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Comments (40)If a ball valve has a problem it's usually at install. Either a defective ball valve or more likely the installer applied too much heat or took too long when soldering it in. The reason I recommend a three ball bypass along with the OEM bypass is that most dealers want to install just the OEM bypass and the redundancy of the additional three ball bypass, at it's modest cost during installation, is a good idea. With no Kinetico bypass what you have will serve you once the ball valves that leak are taken care of. Understand before you speak with the dealer that the water at the float valve is under system water pressure and all that is between correct operation and failure is the float. The tank drain elbow is provided so that if the float fails the overflow will be directed to a drain cause if it fails when no one is around it will be pumping water into the brine tank at house pressure. If there is no floor drain handy then it is common to drill a hole through an exterior wall and run a PE tube from the brine tank elbow through the wall to the outside. The elbow is a gravity drain and will not run water up. Many softeners are installed disregarding the brine tank drain and as long as the float never fails or leaks it's OK. I've seen quite a few where the float failed and there is substantial water damage. Do not let the dealer minimize the importance of the brine tank drain or say it can be ignored because you're betting a lot on that float mechanism... an awful lot. If something does happen and there is no line to drain there's a chance your homeowner's insurance won't cover the damage. With a washing machine I'd think that one of the Gap-It airgaps from airgap.com will do nicely. Pick the one that accommodates both the washer drain hose and the softener drain hose....See MoreRO system
Comments (1)The noise from the RO faucet could simply be air purging from the system, in which case it will stop in a day or so. If not, you could have a restriction or kink in your RO drain tube - that tube needs to be short and straight. The leaks? Just a poor job making the connections followed by failure to check for leaks before s/he left. Pictures of the setup might help....See MoreWatts RO water purification system making noise
Comments (0)I recently changed the filters of my RO purification system, and it has been vibrating and making noise periodically, even when I haven't used it. It has been going on for some time now. It starts vibrating on it's own, and goes on for up to a half hour. I noticed that the recirculating pump in the garage, that takes hot water to the kitchen and one bath also vibrates when the storage tank for the RO is vibrating. Is there any cure, or does it (the filtration system) have to be replaced?...See MoreWater Softener, Filteration, RO systems. Local vs Fleck.
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