HOW does a REVERSE OSMOSIS Drinking Water System WORK?

HOW does a REVERSE OSMOSIS Drinking Water System WORK?
Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water systems look complex, but do you every wonder how they work? There are all kinds of filters and hoses and a tank but how can the tank possibly work with only one hose attached? If you want to learn how a home reverse osmosis drinking water system produces super pure, great tasting drinking water for your family this YouTube video is for you and I’m going to show you how, right now!
First a bit of history. Reverse Osmosis was first invented by the US Navy during World War II to purify sea water into drinking water for use on submarines. So you know that it’s particularly effective at removing minerals like sodium from your water, in fact up to 95% of the mineral content is removed!
A Reverse Osmosis system is connected to your cold water plumbing. The process starts out by passing your water through a Sediment Filter to remove dirt particles in your families water before going through a Carbon Filter to remove chemicals like chlorine or chloramines. People always ask why most Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Systems have two carbon filters, one right after another, that’s to give the carbon enough contact time to remove all of those chemicals from your water source.
Oh and by the way, why does the tank have only water line going to it? There is a “T” connector after the last filter so water can flow either to the tank or the faucet or potentially both. When the tank is filling and no water is being dispensed through the faucet water flows into the tank. When water is flowing to the faucet it primarily comes from the tank with a small amount coming straight from the RO system.
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[GarytheWaterGuy]

Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Systems look very complex at first glance. This video explains all those components and how it works to give you super pure, great tasting Reverse Osmosis water!

[ORam...]

This was my crash course on reverse osmosis. I couldn't have asked for a clearer explanation. Gary, you're awesome.

[nayanbanerjee]

Gary, I looked at many videos and yours is the only one that made sense!! Thank you so much for making what was first a draining task into an invigorating accomplishment.

[salvatorelivreri]

Thanks for clearing something up for me. I had the wrong idea of how the system works and have heard of horror stories where water bills increased by hundreds of dollars.

I thought that once the tank was full, no more water could cross the membrane and the incoming water (under tap water pressure) would bounce off the now impenetrable membrane and just flow out the drain pipe. In other words, no shut off valve.

Thanks for explaining it!

[philiplongo]

This is a good description about how THIS system works but not how reverse osmosis actually works.

[IMDRanged]

Thank you for this video. Very informative. Videos of people trying to get "fresh" drinking water from deconstructing dehumidifiers brought me here.

[mrmeach]

Thanks for filling all the gaps in my understanding. I watched an installation video for my system and was scratching my head at the end of it. I knew how to make all the proper connections, but it wasn’t clear to me how clean water flowed into and out of the storage tank via the same line.

Thanks also for integrating the automatic shutoff valve into your explanation. My installation video said nothing about why the tube coming out of the 3rd filter stage was labeled “to ASV, ” or even what that did.

[kanasananmitrabhuckdi]

Thanks a lot for this informative video. Now I know how my RO water system works! Thanks again from Thailand. 🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭

[WilliamTraxler]

Great overview of system operation. Very helpful for troubleshooting. Well done!

[ericg]

Man I'm so grateful for this channel and all of its videos

[shaeskye]

Watching this because my tap water has high phosphates and it’s giving my aquarium issues can’t wait to finish the video

[TimMacPA]

Indeed, I had to shut off my RO to repair a line and for the life of me couldn't figure out how in the heck the tank works with only one line. Thank you for that easy to follow explanation.

[twilson]

Great video! Just had one of these installed and you explained how it works so well. Thank you!

[luciusharrison]

THIS VIDEO DEFINITELY IS FOR ME GUYS, GOT A TEST TMRW 0:31

[johnpaulgonzales]

I was wondering how these systems work and here is the exact video to answer my question. Thank you.

[luket]

Thank you for this! I am adding a mineral adder to my ro system and needed to figure out how to add it to the system before the tank. This helped a ton!

[saifjassim]

As a person who heard about reverse osmosis and wanted to use it for living in desert this is awesome thanks I’m subbing

[FadedHolySoldier]

I came here after I bought some water from dollar general and the label said it was purified with reverse osmosis and I got curious! Thanks!

[alpha-olenicoliveoil]

At last... not just the simple insallation instructions... Thank you.. I'm now ready for the next level RO Technician vid!

[johnschoonmaker-tmll]

Thanks for posting, excellent explanation.