DIY Berkey Water Filter System CHEAP!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Want a Berkey water filter but don't want to spend $300? Just build your own DIY Berkey water filter system for a fraction of the cost! #Berkey #WaterFilter #DIY
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Nice Job. Quick Tip - If you are using pond or lake or just plain old dirty water with bits and pieces in it, put it through a cheese cloth or coffee filter first. It will make your Berkey style filters last longer.
Thanks! I was just going to ask this. We have a storm drain runoff/stream at the local park, hopefully this filter removes all the road scum and other nasty stuff from the water.
Ponds are pretty clean if they have plants in it I keep it clean
Berkey water filters don't remove fluoride or Aluminum. Ok
@@jew_world_orderdon't drink that water even filtered
This is my thought as well. I would want to get rid of the worst contaminates before running through my filters is order to make the filters last longer.
FINALLY. A no nonsense video on such a major deal. Water
Spend $300 for a Berkey. Or make your own like he did. I made 4. One time, one for a friend,a retired pastor , then one for the church. Then, a back up,.
HallaluYAH
Annie, did you use the cheaper filters? If so, any issues?
If you keep it disassembled, you can store the whole system, and nobody would have any idea that you posses something potentially more valuable than gold - especially if you keep the filters separate.
Man you just saved this Mamabear $400 we really can't afford. I've been stocking pantry/Canning like crazy&basic Survival supplies and the BigBerk was next to last on my list.Thanks from#AnAmericanMama🇺🇸
#PatriotMamaof5🇺🇸
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Thank you! I have just purchased everything to make my water system. I just needed simple instructions on how to build it. You are spot on, and a great instructor.
Definitely helpful - thanks! The Gama lid was clever, too. The only thing I'm going to try to different than what you showed is getting black food-grade buckets to keep algae/etc. from growing as quickly with the sunlight that the white color allows through.
Your post came up in my notifications, but was pushed out by others, glad I caught you had posted. Had to look you up to find this to watch.
Thankyou for the cheaper way to filter water! I have been trying to figure this out for quite awhile and was considering buying a big Berkeley but really didn't want to pay that much! You are a lifesaver thanks again.
Thanks for this! I love the suggestion of the gamma seal lid. I made mine today!
I’ve had the berkey for many years. I know a fair amount about it. This is an excellent vid that is very accurate and succinct. Good job. I subbed.
Excellent video! You are blessing others. May God bless you. This project I can do. Thank you.
Excellent video. You are the first to mention drilling four holes and using stoppers in case you want to add more filter. Love the idea of using a gamma seal on the top bucket.Thank You
I use gamma seal on my regular food storage buckets also, i.e. my egg glassing projects. :)
What about just drilling 2 holes for now?
Very nice video with clear instructions. I appreciate the links you provided.
Just ordered everything to make one. Thanks!😁
We used stainless stock pots from Wally’s to avoid the plastic. Same principle and a lot less expense. Thanks for taking the time to teach! 😍
Great idea with thr stainless steel pots..what size pots do yu use?
Do you have a link to the stainless pots you used?
I believe they are 12 qt. With glass lids.
16 qt. I used a plastic bucket lid under the top pot that has the filters so it would sit tight on bottom pot as the top pot was not stable enough for me. I also didn’t use the Berkey filters , but may buy them next time. I used Aqua fresh and they are great. However don’t know if they are as good as Berkey filters.
Could use a smaller pot and just one filter. I used 2 filters. Would be slower to filter.
I kinda just stumbled onto this. Love it! I'm always thinking about survival stuff I may need for an unfortunate hurricane hit to the islands and fresh water is right up there with electrical power. I'm building rain barrels to collect water, but haven't found an easy system to purify other than those camping types that cost big bucks. This is simple and fits my budget. Those Berkely filters can be big bucks though ($160>) as I searched. There are cheap ones too ($40- $60). Not sure if the cheap ones are as good. More research.
the best video ive ever watched, im gonna build me one, sense ive brought like four of the filters, just need the buckets for them and i have the screw tools to replace the filer pieces if they ever break ☺
Nice, simple & easy to made..tq bro...from Malaysia..
