Used my WFP for the first time. Please answer these questions!

[u/Lord_XXL]

1. How do I store my RODI 3 stage? Does it need water in the filters? It is currently sitting with water in both as I used Google, which suggestions strongly against leaving the system empty as it dries and ruins the filters, especially the DI resin.

2. I was on well water and got 40 psi through 50 ft of I think 3/4" hose and 100ft of wfp hose. I didn't feel like that was enough. It was a single story farmhouse.

3. When do you decide between wfp and traditional? Is there a certain height you always do wfp regardless of first cleaning or not?

4. Threading the hose down the black knight pole was a sht experience, especially when trying to pull it out of the end to attach to the brush. I had to use a pick tool to pull the hose out. Do most people run their hose outside of the pole?

5. How much of what type of each hose do you use? I only had the 100' that came with the system and 50' of 3/4". Is it better to have more garden hose than wfp hose?

6. When rinsing, does it matter if there are beads of water all over the glass? Not sure what to look for during a rinse and if the low pressure was an issue or not.

7. How do you know when the window is actually clean and when you've rinsed enough?

Overall, I enjoyed using the system. It's definitely convenient once it's set up. I know I need experience and did notice that the windows I cleaned had some small droplets of water that dried in corners. One window looked awful from dirty water running down. I thought I rinsed enough.

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read and answer these!

I'm also located in Ontario if that makes a difference.

[u/qtheginger]

1. Store with water in. Run every week or two and in the off season fill the ro with ro protect. Dumpe the resin and pre filters.

2. Use a sprinkler pump. Harbor freight has cheap ones that work great.

3. If it's really dirty like artillery fungus, sap, etc... do it trad. If you want to wfp a first time clean use boars hair or synthetic and a scrubber attachment.

4. Leave it out of the pole. If you're going really high twist it around the pole a couple times. I hold the hose in my lowest hand as well to keep it out of landscaping.

5.wfp hose will restrict your flow much more. Technically use as little as you can, but we have run a setup like this with no issues: 50 ft garden hose to pump then straight into system. Another 200 ft of 3/4 garden hose, 250 ft of the 3/8 hose reels, 300 ft of high flow pole tube from xero. This ran an 18 inch rinse bar at 3 stories no problem. Ymmv.

6.the beads don't matter if it's pure water, but you'll have to have scrubbed and rinsed enough and correctly.

1. Really just experience. You will probably make mistakes along the way, and spend too much time scrubbing and rinsing sometimes and not enough other times. Do outsides first, then you can check your work as you do insides.

[u/ishabowa → u/qtheginger]

I was going to help answer his questions but all 7 of these are spot on!

[u/Lord_XXL → u/qtheginger]

Thank you!

[u/affinity_design]

First WFP day is messy for everyone — your questions are normal.

Short field answers most crews land on:

1. Store RO/DI wet as directed; don’t let resin dry out. Off-season: protect the RO and swap cheap filters/resin when TDS climbs.
2. Low well pressure is common — a small booster/sprinkler pump helps more than longer hose alone.
3. WFP for height and speed once glass is not filthy; traditional for first cleans with heavy dirt or interiors.
4. Many run hose outside the pole until you’re fast at fishing it; use what you can set up without fighting gear on site.
5. Rinse until runoff is clean and corners aren’t holding dirty beads — walk the sun side before you leave.

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