I have the same filter installed in my home. It’s installed right before a water softener system and for a while my home’s water pressure was not impacted, but a few days ago I noticed a pretty significant decrease in water pressure to all of the fixtures in my home. I opened up the filter and it was brown just like yours. What’s interesting is that it turned brown after almost the same amount of water as yours (around 35,000 gallons). I thought the filter was just a piece of junk for reducing my water pressure, but now I think I will replace it after I’ve seen that you’ve had similar results.
Thanks for sharing. In my case, I didn't see a drop in water pressure when it was time to replace the filter. I suspect in your case the water filter may have enough dirt on it to clog it up, causing a drop in the water pressure. I am interested to see what happens to the water pressure in your house after you replace the water filter.
I think all houses should have a whole house filter. Get the sediment, sand, and silt out, plus activated carbon to get all the VOC's, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, etc that are leftover from runoff in your water supply. Plus, if you have a water softener, removing the chlorine before it enters the softener will go a long way with extending the life of your resin.
Agreed. Even just from a maintenance/mechanical perspective, these should have been everywhere. You don't want crap going into your appliances and clogging your water spouts from the inside. Then there's unknown amounts of health benefits to not putting that crap in your body!
Good question, but I would not recommend doing that, as that would be overkill. You could potentially have a water pressure drop, which is not something you want. I suspect having 2 of those filters connected in series (water from one whole house filter feeding another) would not get you more filtration, with the risk of a water pressure drop would not be worth it. I have had this filter installed for over a year, and have replaced the filter in it twice already. I will be posting a new video showing the filter, again, after 6 months. A single whole house filter should be enough.
I did think about doing that, but adding a second whole house water filter might be a bit overkill especially since the filters I use are very high quality. A second whole house water filter installed in series will likely clean and filter the water even more, but I would be concerned about the water pressure dropping slightly. It would be a fun Do It All Yourself experiment though :)
Great question. I installed a pressure valve on the main pipe feeding the rest of the house. Surprisingly, the water pressure remains the same at 75 psi with the whole house water filter on the main line, and with the filter bypassed. My conclusion is that the whole house water filter did not impact the water pressure.
Thanks, just starting my research on filtering systems and this was informative.
I have the same filter installed in my home. It’s installed right before a water softener system and for a while my home’s water pressure was not impacted, but a few days ago I noticed a pretty significant decrease in water pressure to all of the fixtures in my home. I opened up the filter and it was brown just like yours. What’s interesting is that it turned brown after almost the same amount of water as yours (around 35,000 gallons). I thought the filter was just a piece of junk for reducing my water pressure, but now I think I will replace it after I’ve seen that you’ve had similar results.
Thanks for sharing. In my case, I didn't see a drop in water pressure when it was time to replace the filter. I suspect in your case the water filter may have enough dirt on it to clog it up, causing a drop in the water pressure.
I am interested to see what happens to the water pressure in your house after you replace the water filter.
@@DIAYG I will be replacing it today! Hopefully water pressure won’t be impacted.
I think all houses should have a whole house filter. Get the sediment, sand, and silt out, plus activated carbon to get all the VOC's, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, etc that are leftover from runoff in your water supply. Plus, if you have a water softener, removing the chlorine before it enters the softener will go a long way with extending the life of your resin.
Agreed. Even just from a maintenance/mechanical perspective, these should have been everywhere. You don't want crap going into your appliances and clogging your water spouts from the inside. Then there's unknown amounts of health benefits to not putting that crap in your body!
@@why6212the stuff we eat everyday is far more poison than the water… 🤷🏻♂️
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Awesome. 😃😃😃
Maybe some silicone grease around the o-ring before tightening the housing.
Helpful info, thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Put a spin down one before it. I use 4.5x20 sized filters.
What would happen if you install two of this, like one next to each other so the water is even more filtrated, it may work or no?
Good question, but I would not recommend doing that, as that would be overkill. You could potentially have a water pressure drop, which is not something you want.
I suspect having 2 of those filters connected in series (water from one whole house filter feeding another) would not get you more filtration, with the risk of a water pressure drop would not be worth it.
I have had this filter installed for over a year, and have replaced the filter in it twice already. I will be posting a new video showing the filter, again, after 6 months. A single whole house filter should be enough.
@@DIAYG thank you so much!
Have you thought about adding 1 more filter? 2 stage filtration might make the carbon filter last a little longer.
I did think about doing that, but adding a second whole house water filter might be a bit overkill especially since the filters I use are very high quality. A second whole house water filter installed in series will likely clean and filter the water even more, but I would be concerned about the water pressure dropping slightly.
It would be a fun Do It All Yourself experiment though :)
you could do a sediment trap before the filter, which wouldn't drop the pressure anything. most systems suggest it.
How's the pressure with that filter?
Great question. I installed a pressure valve on the main pipe feeding the rest of the house. Surprisingly, the water pressure remains the same at 75 psi with the whole house water filter on the main line, and with the filter bypassed. My conclusion is that the whole house water filter did not impact the water pressure.
What is the micron rating of the filter your running?
The filter used has a rating of 25 microns. There is a link in the description for more details if you are interested.
When I saw PEX... I closed the video.
Why, pex is bad?