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How to size a system

Start from litres a day, not from the model number. The range covers roughly 200 to 3,800 litres a day, and the gap between the ends of it is the whole decision.

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The catalogue publishes capacity in GPD — gallons a day — which is the industry's unit and nobody's intuition. Converted, the under-sink models make about 380 litres a day, the two-outlet commercial pair about 760, and the direct-flow units run into the thousands.

Those are rated figures at the manufacturer's test conditions. Real output falls as feed temperature drops and as dissolved solids rise, so size with headroom rather than to the exact number.

ModelOutput a dayHow it dispenses
KB-C25R379 litresPressure tank
KB-C25R PlusNot publishedZenJar
KB-C25RH379 litresZenJar
KB-C25RP379 litresPressure tank
KB-C80R2,271 litresDirect flow
KB-C100R3,785 litresDirect flow
KB-C200R757 litresPressure tank
KB-C200RH757 litresZenJar
KB-A95R200 litresDirect flow

The question that actually decides it

Not how much water the site uses, but how fast it needs it. A pressure tank stores what the membrane has already made, so a kitchen drawing in bursts can run on a smaller system than its daily total suggests. A direct-flow unit has no tank and makes water on demand, which is why the commercial models are the ones sold to bars and restaurants.

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