Ah, crud. What have I done to my RODI?

[dixiedog]

I was planning to change my filters today. I'm looking at the unit (something I rarely do!) and said hmmm, I'm never done a "fast flush" before. So I did it just for kicks. Big mistake, apparently.

The water production was slowed almost to a complete stop.

I went ahead and changed the filters out, and used a measuring cup and a stopwatch to clock my production. I'm getting just under one GPH. (It's a 75 gallon-per-day unit, should be doing about 3gph)

Okay, what have I done??

[sjm817]

The production will drop a lot with the flush valve open, but should return to normal once it is closed.

[dixiedog]

No joke!

What do you do when it DOESN'T?

[sjm817]

The flush basically just bypasses the restrictor which allows more water to pass over the membrane. Is the flush valve a little valve that is plumed parallel to your restrictor? I would open and close it a few times. If you still have the same problem, open up the membrane housing and see if everything looks ok in there. Maybe a the flushing caused something to get clogged.

[tweetyfish]

Sounds like flushing may have washed something into the restrictor. I would pull the restrictor out and make sure it's clean.

[dixiedog]

Thanks guys.

I think I got it running, or maybe it got itself running ...

The restrictor seems clear. I fast-flushed it again, and it helped some, so I flushed it a LOT, and then left the house for a couple hours while it was filling my mixing barrel. Now it seems up to 3 GPH again at the moment.

Now the only problem is, my ex girlfriend has my TDS meter.

[tweetyfish]

Glad to hear it seems to be working ok.