I te tau kua hipa, i te wā o te whakahoutanga o taku whare hou, i whakatauria e au te horoi wai hei "haumi hauora" nama tuatahi māku. I mahi au i aku mahi kāinga, i kōrero ki ngā waitohu e toru, ā, i te mutunga tata ki te $10,000 te whakapaunga ki tētahi pūnaha osmosis whakamuri (RO) kounga teitei e kiia nei ko te "tātari e whitu ngā wāhanga, he hono atamai, he haumaru hoki mō ngā pēpi." I muri i te tāutanga, i te mātakitaki i te hekenga o te whakaaturanga TDS wā-tūturu ki ngā mati kotahi, i whakaaro ahau kua pau pai te moni.

E ono marama i muri mai, ka tīmata te puta ake o ngā raruraru pērā i te turuturu puhoi. Anei ngā mahanga i takahia e au, kia taea ai e koe te karo i aua raruraru.

Akoranga 1: He mea nui ake te waitohu membrane i te nama "800 GPD"

I aro nui ahau ki tētahi āhuatanga: te tere rere. I mea te kaihoko, "Tikina te 800 GPD (karani ia rā). He rere nui, he whakakī tere, he ātete ki te heke mai." I whakapono ahau ki tēnā. Ae, ka tere te whakakī i te karāhe. Engari kāore au i pātai i te pātai nui: Nā wai te kiriuhi RO i hanga i roto?
I muri mai ka mōhio ahau he iti noa iho ngā kaihanga kiriuhi RO o te ao, pērā i a Dow Filmtec, Hydranautics, me GE. I taku whakatuwheratanga i taku waeine, i tāia te whare kiriuhi ki te ingoa waitohu OEM kāore i te mōhiotia.
Te Pono Uaua: Ko te tere rere (GPD) te mea e whakatau ana i te tere, engari ko te waitohu kiriuhi te mea e whakatau ana i te whai huatanga me te roa o te wā e purea ai te matua. Tērā pea he iti ake ngā reiti whakakore tote, te pumau, me te ātete paru o te kiriuhi 800 GPD mai i tētahi kaihanga tuatoru i te kiriuhi 400 GPD mai i tētahi waitohu rongonui. Me tono tonu kia tuhia te waitohu me te tau tauira o te kiriuhi RO, ā, me whiwhi whakaū ka wātea te waitohu/āhuatanga kotahi mō ngā whakakapinga a meake nei.

Akoranga 2: Ka taea e ngā Āhuatanga "Atamai" te noho hei Mahanga Kuware

I hono taku mīhini ki tētahi taupānga. Mō ngā marama tuatahi e toru, i tino pai te āhua: i kite ahau i ngā TDS, te ōrau ora o te tātari, me te whakamahinga wai o ia rā. Engari koinā anake. He whakapāho raraunga kotahi-ara noa iho tēnei "mātauranga".

• He taima tatau iho noa iho te roa o te tātari, kāore i tatauhia i runga i te kounga o te wai, i te nui rānei o te wai i whakamahia. Ka tohu te taima ahakoa i whakamahia e mātou te wai, kāore rānei.
• I kīia mai kia whakakapia te tātari paru wāhanga tuatahi, engari i taku whakatuwheratanga i te whare mārama, he mā tonu te tātari, kāore i tata ki te tae parauri e hiahiatia ana.
• Ko te mea kino rawa atu ko te whakatūpato teka. I tētahi wā, i whakatūpato tere te taupānga i te "WATER QUALITY ABNORMAL," e whakaatu ana i te pikinga o te TDS ki te 80. I noho pōuriuri taku whānau mō ngā hāora. I whakatikahia e te tautuhi mamao a te ratonga kiritaki. I muri mai ka mea te miihini he hapa pūoko rangitahi, he hapa tuku raraunga rānei. Ka taea e te whakatūpato teka kotahi te pakaru o te whakawhirinaki katoa.
  Te Pono Uaua: Kia tūpato ki te "atamai, hei painga mō te atamai." Ko te mohio pono ko te whakamahi i ngā pūoko maha (rere, pēhanga, TDS rerekētanga) hei tatau tika i te paunga o te tātari me te ako i ngā tauira whakamahinga o tō whare. He pono ake te tautuhi taima ā-ringa ngāwari i te tautuhi matihiko tinihanga.

Akoranga 3: Hangarau "Kore Wai Taumaha": He Whakatairanga Hokohoko, he Tūturu rānei?

