Everything You Want to Know About REVERSE OSMOSIS (Part 1)

Kevin Lawyer and Shane Bevins give us a deep dive into best practices and procedures for keeping your RO machine in top working order. This is the first in a two-part series that uses our MicRO 2 to step through the sometimes daunting RO process. It's makes understanding it all easy, because all our machines use largely the same processes for cleaning, just at different scales. All of Leader’s RO machines are built from the ground up at Leader and tested to be ready to run from day one on their arrival at your sugarhouse. {Part 2 of this Series:    • More of Everything You Want to Know About ...  } Items mentioned in this video: MicRO 2: https://leaderevaporator.com/springte... MicRo Wash Tank and Valve Kit: https://leaderevaporator.com/micro-wa... Strainers: https://leaderevaporator.com/strainers/ RO Soap: https://leaderevaporator.com/leader-r... Citric Acid: https://leaderevaporator.com/citric-a... Filters: https://leaderevaporator.com/cartridg... Hydrometer Cups: https://leaderevaporator.com/testing-... Hydrometers: https://leaderevaporator.com/maple-sa... Hand-Held Refractometer: https://leaderevaporator.com/hand-hel... 0:32 ~ Our rigorous testing procedures 1:26 ~ Parts and components 1:38 ~ The Quick Start Guide 1:50 ~ The Rinse Cycle 2:10 ~ Switching to Concentrate Mode and then to Rinse Again 2:50 ~ The Concentrate and Permeate Meters 3:40 ~ Sizing the RO for your operation 4:00 ~ Incoming pipe sizes and plumbing setup 5:00 ~ Avoiding restriction issues for your pump 5:50 ~ The importance of a Y-strainer 6:45 ~ Power requirements and electrician needs 7:30 ~ Tank storage recommendations 8:10 ~ Water requirements 8:45 ~ Tanks in the sugarhouse 9:20 ~ Valve and manifold placement 10:20 ~ Cartridge Filters 11:00 ~ RO Soap 11:20 ~ Citric Acid 12:15 ~ Testing tools 12:45 ~ Importance of drains