Stealth ro150 membrane delete

Does anyone know if I can remove the membrane, and just use the carbon and sediment filter? I don't want to have to go by a carbon and sediment system, if I can just use this one without the membrane. Thanks for any info.

Well it should keep operating even without the membrane. But why? If the membrane is shot the prefilters probably are shot.

hotrodharley said:

Well it should keep operating even without the membrane. But why? If the membrane is shot the prefilters probably are shot.

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Nah, I'm just sick of so much wastewater just to get chlorine out. I can just let it sit out a day or two. It'll be cheaper and I'm cheap. Lol

Hollatchaboy said:

Nah, I'm just sick of so much wastewater just to get chlorine out. I can just let it sit out a day or two. It'll be cheaper and I'm cheap. Lol

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Look into building yourself a slow sand filter. Extremely effective. Cheap to build.

hotrodharley said:

Look into building yourself a slow sand filter. Extremely effective. Cheap to build.

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I'll do that. Thanks.

Hollatchaboy said:

I'll do that. Thanks.

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Seriously. They turn dangerous water into drinking quality. Build 2. When 1 starts getting truly slow start the second one going. Then recharge your first one. Everything you need at Lowe's or Home Depot.

hotrodharley said:

Seriously. They turn dangerous water into drinking quality. Build 2. When 1 starts getting truly slow start the second one going. Then recharge your first one. Everything you need at Lowe's or Home Depot.

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For sure. I'll check it out.

Yes you totally can they sell it with and without the ro membrane and it's upgradable if you bought the one without the ro membrane.

Jjgrow420 said:

Yes you totally can they sell it with and without the ro membrane and it's upgradable if you bought the one without the ro membrane.

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That's what I figured. Do you know how well just the carbon and sediment filters, get dissolved solids out?

Hollatchaboy said:

That's what I figured. Do you know how well just the carbon and sediment filters, get dissolved solids out?

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Depends on micron size of the filters. The smaller the better and also the ones you have to replace frequently. The tech at the water treatment place comes to our area once a year. Three customers. I had to let him into two of the places. His advice for extending the life of the membrane is to replace the filters often. He didn't approve of how these two had done that in the year since he'd been.

In dialysis treatment we lived water. It is everything in dialysis. Every morning an assigned tech arrives 0430 and turns the water on. It's tested for hardness and chlorine before it goes in. Then it's tested at the outlet of the second of two carbon tanks. They're huge. Bigger than any water heater you've ever seen. All this before a drop of it enters the RO machinery. Any chlorine is deadly in the blood and it destroys the damned membrane.

I hauled multiple 5 gallon cans of it home and ran DWC with it. Until I got tired of lugging them through snow and ice at 0. Started using it straight out of the bathtub. Never looked back. This was in a little place north of Anchorage. Typical city water. Plants didn't care at all.

Hollatchaboy said:

Nah, I'm just sick of so much wastewater just to get chlorine out. I can just let it sit out a day or two. It'll be cheaper and I'm cheap. Lol

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The carbon filter does that. The ro membrane will fail if exposed to chlorine.

hotrodharley said:

Depends on micron size of the filters. The smaller the better and also the ones you have to replace frequently. The tech at the water treatment place comes to our area once a year. Three customers. I had to let him into two of the places. His advice for extending the life of the membrane is to replace the filters often. He didn't approve of how these two had done that in the year since he'd been.

In dialysis treatment we lived water. It is everything in dialysis. Every morning an assigned tech arrives 0430 and turns the water on. It's tested for hardness and chlorine before it goes in. Then it's tested at the outlet of the second of two carbon tanks. They're huge. Bigger than any water heater you've ever seen. All this before a drop of it enters the RO machinery. Any chlorine is deadly in the blood and it destroys the damned membrane.

I hauled multiple 5 gallon cans of it home and ran DWC with it. Until I got tired of lugging them through snow and ice at 0. Started using it straight out of the bathtub. Never looked back. This was in a little place north of Anchorage. Typical city water. Plants didn't care at all.

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I have a LOT of calcium in my city water. It has ruined my hot water heater and it gets on everything it touches. White residue and crust if I don't get it off right away. It's gotten to be a pain. I don't think I can grow with it.

Did you have to add other nutes along with the city water in dwc?

Hollatchaboy said:

I have a LOT of calcium in my city water. It has ruined my hot water heater and it gets on everything it touches. White residue and crust if I don't get it off right away. It's gotten to be a pain. I don't think I can grow with it.

Did you have to add other nutes along with the city water in dwc?

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Yep. Calcium carbonate is the major source of calcium in tapwater. Poorly absorbed. So I ran the GH schedule. Including cal mag. Checked and adjusted pH going in and checked EC daily.

Suggest putting 3 to 4 filter housings in the line. At least 2 sediment and 1 or 2 carbon.

Boatguy said:

The carbon filter does that. The ro membrane will fail if exposed to chlorine.

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Chlorine literally destroys the membrane and game is over.

hotrodharley said:

Yep. Calcium carbonate is the major source of calcium in tapwater. Poorly absorbed. So I ran the GH schedule. Including cal mag. Checked and adjusted pH going in and checked EC daily.

Suggest putting 3 to 4 filter housings in the line. At least 2 sediment and 1 or 2 carbon.

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Ok, that's what I was looking to hear. I'm sick of having to ro the water. Filing buckets constantly to keep up with dwc and humidifier demands. It's a job. Lol.

I just want to use city water, just need to lessen the ppms a lil first.

Didn't you get a calcium buildup then?

You could just call the people at Hydrologic and talk to them. They are very nice. I once bought a filter directly from them at their headquarters which is near me.

Hollatchaboy said:

Ok, that's what I was looking to hear. I'm sick of having to ro the water. Filing buckets constantly to keep up with dwc and humidifier demands. It's a job. Lol.

I just want to use city water, just need to lessen the ppms a lil first.

Didn't you get a calcium buildup then?

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I hate the all the waste with RO too, but I love having a blank canvas to add my nutes to. You might just want to get a booster pump if low pressure is your issue.

Hollatchaboy said:

I just want to use city water, just need to lessen the ppms a lil first.

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Pretty impossible without the ro membrane.

Hollatchaboy said:

Ok, that's what I was looking to hear. I'm sick of having to ro the water. Filing buckets constantly to keep up with dwc and humidifier demands. It's a job. Lol.

I just want to use city water, just need to lessen the ppms a lil first.

Didn't you get a calcium buildup then?

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Not really. Not in 3-4 months.

PJ Diaz said:

I hate the all the waste with RO too, but I love having a blank canvas to add my nutes to. You might just want to get a booster pump if low pressure is your issue.

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I believe it is. The meter shows in the yellow for pressure. I'm going thru a lot of wastewater just to get a few gallons. I was trying to avoid spending the money on the booster if I didn't need to. There has to be another way.