My Reverse Osmosis unit is almost new and is rated to produce 24 gallons per day but it only produces about 6 gallons per day if Im lucky?
Ratings by manufacturers are based on “ideal” situations. Please note, for example, both the pressure inlet and the temperature of the source water affect the production a lot (as well as the quality of the source water as well as the back pressure from the RO bladder tank, etc.). The lower the pressure inlet, and/or the lower the inlet temperature, and/or the worse the quality of the source water = the less the amount of water that is produced by your RO system. A “typical” 24-gallon per day rated RO could take over 12 hours to fill the 2-gallon storage bladder tank. Is this crazy or what? It just doesn’t seem right that with a 24 gpd rated RO (just an example, it could be a 30 gpd RO) that it takes as much as 12-16 hours to fill a two-gallon bladder tank. It is extremely rare that any brand of RO will deliver near its rated gallonage.
