I have a older
Catalina 300 and I'm struggling with a issue...I recently changed my membrane and prior to this change my product was about 175ppm .Now that the membrane is changed I'm getting 260ppm my analog pressure gauge is reading about 70 and it's symetric..I have in the past replaced the
wiring back to the
spectra unit with the accumulator..sensors and the mag came
pump and
motor...this wire is now 4 gauge for a 25 foot run to battery's...I have a 30 amp breaker between the
battery and the unit. I have a 3 yr old pro con 140 gph vane feed
pump..but I have found these items
1. There is a 1/2-3/4 voltage drop at the breakers
battery side to the output side..
2. When the
motor is running the voltage at the motor itself that is connected to the breaker from my battery bank
Is 1/2- 3/4 lower than the buss bar..
So if I'm showing 13.5 at my battery
monitor
I'm getting 12.9 or so at the output of my
water maker breaker...then 12.6 or so at the buss bar next to the feed pump box..then 12 or 11.9 at the motor...I'm sure I would get better production if the motor was seeing 13 instead of 12...but I'm going direct from the battery with 2 gauge to the breaker and 4 gauge to the bus..and then the smaller supplied
spectra wiring.
Is it possible the breaker is worn and that's why I'm losing 1/2 volt?
Could there be a issue inside the spectra assembly?
Or is it normal to have a reading of 11.9 at the motor while operating when you have a 13.5 voltage reading at your
batteries?
Thanks for reading
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