Permeate Pump With Clips
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Permeate Pump With Clips
Customer Review: Works but it's LOUD!
Summary: 3 Stars
I have been using a Whirlpool WHER25 Reverse Osmosis system in my home for about 2 years to filter our well water (which is high in nitrates). We recently purchased a new fridge with a built in ice maker and I wanted to hook the feed line up to both the R.O. faucet and the ice maker. I was concerned about the water pressure being enough for the ice maker to function. Because we are on a well, we have barely 50PSI. After some searching, I found this pump, which seemed like the perfect fix.
Pump was shipped quickly and arrived in excellent condition. Installation was relatively straight forward. If you have a "manifold" type R.O. system (like I do) the installation becomes a little more tricky, but not impossible. In my case (using the whirlpool WHER25), I installed the pump in the yellow water line coming from the manifold leading to the storage tank. I also had to ad a bypass tube so the faucet would work. The diagram I used can be found here: [...]. The bypass on the permeate in/out side is critical for operation.
All in all, the pump does exactly what it said it would do. My water pressure is much better and my total dissolved solids reading has actually gone down slightly (From 24ppm to 19ppm). I also noticed that I have steady water pressure up until the pressure tank is almost completely empty, which was not the case before I installed this pump. My ice maker works perfectly and we still have great pressure at the R.O. faucet.
My only gripe (and reason for three stars) THIS THING IS LOUD. It makes a "tick-tock" type of noise when it is running. My kitchen sink is about 15 feet from where we sit and watch TV each night, so it is becoming annoying. If your kitchen is right next to the living area, or you just plain like quiet, I wouldn't mount this under your sink.
Customer Review: Great, but ERP-500 is better
Summary: 5 Stars
Too bad neither Amazon nor Watts carry the ERP-500, which is much quieter than the ERP1000 yet has plenty of capacity for an under-sink RO-system. I installed one on a Watts RO-Pure and it improved pressure at the faucet, cut waste water. It is not silent, but the clicks are quite soft. I had to call Watts to get specific installation instructions - the ones on their website do not cover the PURE-RO model. The following John Guest polypro fittings were required: 1/4" plug, two 1/4" unions, a 1/4" union tee, four 1/4"x1/4" stem elbows (for pump in tight installation). Add another T, union, shut-off valve and some 1/4" poly tubing to connect an ice maker.Customer Review: If you have a RO water unit
Summary: 5 Stars
This will save you lots and lots of water. It will also fill your tank much faster. I would never use an RO unit without it. The only downside is it can be loud, especially if located near a bedroom. This thing can be so loud in the dead silence of the night. It is even louder if you have a sleeping baby. If I did it again I would get ERP500 instead of the ERP1000. The ERP1000 is for 100 gallons per day max and the ERP500 is 50 gallons per day. The ERP500 is made for residential and is silent. 50 gallons a day is more than enough for most people.Customer Review: Loud * 2
Summary: 3 Stars
This thing is loud in two ways. 1) It's quite loud. You can hear it working. 2) It squirts the water into the drain much harder than without this device, so you hear is squirting and running down the drain.
But, it seems like it might be helping waste less water. Not sure it's worth how noisy it is.
Customer Review: Great when they work, but only last a couple of years
Summary: 2 Stars
Seems the warranty is 25 months, but very soon after mine completely stops working. Would be nice if there were a way for me to repair it, but looks pretty well sealed....
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