliminate restriction or plug. It is important |
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faucet air gap hole |
| (3/8″ tubing) plugged, restricted | that there are no dips, loops or low spots in the drain line |
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| or incorrectly connected to the | from the faucet air gap to the drain pipe. Refer to the |
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| drain point. | Filtration Drain Connection section, for proper drain |
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| connection. If drain line adapter was used as the drain |
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| point, periodic inspection/cleaning is recommended. |
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System makes product |
| This is normal. | •Water flow rate will be lower than your regular faucet. |
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water slowly |
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| Water supply to the Reverse | •Increase water pressure, precondition the water, etc., |
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| Osmosis system not within | as needed to conform to specification guidelines before |
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| specifications. | doing maintenance on the Reverse Osmosis system. |
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| Prefilter cartridge plugged | •Replace the prefilter and postfilter. If rate does not |
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| with sediments and/or the | increase, replace the Reverse Osmosis cartridge, flow |
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| Reverse Osmosis cartridge | control and screen. |
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| plugged with sediments. |
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Faucet light blinking |
| Prefilter andpostfilter | •Replace filters. Don’t forget to sanitize the system when |
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| need replacing. | replacing filters. |
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| Timer was not reset when filters | •Remove and replace battery in faucet base. |
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| were replaced. |
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Six months have passed |
| Battery may be dead. | •Replace battery. NOTE: Replacing the battery resets the |
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and faucet light is not |
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blinking |
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| postfilter if it is time to do so. |
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| Battery may have been | •Any time the battery is removed and reinserted, the |
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| removed recently. | 15 | ||
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| the battery unless you wish to restart the timer. | ||
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