How difficult is it for a non-plumber to replace the filters & membranes on a 4-stage R/O water filter system?
This is a Challenger brand reverse osmosis (R/O) system; Model "Conqueror II". I bought the 3 required filters and membrane myself but the company who sold us the filtration system wants to charge a high fee to come service it and if they can’t make money off the near 100% mark-up on filters and membranes they supply, they’ll charge me extra for using my own replacement supplies. Can we say "con-artist"? (NO! Not in the Water business!!)
While I’m an able bodied, intelligent adult male who can do many home repairs myself, I’m not a plumber and some of this requires crouching under the sink, working with special wrenches in precarious places. I’ve had one general appliance repairman say he THINKS he can replace these 3 filters and 1 membrane/bladder…but now I’m thinking I might be able to do it myself.
But I wanted to double check with the Yahoo! Answers community first to see if there are any do-it-yourselfers out there or R/O Water Filtration specialists who could advise as to whether I should attempt this on my own.
I’ve searched online for the instructions to replace the filters and membrane for this make and model, but have yet to discover the magic site.
Any advice?
Related Information:
Tagged with: adult male • bladder • challenger • con artist • conqueror • Filtration • filtration specialists • filtration system • home repairs • intelligent adult • money • plumber • reverse osmosis • system model • water business • Water Filter System • water filtration • Water System • wrenches • yahoo • yahoo answers
Filed under: How To Save A Marriage
Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!
We replace our own. You only need the large wrenches to unscrew the filter holders. You can get those from the manufacturer – they usually are shipped with the filtration systems, but your were probably taken away by the installer – so you’d have to call for filter replacement.
Turn off the water supply to the filters, unscrew each container and then remove the old filter and replace with the new one. We also lightly wipe out the insides of the containers whenever we do it. It takes about an hour or so.
watch it on youtube or ehow.com or askthebuilder.com