Things To Know About Water Filter
The tap water
that comes out of your faucet is perfect. Get a filter or be a filter. Which of
these two sentences are more true? Both are partially true. In many places, tap
water does not taste good. In other places, tap water has tiny amounts of substances
you would not want to drink - and over a lifetime might have an affect on you.
There are many kinds of potential problems in tap water. Even if your city
provides good water, it has to travel a long way through old pipes on the way
to your house.All reverse osmosis water systems require both sediment and
carbon pre-filters. All filters need to be changed. Plan on changing sediment
and carbon filters every six months or sooner, and reverse osmosis membranes
every 2-3 years. Do you want to learn more? Visit primato.gr.
It's best to buy
a dissolved solids meter, and test your water every month to make sure the
system is working right. Pure water will measure zero parts per million of
dissolved solids. Tap water will usually measure at least 200 parts per
million. Don't get a liquid chemical test set, get a $25-$50 portable
battery-operated tester with a LCD readout. These cheap meters only show the
total dissolved solids in water - they do not tell you what is in the water.
Water filter
systems and replacement filters are available on eBay and Amazon, and many
other places - even retail stores. The hardest parts of installing water
filters are connecting to the supply side of the water into your house,
connecting to a drain line for the waste water, and installing a clean water
faucet onto your sink. The rest of a water filter installation is easy.
Reverse Osmosis
Water Filters
You may need a
plumber, or to buy a system where they will install it for you. The best
systems have clear plastic casings, so you can see how dirty the filters get.
The best systems also use standard-sized replacement filters, so you don't have
to buy tiny, expensive, and proprietary filters. Reverse osmosis water filters
require both a sediment and a carbon filter in front of them, to screen out the
dirt and most of the junk, before the water enters the reverse osmosis filter.
A sediment filter blocks particles larger than five or ten microns. That's an
improvement over tap water, but it does not help the taste, or filter out tiny
or dissolved nasty stuff in the water. The next step is a carbon block filter.
Almost all carbon block filters are activated. Activation is a process where
high pressure steam is passed through coal to purify it so that it becomes
almost pure carbon. Carbon is the fourth most common element in the universe,
and is needed for life. Carbon makes an excellent filter, especially when
extruded into a solid block.