I pānuitia e taku waeine te hangarau "Zero Stagnant Water" me te "First Glass Drinkable". Ko te kaupapa matua: i muri i ngā wā kore mahi, ka horoia e te pūnaha te kiriuhi RO ki te wai parakore hei whakaiti i ngā poke kukū, kia kore ai e nui te TDS i te karāhe tuatahi o te ata. He pai te tangi.
Mōhiotanga: I te ata tuatahi, tata ki te 30 TDS te inenga o taku karāhe tuatahi (he pai ake i te 100+ kāore i te āhuatanga), engari he nui ake tonu i te 5 TDS pumau. Hei tāpiri, kia tutuki ai tēnei, ka huri aunoa te mīhini i ētahi wā i te ao me te pō. I rongo ahau i te "haruru" ngawari o te horoi me te ngunguru papu i waenganui pō.
Te Pono Pūmau: He whakapainga te "Kore Wai Taumaha", ehara i te merekara. Kaua e whakaaro ka rite te wai i te pō ki te wai hou. Pātai atu ki te kaihoko mō ngā āhuatanga e rua: 1) He aha te TDS o te karāhe tuatahi i muri i te whakawetonga mō te 4 hāora? 2) E hia ngā huringa horoi-aunoa ia rā e hiahiatia ana, ā, e hia te nui o te wai e maumauria ana? He tohu kino te whakaroa.

Akoranga 4: He Whakamahinga Puhoi, he Whakamahinga Āta Ngā Utu Tātari

I oati te kaihoko: "He iti te utu mō ngā tātari, he toharite neke atu i te kotahi tāra i te rā!" Kāore ia i teka—i whakahuahia e ia te utu toharite mō te tātari paru wāhanga tuatahi iti rawa ($99 / 6 marama).
I te taenga mai o te wā mō te whakawhiti tātari katoa, ka pā mai te pire tuturu:

• Tātari Parapara Wāhanga 1: $99
• Tātari Waro Wāhanga 2: $199
• Wahanga 3 RO Membrane (waitohu kāore he ingoa): $899
• Tātari Muri-Waro Wāhanga 4: $159
  Te tapeke mō te huinga kotahi: $1,356. Ā, ko te wātaka whakakapinga? Ko te kiriuhi RO ia 2-3 tau, ko ētahi ia 6-12 marama. He utu nui tēnei, he utu auau. Ko te mea kino rawa atu, he kātere motuhake ēnei, i mau i ahau ki te waitohu me te kore he huarahi kē atu.
  Te Pono Pūmau: I mua i te hoko, ME rangahau e koe ngā tau tauira me ngā utu hokohoko mō NGĀ tātari whakakapinga KATOA i runga i te paetukutuku mana o te waitohu. Tātaihia te utu katoa o te mana whakahaere mō ngā tau e 3. He mea nui ake tēnei "utu mō te oranga katoa" i te utu whakapiripiri o te mīhini.

Akoranga 5: Kāore e kitea te mahi ratonga kia maroke rā anō koe

I maeneene te tāutanga. I pā mai te raruraru i te pō o te Rāhoroi. I mutu te tuku wai a te mīhini, kāore he waehere hapa. Nā te nama ratonga 400 i puta ai he mēra reo AI. Kāore i waea mai tetahi tohunga hangarau ā-rohe tae noa ki te Rātapu i te poutumarotanga, me te kī ka taea e ia te haere mai i te Mane anake. I pau te mutunga wiki i a mātou kāore he wai ma.
I tae mai te tohunga hangarau i te Mane, i takaro mō te 30 meneti, ā, i mea mai "kei te piri te takirere solenoid whakauru." I patohia e ia, ā, i mahi. I pātai atu ahau kia pēhea te roa ka pakaru anō. I menemene ia, "He uaua ki te kī. Engari kāore i te maha ā mātou wāhanga mō tēnei tauira i te rohe. E 3-4 ngā rā e pau ana mō te whakakapinga mai i te tari matua."
I pā mai te makariri ki tōku tuarā. Kei te wātea tonu ngā wāhanga e toe ana mō te "ngākau" (papu/kiri) me ngā "hononga" (takirere)? Kāore te kaihoko i kōrero mō tēnei.
Te Pono Pūmau: I mua i te hainatanga, tirotirohia te kaha o te ratonga ā-rohe. Pātai atu ki te pokapū ratonga ā-rohe mō te whakapā tika. Waea atu ki a rātou me te pātai whakatikatika pea hei aromatawai i tō rātou wā urupare me te mōhiotanga. Ko te kaihoroi kounga teitei me te kore he ratonga tere, he pai hoki, he pouaka taumaha, he turuturu noa iho ina pakaru.

Ehara i te mea ko te wai anake taku akoranga $10,000. Engari ko te titiro ki tua atu i ngā āhuatanga whakahirahira, me te pātai i ngā pātai hoha, mahi hoki mō ngā wāhanga matua, te mātauranga pono, te mahi o te ao tūturu, ngā utu mō te wā roa, me ngā roanga o te ratonga. He hoa mahi roa tō horoi mō tō hauora. Kōwhiria tētahi i hangaia i runga i te māramatanga, kaua ko te hokohoko anake.