Spring/ Bottled water?

[yoyoboy]

My R/O filter has been working very slow, and I was wondering if the bottled spring water like poland springs was safe to use. Given the fact that that it does not say explitly "Distilled water"
Thanks.

[pickleboy]

most grocery stores sell gallon jugs of steam distilled water fairly cheap. it should cost a good bit less than the small bottles.

[yoyoboy]

Well, the thing is, none of the bottles say "distilled" or Steam Distilled" so I'm not sure if plain "spring water" is treated and safe to use for annodizing...

[pickleboy]

i would venture to say no in this case. most spring water still contains mineral traces that might damage the ano process. but then again my knowledge of ano is very limited. i would wait for one of the ano experts or caswell to chime in on this before using it.

[IAMaxxer]

I also would say no...

[lcaswell]

Do NOT use spring water or mineral water.

Walmart sells RO water in 5 gallon refillable jugs pretty cheap.

If your RO is running slow, it's probably time for a filter change - and don't forget to flush the membrane for 30 seconds each week.

[yoyoboy]

I would sure hope it's not time for a filter change, seeing as it's brand new...
It's been running for 4 days, producing about 1 gallon of water from 50 gallon of waste water

[sswee]

What do you mean by waste water?
SS

[yoyoboy]

The non purified water comming out of the orange tubing. Kent Marine calls it " waste water. I'm figuring that the the low output is due to that fact that is running at about 50 degrees.

[sswee]

I haven't had any problems due to temperature. I had low output on mine due to holding tank position and hose routing, causing an air block.

Where I'm at waste water is used water. Gray water from the sinks and tubs and brown water from the toilets. I could see that stopping up your filters in a few days. LOL
SS