This Is Amazing So Simple Thank You.
Awesome video, thanks!!
A few of the Amazon links could use updated. But stoked about this!
Love this! Thank you!
that simple, big thank you
Thanks for the information I was looking to make a water filter system you are the man thank you sir
Excellent video, thank you!
Thank you for this video!!!
As of today 9/21/23 the EPA has reevaluated their own regulations. Remaming the black filters a pesticide and therefore have basically CLOSED DOWN the Berkey operation.
Awesome. Thank you so much for the info.
Such a great idea!
Thanks! Should save you about $200 vs the real Berkey
Add a Pre 1964 all silver quarter to the water collection bucket for antimicrobial effects.
Excellent presentation.
Thank you!
any ideas on a solar powered well pump. Ide hate to depend solely on wind power.
Excellent
Your a hero ,this was good to know..
We are RVers so we can only handle so much water. We have the portable filter straws and a Berkey.
It was a Christmas splurge, so no regrets.
But I'm gifting THIS set to my children so they are ready when the stuffHTF
Great video. Thank You for the Pro Tips!
I have seen a few other 2 and 3 bucket filters but neither used the gamma lid. Also, I like screwing the filter to the bottom bucket lid of which I hadn't seen or thought of. Thanks for these tips. The gamma lid link doesn't work but an Amazon search dud. New subscriber too..
Good video. It is the 2nd one I have seen using this method. Lile another poster said I would filter lake or river water through a cheese cloth or another filter system. I was thinking maybe a 3rd bucket on top with a regular filter in it.
To the bottom part of your berkey-style filter, can I use water purification tablets on the top part of the filter WITH those two filters? That way, I can be sure that the dirty water is nice and clean and ready to drink.
Stay well and thank you 🇵🇷🙏🏽💜🌹
I had to go with a larger size drill bit on the lid holes as my filter stems didn't want to go in easy and didn't want to force the plastic stim..could break you know..the large stem seals still sealed properly, no leaks..had to over size the spout hole too..same problem..
When drilling the 4 lid holes one might use 2 bolts to keep the lid from shifting..I only did a 2 filter unit but still used a bolt to keep lid in place when drilling..almost a must for a 4 hole top tho..
Great DIY vid for first timers like me..Thx...
I noticed that insertion difficulty that I wanted to avoid as well. What size bit did you use? Just an eighth inch bigger??
I used the same drill size but rounded the holes some until the filter end went in easily..
I also added a "stand pipe" on the lower tank to monitor the tank lever..that was a little tricky to do..
Just saw your video and I'm convincd I need to build one following your suggestions. What's your take on pre-filtering before it goes into the system? Furthermore, since the Berkey et al, state they remove clorine, what do you think about treating or boiling the pre-filtered water before it goes into the top bucket, which would aid in removing bacteria, Algae and viruses?
Thank you!!
THX BUD WAS ABOUT TO BUY A SYSTEM LIKE YOURS INSTEAD
What connecting the fluoride filter? Do you know how that works? Thanks for doing this I have been wanting a Berky forever and now I can! 😊
great a video. Thank you.
Just made room for this. Get it you won’t be sorry. Before November will be ideal.
Thank you.
Hey man your videos are amazing, thank you so much for posting them. Do you by chance know where to get that berkey maintenance system now?
Thank you
Omg....thank you so much...😊
Thanks
I would like to see before and after testing of the water.
I am wondering if there is a next level where we can make our own filter
Great!
..excellent diy berkey...thank you...🏕
I couldn't tell where the washers go--for the spigot, and the tubes. Is this correct for the spigot: washer goes between the nut and the bucket? Is this correct for the filter tubes: washer goes next to wing nut? Or does it go on the inside of the bucket? THANKS!
Why I love country Boys they always come up with cheaper better alternatives to super expensive stuff
I cant find the accessory kit for the water filter plugs to build the system
I have a small kitchen and I'm not sure where I would put this unit. I could put it in the sunroom however in the summer it gets very warm in there. In the winter it would be fine it would be nice and cold and it wouldn't freeze.
