M DUNCAN
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How often should you change gac filters?
It says they need changing more often than normal carbon filters
It says they need changing more often than normal carbon filters
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How often should you change gac filters?
It says they need changing more often than normal carbon filters
Spruce I didn’t think the GAC filter was needed just the carbon and sediment that’s requred for the protection or the membrane.On our last GAC 20" filters the label says 2500 gals. As those are American gallons that's 10,000 of both waste and pure produced.
The label on the 10" GAC filters also says 2500 gals.
Spruce I didn’t think the GAC filter was needed just the carbon and sediment that’s requred for the protection or the membrane.
I’m still using my Gpd450 and have been using fiberdyne and sentiment and still have a couple left but can get a load of 10” carbon filter for under £1.70 each was thinking of getting them and changing them every two weeks or would you advise sticking with fiberdyne?It will also remove chlorine from the water if you don't have a carbon block filter. TBH I used a sediment and a GAC filter for 3 or 4 years with my 450GPD and those membranes lasted 6 years. (Those r/o that still have 3 prefilters usually had a sediment, a carbon block and a GAC filter. Having the c/b and the GAC filter combination increases the service life of the chlorine removal properties of those filters.)
When I first assembled my 4040 I ordered GAC filters like I had always done before. The first 20" filters that came had the label indicating a service life of 10,000 liters. That wasn't good enough so I found the newly introduced Fiberdyne filters which I have used ever since. I still have one remaining GAC filter under my desk that is 6 years old now.
So when it comes to water purification to be used for drinking water, then the GAC filter does make the water taste better and does remove odour. So it makes coffee and tea tast nicer. When used for drinking water purification the pure isn't put through a final resin filter as that is not necessary or healthy - you wouldn't drink r/o water used for window cleaning unless you were dying of thirst.
I’m still using my Gpd450 and have been using fiberdyne and sentiment and still have a couple left but can get a load of 10” carbon filter for under £1.70 each was thinking of getting them and changing them every two weeks or would you advise sticking with fiberdyne?
That’s great thanks mate, this water purification is a lot more complicated than you think, as soon as I see the slightest mark on my windows I start panicking thinking I need to change my filters! ?