great, thanks, Moe!

do you have any specials going on with regards to resin refills?

 

Moe, I haven't had that great of results with mine either. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong but I do have a couple of questions. What nozzle are you guys talking about setting to the flat setting? I've had my system for a year or so and I don't recall getting any nozzle? Also, I removed the resin to get a baseline TDS as suggested in a previous post, I'm getting a reading between 247 and 249ppm? Is this possible? When I hook up the cartridges the best I see is in the 80s?

 

The nozzle we're talking about is the nozzle that came with your CR. If you don't have it, you can pick up a nozzle at a hardware store. It's a garden nozzle with various settings. Just make sure it has a setting for FLAT. As for your TDS reading, the 247 - 249 reading your getting coming out of your house is actually pretty good. The CR's job is to take it down to 0. In your case, it's coming out in the 80s. Anything above 30ppm is no longer considered DI water. Simply change your resin and you should be back in business. Here's a special we are running right now on resin:

http://www.glisteningperfectionstore...-for-CR/Detail

 

Here's a link to our current promotion. It's 5% off and free shipping.

http://www.glisteningperfectionstore...-for-CR/Detail

 

Did you find out anything? It seems to me this new resin isnt as good?

 

i called their customer service but havent heard back yet. hopefully i will hear back from them soon. actually will try to give a call in today. i get some dry spots and now the meter isnt working, it always says 0. :-(

 

This always confuses me when I hear it. If the cartridge is attached inline after the water source and before the pressure washer and, I assume, flows at a much lower rate then a standard home water faucet, how do keep from water starving the pressure washer and burning up the pump ?

 

I use my 20" CR system with a 2.5gpm pressure washer without issues.

 

Speaking of our wonderful spotless systems...Has anyone seen or tried this...

http://www.pwgazette.com/softeningcartridge.htm

Looks interesting. Moe...thoughts?

 

Sorry

 

That wont work with DI resin.

 

The water cartridge shown in the link is SOFT water, not DEIONIZED water. As you can see, in a softening process Ca and Mg ions are exchanged for Na and Cl ions, basically salt water. DI is a bit more complicated as the resin exchanges the same Ca and Mg ions for H and OH, making H20...pure water as opposed to salt water.

The resins used for soft water and di water differ. Great FYI though.

 

Question. Is the reason to use the "flat" setting to basically reduce the output from the CR unit to the lower gpm usage settings, should your input be much higher than recommended?

Tx,
BobR

 

In support of CR's customer service, I recently had a problem with my system (which was about a month old) in which the top, black part of the unit developed a leak where the 2 black pieces connect. I called them, they couldn't figure out what could be causing that, so they sent me out a new black piece to replace the defective one. I received it about a week later...

 

You're exactly correct Bob...the flat setting limits the amount of water that can come out. Your input should not be too much. Enough that you create a good spray pressure to rinse the car, not so much that it's almost like a full blast nozzle.