Spin Down Sediment Water Filter

[Rkh]

Neighbor has this filter for his whole house water system. I have the sediment
filter as pictured. I'm not sure if that filter would trap the smaller particles.
My water has iron in it, I do have sears soft water system, and we have sulfur in
our water. I use charcoal filter for drinking water at our kitchen faucet. The
filter pictured gets black in 3 weeks. Anybody use the spin down filter & would
it handle my water?

 

[GlenIdaho]

I assume you are on a well. I use a whole house spin on filter with a 5 micron filter. It does well in filtering the water. It catches the fine sediment and last one to 4 months depending on irrigation use. I also use a spin down filter for the irrigation system. It catches the larger particles such as rust and sand. They also have varying mesh screens depending on your need. We also have a soft water system.Our well is at 466 feet. You mention you have sulfur in your water. Is it actually sulfur or the smell. Over a period of time my water system will develop the rotten egg smell, i.e. sulfur smell and I need to shock the well. In the procedure I drain the entire house, pressure tanks and hot water heaters. I flush out the heaters. You will be amazed at what comes out. Use 2 gallons of Chlorine poured down the well, water circulated through system and allowed to rest 12-24 hours. I then flush the system until the chlorine order is gone. That takes care of the odor in the water for about 18 mos. I live in southwest Idaho where there was considerable volcanic activity, hence all the residuals of volcanic rock. Changing the anode rode in your heater to an aluminum rod can help but I found not for long. They make special systems to remove iron. Check the internet. Hope this helps.

 

[Rkh]

I am on a 130' well. Our water has the sulfur smell which a charcoal filter takes care of it at our kitchen faucet.

 

[Mule Meat]

Charcoal filters turning black does not mean they are bad. It's a chemical reaction and normal for them to do that.

 

[Rkh]

My sediment filter turns black-charcoal filter is after the sediment filter & it don't get very black.

 

[wp6529]

100' well here, pretty hard water and a bit of non-hazardous bacteria. Also low yield so I have a large cistern tank to buffer.

I use the "big blue" filters (50gpm rated), 5 micron filter from the well to the cistern, 1 micron from the cistern to the pressure tank. I have to replace the filters about once a year, not too bad.

From the pressure tank I go through a large UV sanitizer then to a large non-branded 64,000 grain softener. In the house I have an under counter RO filter for all the cooking / drinking / ice maker water. The RO filter set lasts about 3 years.

I run my water heater at max temperature, 140F+ to prevent any bacterial growth and use a thermostatic mixer valve to produce the 120F hot water output. A water heater is basically a bacterial incubator if you run it at 120F temp.

Once a year I chlorinate my cistern tank, let that water run through to each tap in the house until I smell it and then leave for a shopping run to let it sit. When I return I flush most of the chlorinated water out of the cistern to water the lawn and animals.

I test my water periodically with a TDS meter and get around 1,000 ppm on the raw water, 150 ppm on the softened water and 25 ppm on the RO water.

I am very happy with our water quality and it's vastly superior and safer than city water with toxic chlorine and fluoride and more importantly their carcinogen reaction by-products from all the gunk in the miles of old pipes.

 

[GlenIdaho]

You might want to do an internet search for rotten egg smell in wells and how to get rid of it. If you haven't already. My filter turns black too. You'd be surprised how much gets past the filter and water softner. When I drain my hot water heater it reveals a black sediment. There is such a thing as iron bacteria that causes the rotten egg smell. It's harmless they say, but sure smells.

 

[wp6529]

(quoted from post at 09:39:50 12/10/22) You might want to do an internet search for rotten egg smell in wells and how to get rid of it. If you haven't already. My filter turns black too. You'd be surprised how much gets past the filter and water softner. When I drain my hot water heater it reveals a black sediment. There is such a thing as iron bacteria that causes the rotten egg smell. It's harmless they say, but sure smells.

The rotten egg bacteria is why I do this:

I run my water heater at max temperature, 140F+ to prevent any bacterial growth and use a thermostatic mixer valve to produce the 120F hot water output. A water heater is basically a bacterial incubator if you run it at 120F temp.