80 percent of world’s diseases are water-borne. No doubt why it’s essential to drink safe and pure drinking water in today’s pollution afflicted world. Here, are some of the common problems with RO water purifiers:
1. RO water purifier not working at all
If your RO purifier gives no response when you switch it ON ie there’s no LED lights coming on and no sounds from the unit, then most likely the power supply cable is faulty or the PCB is at fault. Transformers and capacitors are most prone to faults on a PCB, and they can be simply replaced.
2. Water flow is too low
If the water flowing into the fresh water tank is very slow, it’s because either the water coming from the tap has very high TDS or one of the filters is choked. If former is the case, there’s nothing can be done to the RO to improve water flow. Generally, in rainy seasons TDS tends to increase. It might take 2-3 days for TDS to decrease back and then the water flow will improve. If TDS is normal and still the problem persists, then one of the filters has choked and will have to be replaced.
Here are some TDS Meters you can find on Amazon:-
- KONVIO NEER LCD TDS Meter for RO Water Filter
- JEEJEX Tds Large Display Screen 3-in-1 Tds + Ec + Temp Meter
- Parijata 3-in-1 TDS and EC with Temperature in Leather Cover
- Nexqua Dew Digital LCD Tds Meter for RO Water Purifier
- Freshzone Supreme Quality Pocket Digital TDS Meter
3. Water has bad taste or odor
If you’ve just installed a new RO water purifier or any of the filters, make sure you don’t start using the water before draining out the complete tank at least once. In some cases, the filters or membrane might have choked and needs to be replaced.
Here are some Filters and membranes you can find online:-
- AquaDart® RO Service kit of membrane & filter for All Type Of Water Purifier
- Remino RO Service kit of membrane & filter for Water Purifier (All Type)
- Ampereus Gold HIGH Quality Filters Along with Fittings and Membrane for All Kind of RO Water Purifier
- Kent Original Filters Spare Kit
- Shapure Ro Service Kit With Membrane & Filter For Water Purifier (All Type)
4. Water leaking
Water might start to leak from the unit if fittings are not tight enough. Make sure you tighten all the connections. Also, if you have high tap water pressure, make sure the tap isn’t set to full flow. Applying unnecessary pressure onto the filters will only degrade them faster.
5. Vibrations in RO purifier
This problem is common when there has been a recent filter change in the water purifier. These vibrations are called pressure differential vibrations. Due to the difference in pressure between the different filters, vibrations start to occur. There’s no damage induced by these vibrations and generally fade away within 3-4 days.
If you’re considering getting a new RO purifier system, do consider these high quality products available on Amazon.in:
- Eureka Forbes AquaSure RO+UV+MTDS 7L Water Purifier
- Kent New Grand 8L RO + UV+ UF + TDS Water Purifier
- HUL Pureit Ultima Mineral RO + UV + MF 7 Stage Water Purifier
- AO Smith Z9 RO 10 Litre RO+SCMT Black 10Litre Water Purifier
For any other queries regarding problems with RO water purifier, please feel free to comment in the section below.
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High tap pressure tends to have water overflowing from the candle BUT when I call the company (EF/AqG) they tell me I have to fit a “wall” [that costs 580 bucks] to control water pressure and prevent leakage. I think it’s just a ploy to get at my wallet so I tell him this is happening with the unit recently upgraded in Oct [never happened with the older unit]. ‘Technician’ kind of implies that the old units were ok, but with the new units, hey, that’s the way the water flows.
Scamsters of the first order!
If the machanic install duplicate membrane in my Kent RO, then what type of problem arises in the RO?
This are the Basic problems we all face in water filter every day. Thankyou for putting this article. This article helps me to get rid of all this problems.
In my case, there is only one issue in the RO system which is low water flow from the tap, the vibration is little to almost no which I don’t think so as a big problem.
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Hi, I have a to water purifier and I replaced all the three filter set sediment, carbon membrane and resin membrane three months ago from original supplier. The inlet water tds is around 700 ppm. Now the issue am facing is the output water tds is also around 650. I understood that there is some problem in the purification system but I am not able to sort it out. Please help me in this regard.
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Thanks for sharing this article. my RO purifier water flow is very slow. I have to wait for at least 3-4 hours to get a 1 liter of pure water. I get it serviced but again the same problem after 1 month.
Water droplet continues came out from waste water outlet pipe in water purifier off also
Thank you for sharing the useful information about water purifier problems .
flow of pure and waste water is low. After half an hour it stop working. If i will switch on again after 4-5 hours .again above steps repeats
My Kent RO water has small colourless particles floating in it, at times accompanied by bubbles which dissolve after some time and. Only after a while the water becomes clear. Is my RO working properly and is the water safe to drink?
My RO IS SHOWING THE LED BULB AND THE WATER IS GOIN G IN BUT THERE’S NO WATER COMING OUT.PLEASE HELP ME.
Thank you so much for sharing such a nice article.
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Thanks for sharing the best and useful information about Common problems with RO water purifier.
Taste of water is very bad like a oily water, it’s reason?
I have checked my ro filter, i have alredy replaced sediment filter and post filter , but pure water flow is very low, my tank will full filp in 8 hour so what will do.
What does different level colors (dark blue, green and pink) on Kent RO parts mean?
Drainage of waste water isnt cominf
Just a drop by drop in a tank… No easy flow.. What may be the problem….?
My Kemt RO in power not supply
kindly contact 9330191746
My RO filtering very slow
My RO purifier gets on and off. There is no specific time when it will be on and if gets on how long it will remain on. Any helpful suggestion?
There is vibration in the pipe connecting booster pump and r o housing. Solution please.
After 10 minute ro auto on off contiueslly
Reason?
How I check which filter is choked?
Hi. You can do this by checking pressure of the water flowing out from the filters. Very low pressure signals a choked filter.
Kanishk
Mr Right Team