Well water, carbon filter, chlorinator, RO, too
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08-25-21, 11:09 AM
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Well water, carbon filter, chlorinator, RO, too
We have a problem with our ice maker. We do not have a softener. No salt is introduced anywhere. So, where does the salty taste come from in our ice. This is a fairly new situation. We changed the carbon, adjusted the chlorinator, changed all three compononts filters on the Reverse Osmosis filter, and changed out the fridge filter. After running the ice maker for 3 weeks, and tossing out the cubes, they still taste salty. So many other threads lead back to softeners - which is absolutly not our issue. Somewhere, this new salty taste has appeared. We are at a loss. Any input?
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08-25-21, 01:32 PM
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#3
08-25-21, 03:10 PM
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If your ice maker is hooked up post RO then no salt will be present assuming the RO membrane is not ruptured!
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08-27-21, 04:11 PM
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Our water is not salty prior to flowing into the RO unit under the kitchen sink. From there the water flows to the built in filter in the fridge, and then to the ice maker.
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08-28-21, 05:00 AM
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Taste the water before it gets treated by any of your other devices. You can also get a inexpensive ppm pen and test your water at different stages through your system to see where salt might be getting added. My guess though is the chlorinator.
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08-28-21, 08:38 AM
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Our water is not salty prior to flowing into the RO unit
Now, you state you changed the filters, the only possibility is your getting a "taste" from one of the filters but again, it the RO membrane is intact I would find that difficult to believe, they are filtering down to the molecule size.
