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Different angles; a cracked fitting leaked!

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Today, I decided to take a few pictures from different angles that what I'd usually do. This first shot is from the Spidey-Cam. His name is Peter...

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These next two images were shot hoping to show the pretty colors of the water's rippling surface.

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Just a change of pace.

I did have something strange happen today. When I turned on the RO/DI system to make some drinking water, I quickly watched water shoot up and create a mist of water droplets everywhere. The strange part was that the unit was pressurized with the cold water feed on. I opened the valve on the output side, and that caused an old fitting to crack and leak. You'd think it would have burst in the OFF position, normally. I did some repairwork and the system is good to go once more. This was a prototype of the 150gpd system I sell, which has since had a few tweaks to change how it is assembled. I pretty much changed all the old stuff to match the system I sell, which is a good thing for when people come over: I can then show them a demo and it matches what they would be getting.

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Above is the fitting that cracked, sending a mist of water in all directions. Below, it's all rebuilt and back in business. I noticed it's time to change the prefilters again.

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Updated 08-10-2016 at 03:34 PM by melev

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  1. brotherd's Avatar
    The last pic...WOW!
  2. melev's Avatar
    Thanks! I appreciate that. It was heavily edited to look good, but I'm okay with that.
  3. brotherd's Avatar
    Still! Look at whats going on in that pic! Inspirational to say the least!