Is the center lid that the filters are attached food grade? I can’t seem to find a food grade lid. Buckets yes but not the lid. Thanks
You forget to tell people to prime the filters. Nice job.
Is there an inline version of those filters? Or do they get extremely expensive that way?
I want to know how to make the filter itself I’ve opened up some filters and it literally is just layers of different materials. But need to know the different materials and would want to get it to the quality of of a Berkey or similar
Awesome video. One question though. Is there any chance the plugs could leak unfiltered water eventually?
Always a chance!
Will this filter jacuzzi water sufficiently enough to drink?
Question: is there a practical way to keep track of how many gallons are on your filters or do you just write it down each time? Do the filters have an indicator?
When they get too dirty they will get stopped up and the water will stop flowing through the filters
Good video
I really like that you've come up with a way to save big money. I am skeptical of the plastic leaching poisons AND bacterial buildup on plastic that won't happen on stainless steel. It might be worth going for the SS in the long run. Just a thought, willing to be wrong.
I used two 12 quart stainless steel stock pots from Wally world. They cost slightly over $20 for the pair. They also had 20 quart pots for slightly more. I just felt stainless steel might hold up better and be easier to clean. I used a pair of ceramic dome filters with silver impregnation. If I had to use really suspect water I think I would also boil it just to be sure I didn't ingest something nasty.
@@Bohica-tq3ps Oh. I'm sorry, I apologize.
@@Bohica-tq3ps was it difficult to drill through the metal?
Do the filters take out the fishy taist in the water
nice. The only problem I can see is the bottom bucket needs an air hole for efficient water flow
I pit a bucket up top with a layer of pebbles, sand, and charcoal in a third bucket uptop
Mine is leaking between the two buckets. Any suggestions?
Hey, love the video. My question is can't you use this system with two 55gal drums?
No, the weight of a 55gal drum full is about 450lb, it would crush the bottom barrel
Does it leak around the spigot ? Can anything be put on the threads that is food safe that would stop leaks?
No it doesnt
Where you buy the filters
Where did you get the plugs to plug the other 2 holes that essentially fasten the buckets together
They came with the Berkey Maintenence kit linked in the description
cool
What's the name of the plugs and where can I get them?
I know this question has probably been asked but my town always has boil water notices alot. Would this filter system be a way I could use the water without boiling?
I'd assume a filter like this would be Better than boiling...not positive though......I think if my town kept telling me to boil my water, I'd move lol.
what is the size/girth of the screw bit to drill the hole. You totally left the most important part out brother! TY anyway.
@felicec.4854 depend on what filter you decide to get. Just size the bit based on the size of the piece that goes through the bucket
I'm getting a vacuum and water barley comes out plus had to tell how much water O still have
How do you know when the filter needs changed? Thank You!
When water won't filter through it any more
Does the bottom lid have to have the gasket? Also, does the bottom lid get snapped on or does it just sit on the bottom bucket?
It has gasket but I don't snap it closed
Did you use Food grade Drill bits?
Shouldn't the Bottom Bucket have a small breather Hole near the Top ? You will have Pressure Stopping the Flow if it Can't Breath
The bottom bucket lid is not on tight
Thank you important video these days😢
Doesn't that setup form a vacuum in the top bucket? If the top is airtight and the water drains out of the bucket, that would leave a vacuum. Should you drill a small air hole in the top? Or is there enough air leakage around the gamma sealer so that this is not a problem?
The bottom bucket lid is not sealed and the gamma seal lid could be loosened as well
I watched this video a few minutes ago. I am impressed. Would I have to put a seal between the two buckets
No the filter seals itself
@@PilotPatriot interesting. Thank you
Dead simple concept. Makes you wonder why the Berkey cost so much more. Just for info, because of the whole recent issues surrounding the Berkey company, the link you provided for the OEM Berkey filters was over $230. I don’t know what they regularly cost and I’m supposing that the company may have stopped producing them and the scarce remaining supply is going for a premium. Can’t really call it price gouging (feels like it to me), because we are not in a SHTF (yet), so it doesn’t really fit the true definition. It is what it is, however you can get generic ones from a variety of sources that go for $30-$60 depending on brand.
