New RO system issues

[paulr]

So i put some water in a glass and it reads 006PPM. Put it in my 5gal bucket and reads 22PPM. Any thoughts?

 

[Alyxx]

Contaminants in the bucket?

 

[paulr]

Should be clean. Any thoughts on cleaning them if there is something??

 

[Alyxx]

Maybe rinse it with distiller water until you get a zero reading for RO out of the bucket?

 

[pcdebb]

sounds like dirty containers. 6ppm isnt that bad tho

what system? age of the filters?

 

[paulr]

Purewaterclu.com. Maybe a couple months old. Ran maybe 150gal through it. Have it running again though. See if it gets any better. Thoughts on what i should use to clean the bucket?

 

[pcdebb]

like Alyxx said, some fresh distilled water. I have 2 buckets specifically for my tanks, nothing else, to make sure nothing contaminates.

 

[paulr]

If that does work think like Home Depot 5gal buckets are ok?

 

[willbratz]

If that does work think like Home Depot 5gal buckets are ok?

These are exactly the buckets I use. I also poured one gallon at a time in and naked two side of the bucket so I know how much water I've pulled out of my tank as well. I use the same two buckets for removing and adding water to my tanks.

 

[pcdebb]

what he said

I have two white buckets and a blue bucket from Walmart.

 

[paulr]

I did decide to just get a new bucket and all good. No point in trying to make the other work.

Did contact the place i got the filter through and they want me to send $5 for another DI stage to get it to 0PPM. Kinda like hows about for free since thats what was advertised!