Just tried this yesterday, soaked my Brita Maxtra filter in 500ml of water from the tap with 100ml of white vinegar and 5g of table salt overnight. Put it back into the jug filled it up to let water pass-through, then just used it as normal. I can confirm the water taste exactly the same as a fresh filter. Definitely worth trying this one out!
@@antoniogil5156 Good question. Yes, I was just testing it out with a different method to the video and using less salt, which seemed to have gotten fairly good results. Note I was letting the filter actually sit in the solution rather than in the video where water is flowing through. Going by the video which said 10% salted water (a 1000ml solution would have 100g of salt), and you would be right. I found it quite difficult to dissolve all the salt and I didn't like the idea of waiting around to rinse all the salt out, so I used 1% salted water instead (hence 1 teaspoon or 5-6g salt in 600ml of water). Plus my filter wasn't used in a hard water area, so it worked out. I would increase the salt if you live in a hard water area though. Yes, I really only just need 10ml of vinegar in my 600ml solution if I am going by the video. I just put in 100ml for easy measurements to be honest. Plus I didn't really have any proper measuring equipment around at the time, but it worked out alright.
Thanks so much for the chemistry explanation! Now it makes sense what is going on inside the filter. Since i only have one filter i can not test this at the moment but i tried to press the sides of filter a bit to break down some of the precipitation inside, seems like my water became cleaner as well. Once i get hands on a 2nd filter id love to try the chemistry theory out as well.
I use phosphoric acid as a limescale remover in order to refresh my filter. Afterwards I use "sodium bicarbonate" to eliminate the acid. I refill it with water and discard the water. The filter comes refreshed almost like new.
A very well presented lesson but I would love to see the theories lab tested. Could you not email a secondary school or higher to research it as a project? I also wonder if you soaked the filter submerged in the solution with an aquarium airstone overnight it may remove the finer particles and overcome the TDS level rises?
To prove your theory you need to first test the total and temporary hardness removal on a new filter using a test kit. You then need to do the same on the regenerated one to compare results. 3tbl spoons of vinegar doesnt seem much and may be unlikely enough to regenerate the carbon and going stronger will probably damage the ion exchange spheres. How do you test filtration?
In acidic conditions, heavy metals tend to solve in water so when you acidify the water by vinegar and pour it through the filter you take them from the filter structure and solve them in water.
I think boiling the carbon and white stones after let them dry to Sun light is the best way .il taste the filters before and after ,you have to remover the stones from the plastic tho,,,
By far not the best way, nor the correct one. The "white stones" are in fact ion exchange resins that trap calcium ions and give off other ions. Drying them does nothing to regenerate them.
I have just tried unfortunately it doesn't work.I used TDS device ,before the regeneration the value was 125 but now 166.In my opinion waste of time ,experience is real.
Just tried this yesterday, soaked my Brita Maxtra filter in 500ml of water from the tap with 100ml of white vinegar and 5g of table salt overnight. Put it back into the jug filled it up to let water pass-through, then just used it as normal. I can confirm the water taste exactly the same as a fresh filter. Definitely worth trying this one out!
You mean 100g of salt and 5ml of vinegar, yes?
@@antoniogil5156 Good question.
Yes, I was just testing it out with a different method to the video and using less salt, which seemed to have gotten fairly good results. Note I was letting the filter actually sit in the solution rather than in the video where water is flowing through.
Going by the video which said 10% salted water (a 1000ml solution would have 100g of salt), and you would be right. I found it quite difficult to dissolve all the salt and I didn't like the idea of waiting around to rinse all the salt out, so I used 1% salted water instead (hence 1 teaspoon or 5-6g salt in 600ml of water). Plus my filter wasn't used in a hard water area, so it worked out. I would increase the salt if you live in a hard water area though.
Yes, I really only just need 10ml of vinegar in my 600ml solution if I am going by the video. I just put in 100ml for easy measurements to be honest. Plus I didn't really have any proper measuring equipment around at the time, but it worked out alright.
Thanks so much for the chemistry explanation! Now it makes sense what is going on inside the filter.
Since i only have one filter i can not test this at the moment but i tried to press the sides of filter a bit to break down some of the precipitation inside, seems like my water became cleaner as well. Once i get hands on a 2nd filter id love to try the chemistry theory out as well.
i feel like back in chemistry class. Thank you for the advice.
Use distilled water instead of vinegar will be enough to regenerate the charcoal, the trick with salt is very helpful!
I use phosphoric acid as a limescale remover in order to refresh my filter.
Afterwards I use "sodium bicarbonate" to eliminate the acid.
I refill it with water and discard the water.
The filter comes refreshed almost like new.
A very well presented lesson but I would love to see the theories lab tested. Could you not email a secondary school or higher to research it as a project? I also wonder if you soaked the filter submerged in the solution with an aquarium airstone overnight it may remove the finer particles and overcome the TDS level rises?
To prove your theory you need to first test the total and temporary hardness removal on a new filter using a test kit. You then need to do the same on the regenerated one to compare results. 3tbl spoons of vinegar doesnt seem much and may be unlikely enough to regenerate the carbon and going stronger will probably damage the ion exchange spheres. How do you test filtration?
How do you even know it works
what was your testing?
Does it kill and remove Bacteria?
And does it remove algae buildup too?
Ive heard these 2 things could be quite dangerous.
How long can we use the filter after the first clean-up?
Thank you!
Thanks!
How removal of heavy metals in water filter ? maybe replace active carbon balls..
In acidic conditions, heavy metals tend to solve in water so when you acidify the water by vinegar and pour it through the filter you take them from the filter structure and solve them in water.
hi. why didnt you just soak the cartridge in salt and vinegre insteadd of standing it? God speed anyway
I think boiling the carbon and white stones after let them dry to Sun light is the best way .il taste the filters before and after ,you have to remover the stones from the plastic tho,,,
By far not the best way, nor the correct one. The "white stones" are in fact ion exchange resins that trap calcium ions and give off other ions. Drying them does nothing to regenerate them.
I have just tried unfortunately it doesn't work.I used TDS device ,before the regeneration the value was 125 but now 166.In my opinion waste of time ,experience is real.
what's the value for new filters? I mean is kinda obvious the value will be higher after regeneration.
TDS meter will pick up the salt for which the calcium is exchanges in the resin so is not a measure of hardness
4 years later: There is no such thing as cheap salt.
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