Would you need to boil the water first or is this filter good to go?
Boiling would not be necessary. This filter Removes 99.9% of contaminates. If the water is really bad you could still boil just to be extra sure, but in most cases you would not need to
@@PilotPatriot that is what I figured. I am still looking at different water filters. The bucket method is definitely cost effective.
Giardia are a top thing to filter. Beaver fever 😳
I'd like to see someone attempt a similar DIY build with two 55gal rain barrels. I'm thinking it should work just fine? Anybody have thoughts as to why it might have issues on that larger scale?
Only issues i see would be filling it (it would be about 8ft tall), and the filters wont filter any faster than they do in the buckets so it would take forever to filter it all...unless of course you just use a bunch of filters!!
You don't need to filter that much water at a time if its for your house. You would have a bunch of purified water sitting and risk needing to be filtered again. Just pour five gallons in at night and use the next day. If you have a group that needs water then yes you could do this with 100/gallons but it would need a lot more filters to five the water faster. Otherwise its still filtering at the same rate per hour.
@@paladin556 Thanks, my application is different. I understand flow rates.
You have very informative videos. Thanks. I cant believe you only have 40K subscribers. I guess that’s a good indication of how many people are going to be completely f*#ked when the SHTF.
QUESTION: I am building this now that all my parts are in. Do you seal the in between lid or leave it loose?
I left mine loose
@@PilotPatriot Thank you, sir.
@@Catastrofius Thats what i was thinking. Couldnt water collect inbetween?
place an air vent hole with a tube to the top of the top bucket so it will transfer air.
I take it that you have to keep a log on how much water you filer thru the filters or does the filter have some kind of gauge?
No gauge! But....with 2 filters you could filter 4 gallons a day every day...for about 4 years! Obviously the dirtyer the water the faster it will need replacing.
Add a drop of foodcolor into each top bucket. If you see the color in the water .. its time to change the filter.
Thanks! Does it filter out fluoride?
The black filters do not. But Berkey does sell separate fluoride filters that you could also install in this system.
Do you think it would be ok to get them wet to try the filter system out. Then dry out to store away?
I would think that would be ok
Thank you. I might send this overseas since they always have typhoon and water shortage. God bless.
DO NOT BUILD THIS: until you read this review. I built this 4 days ago 6-15-21. This is not a knock on PilotPatriot what so ever. He did a great review. I learned a lot about Berkey as I built this. I purchased the actual Berkey Filters and not the other brand. I tested the Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) using a meter design for it. TDS are what can give water a bad taste. I live in an area that has high TDS and arsenic is one of them. Now my results blew my mind. My tap water tests out at 145 ppm. After charging the Berkey filters, I installed them. I built exactly what PilotPatriot built. All brand new food grade buckets and all the parts that he listed in the links above.
So my tap water is 145 ppm. I expected and hoped to get half that. I was shocked after reading my meter. It was 195 ppm! Wait, what? It was more than my actual tap water? Still not convinced that I did everything correctly, I emptied out the 5 gallons that I put in the system, then processed another 5 gallons, then tested. Same situation. Tap water 145 ppm, but this time the Berkey water did (slightly) better at 192ppm. I have now run over 35 gallons through, hoping to "clear" out what might be happening. I still get 145 ppm on the tap water going in and 190+ppm coming out.
I called Berkey directly. They have a support line 888-803-4438. Their answer to my questions shocked me. "Oh we don't remove TDS because those are good for you." I explained that arsenic is in that TDS. Basically they don't filter anything out of this water other than harmful bacteria and protozoa. If you are wanting to use this filtration system to make your tap water taste better, this is not the way to do it. I appreciate @PilotPatriot creating this tutorial, but these filters just won't cut the mustard. I got my money back on the filters, but the buckets and parts I will have to eat.
Sorry to rain on anyones parade. I really wanted this to work, but the simple truth is, it won't.
I linked to a list of all the things this filters out. I would argue it's not nessesrily designed to make bad tasting water taste better...its designed to make dirty or unhealthy water clean and safe to drink Which would normally would also result in better tasting water.
