Consuming purified water to ensure safe and secured health is of utmost importance in today’s world. With growing industrial factories, it’s no wonder that water sources are getting contaminated day after day.
Our drinking water contains numerous impure elements, such as sand particles, dust, and debris, slits, heavy metal, suspended solids, microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses. Moreover, boring water, one of the three main drinking water sources, may have over 500ppm TDS (total dissolved solids). All of these are extremely harmful to our health.
Therefore, we install water purifiers to make them pure and safe to consume. The high-tech multi-stage filtration process, including RO and UV, eliminates all the impurities and pollutants of the water. For example, Kent RO service provides one of the best water purifying services.
However, a shield cannot keep fending attacks all the time. We need to maintain the filters of a water purifier from time to time. It can be possible that after 4 to 5 days, a water purifier may face some problems if not properly maintained.
This article will discuss some of the most common problems a water purifier may face after years of use and give detailed solutions to them.
Sometimes we face a problem of water leakage from the purifier’s faucet. A part has probably come loose. We need to identify the ill-fitted part and replace it or fit it tighter to fix this problem.
If the issue persists and is found in the purifier’s filter or RO membrane, then it could be because of a worn-out O-ring. It is a ring made of soft rubber that keeps the water from leaking, thereby ensuring that every drop of water gets filtered.
In this scenario, it’s best to call a professional engineer or the manufacturer’s service to check if the valve is closed or if the ring is in good condition. If it’s broken, then it needs to be changed.
It’s possible that after considerable use of your RO or UV purifier, the filtered water is offering an unusually bad smell and taste. It may perhaps be a reason for biofilm accumulation in the parts of the purifier.
Biofilm is a thin layer of organic or inorganic material that accumulates on the surface of the purifier. This can clog the filters and membrane and render the filters ineffective.
The best and easy solution to this problem would be to change the clogged filters or membrane. After that, you can check if the smell and taste improve. Moreover, it’s always advisable to change the filters every 12 months.
In RO purifiers, there’s a copper tubing mechanism. If the taste of the water feels metallic, then the water may have dissolved sulfate, chloride, etc., from the copper tubing. Added to this, a high level of TDS can raise the salinity of the water. Hence it’s important to maintain the filters in regular intervals.
There are chances that the faucet of an RO water purifier system makes some strange noises after considerable usage. It may happen due to some internal changes in water pressure.
Also, after replacing the filters and membrane, the air may push out of the system. In that process, it’s possible to hear the noise. Hence, after replacing the filters, if the noise problem doesn’t subside, you should call a professional to check the tubing. The noise also occurs if the tank’s valve isn’t properly closed.
After a considerable use of the machine, we often see that the filtered water isn’t filling up the glass as fast as it used to. Moreover, in UV+UF models, it might take a while to fill the storage unit with time.
For the first problem, you may have a low volume or low water pressure in the system, for which it takes time to filter the water. An RO Water purifier needs a minimum of 40-60 PSI to operate.
Moreover, if a malfunction occurs in the water storage tank, it can lead to the mentioned issue. Due to its air bladder, a water storage tank releases the water quickly. The more water there is in the tank, the higher the pressure becomes.
Therefore, a leakage in the bladder doesn’t let enough pressure lead to a full water flow from the faucet.
Another reason for the slow storing of filtered water in UV+UF models is clogged filters. The cartridges, through time, get clogged by the filtered impurities, such as sediments, suspended particles, heavy metals, etc. Therefore, the time of filtration increases resulting in a long wait for the tank to be stored.
In that situation, you need to contact a professional water purifier service, such as Kent RO service, to replace the filters.
Conclusion
In the end, a system can only sustain its functionality if it is well maintained. Therefore, after installing a water purifier, you need to do a service at regular intervals. Moreover, you should also be mindful of the AMC while buying a water purifier.
