Recommeded for poor pressure below 20 psi, the AquaSmart 5 Stage Pumped RO System is a high quality system designed in Ireland for the quality of water in Ireland. It uses the best water purification technology in the world to purify your drinking water at your kitchen sink to provide crystal clear perfect water to you and your family 24 hours a day. Every day its advanced purification system eliminates 97.9% of contaminants contained in regular drinking water such as metals, chemicals, nitrates, fluoride, drug residues, bacteria and chlorine.
- NSA 50 gallon Certified Membrane
- 24volt stainless steel booster pump
- High Pressure switch
- Low Pressure switch
- Stainless Steel reservoir
- Patented flow restrictor
- Jaco non leak fittings
- 5 Year parts warranty
Product Code:AQUB9
RRP:€899.00
Our Price:€239.00
Water2buyGuideReverseOsmosis2009.pdf
| First Stage |
5 Micron fiber filter,filters coarse substance and sediment |
| Second Stage |
Pressed and grained activated, has strong absorption properties,which removes 2-dichloroethylene,bleaching agents,pesticides,odour,colour,toxins and cancer-induced TTHM |
| Third Stage |
5 Micron carbon block filter in accordance with F.D.S standards. Filters impurities from 1 micron upwards thus preventing blocking of membrane and extends duration to approx 2-3 years. |
| Fourth Stage |
Pure life patented self cleaning Reverse Osmosis membrane filters all impurites down to 1 five millonth of an inch. |
| Fifth Stage |
Activated coconut carbon filter absorbs colours and molecules from the storage tank, avoiding second pollution and improving taste. |
| Water Requirments |
Min 5psi Max 90psi |
| Electrical Requirments |
220volt 50hzs |
| Measurements |
Revers Osmosis L37cm W20cm H45cm Storage Tank H36cm W28cm |
| Package Contents |
1*5 stage reverse osmosis system 1*3.2 gallon pressure vessel 1*Saddle valve 1*One meter 1/4 piping 1*360 degree goose-neck faucet 1*valve for pressure tank 1*complete set of filters |
What is a Reverse Osmosis Filter System?
The AquaSmart Reverse Osmosis Filter System is an under-sink obstacle course, stopping nearly every contaminant that tries to take a ride up your cold-water line. It forces water through three flashlight-size "pre filters" that strain out sediment and chemicals and then through a cellophane-like membrane that screens out even smaller pollutants. Before reaching a dedicated tap mounted on your sink, the now clean water gets one last scrubbing from a carbon filter that removes any lingering chemicals picked up along the way.
Does an Reverse Osmosis unit remove the minerals form my water supply?
Yes a Reverse Osmosis system removes minerals from your water and leaves you with much the same mineral content as volvic water. The majority of bottled water in the world has a low mineral content, both coca cola and pepsi use reverse osmosis water in there bottled water brands in america. Water would not be a major source of mineral intake in a persons diet you would have to drink many litres of water to get the same amount of minerals as a half glass of milk.
Do I require a pumped Reverse Osmosis or a Non pumped?
If your water pressure is less the 20psi you require a pumped reverse osmosis.
Who is it best for?
Reverse-osmosis filtering is a good choice if you are concerned about a wide range of contaminants, especially chemicals and heavy metals like lead, and want the convenience and extra reassurance of drawing triple-filtered water directly from the tap.
What does it remove?
A complete system, including a pre-filter and a post-filter, strips out lead, copper, arsenic, cadmium, chlorine, giardia, pesticides, salt, trihalomethanes, sulphates, cysts, and nitrates.
The reverse-osmosis membrane can also screen out bacteria and viruses. Although we do recommend an Ultra violent disinfection light if you have high levels of bacteria.
How hard is it to install?
Any DIY enthusiast would be able to install this. There is also an online video you can watch which will explain everything you need to know. Approx install time is 40min.
How much does it cost to maintain?
After the first year you will have to replace the first four filters, this "Yearly replacement set" is available on our website for €49. After two years you will have to replace all five filters to include the membrane, this "Complete replacement set" is available on our website for €79. So for the years that follow you will alternate between these two filter sets.
How does it work?
To understand "reverse osmosis," it is probably best to start with normal osmosis. According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, osmosis is the "movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane.
A semipermeable membrane is a membrane that will pass some atoms or molecules but not others. Saran wrap is a membrane, but it is impermeable to almost everything we commonly throw at it. The best common example of a semipermeable membrane would be the lining of your intestines, or a cell wall. Gore-tex is another common semipermeable membrane. Gore-tex fabric contains an extremely thin plastic film into which billions of small pores have been cut. The pores are big enough to let water vapor through, but small enough to prevent liquid water from passing.
One way to understand osmotic pressure would be to think of the water molecules on both sides of the membrane. They are in constant Brownian motion. On the salty side, some of the pores get plugged with salt atoms, but on the pure-water side that does not happen. Therefore, more water passes from the pure-water side to the salty side, as there are more pores on the pure-water side for the water molecules to pass through. The water on the salty side rises until one of two things occurs:
* The salt concentration becomes the same on both sides of the membrane (which isn't going to happen in this case since there is pure water on one side and salty water on the other).
* The water pressure rises as the height of the column of salty water rises, until it is equal to the osmotic pressure. At that point, osmosis will stop.
Osmosis, by the way, is why drinking salty water (like ocean water) will kill you. When you put salty water in your stomach, osmotic pressure begins drawing water out of your body to try to dilute the salt in your stomach. Eventually, you dehydrate and die.
In reverse osmosis, the idea is to use the membrane to act like an extremely fine filter to create drinkable water from salty (or otherwise contaminated) water. The salty water is put on one side of the membrane and pressure is applied to stop, and then reverse, the osmotic process. It generally takes a lot of pressure but it works.