I'm trying to understand your results, are you saying your water had HIGHER levels of TDSs AFTER filtering? How is that possible? Not to knock your testing, but id be curious to see if you'd get the same results if you send it off for professional testing.
Also, You mentioned arsenic, Berkey lists that it removes 99.99% of arsenic.
List below:
VIRUSES - Removed to >99.999% (Log 5)
Exceeds Purification Standard (Log 4):
MS2 Coliphage ; Fr Coliphage.
PATHOGENIC BACTERIA (AND SURROGATES) - Removed to >99.9999%
Exceeds Purification Standard (Log 6): Bacillus atrophaeus (Anthrax surrogate); Raoultella terrigena (Pathogenic Bacteria Surrogate); Salmonella Enterica.
TRIHALOMETHANES - Removed to >99.8%
(Below Lab Detectable Limits):
Bromodichloromethane ; Bromoform ; Chloroform ; Dibromochloromethane.
INORGANIC MINERALS
Removed to Below Lab Detectable Limits: Chloramine; Chloride; Chlorine Residual (Total Residual Chlorine); Free Chlorine
HEAVY METALS (HIGH & LOW pH LEVELS)
Aluminum (>99%); Antimony (>99.9%); Barium (>80%); Beryllium (>99.9%); Bismuth (>99.9%); Cadmium (>99.7%); Cobalt (>95%); Chromium (>99.9%); Chromium 6 (>99.85%); Copper (>99.9%); Iron (>99.9%); Lead (>99.9%); Mercury (>99.9%); Molybdenum (>90%); Nickel (>99.9%); Vanadium (>87.5%); Zinc (>99.9%).
PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS CONTAMINANTS - Removed to >99.9%
Acetaminophen; Caffeine; Carbamazepine; Ciprofloxacin HCl; Erythromycin USP; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim; Bisphenol A; Diclofenac Sodium; 4-para-Nonylphenol; 4-tert-Octylphenol; Primidone; Progestrone; Gemfibrozil; Ibuprofen; Naproxen Sodium; Triclosan.
ALSO REMOVES OR REDUCES:
Arsenic (>99.9%); Escherichia coli (E. Coli) (>99.999%); Fluorene (>99.9%); Manganese (>99.9%); MBAS (>96.67%); Nitrites (>95%); PCB’s (>99.9%); Petroleum Products (Gasoline, Diesel, Crude Oil, Kerosene, Mineral Spirits, Refined Oil- All >99.9%); Selenium (>99.9%); Thallium (>99.5%); Rust; Silt; Sediment; Turbidity; Foul Tastes and Odors.
* For Heavy Metals, Inorganic Minerals, Pesticides, Petroleum, Pharmaceuticals, Semi-VOC’s, THM’s, VOC’s; reduction exceeded lab detection limits
@@PilotPatriot Straight from the mouth of the Berkey employee, "we don't remove disolved arsenic."
I don't understand the result either. I'm very knowledgeable on this sort of stuff. I worked in a lab for the first part of my career and understand how to employ testing equipment. If it had reduced some of the TDS, I probably wouldn't be as skeptical as I am right now. Perhaps it is one or both of the filters that I got.
I really wanted this to work. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to. I had a limited amount of time to get the filters back and money returned, or I might have kept it and taken the output to a fully equipped lab.
I do want to emphasize that this had nothing to do with your ( @PilotPatriot ) build or instructions or why you put the video in place. I did feel that it was important to highlight what is going on with at least the genuine Berkey filters that I received from Amazon.
I equally hope that this doesn't detract from your fine video. That certainly was not my intention. You have some fantastic videos that I have really benefited from. That was the reason that I jumped on this project so quickly.
@@Catastrofius thanks for the info!!! Good to know!!
@@Catastrofius Thanks for sharing the data. This to me seems like more of a survival piece of equipment rather than good water filter. In a scenario where you can't get fresh water, this would be a life saver if you had access to a pond or lake.
@@brianpendez5340 In our own city, we have been put on boil water orders TWICE. The last time. No telling how long e.coli was in our water supply before it was tested.