Hi, I live in the country and my well water has such a high iron content that sometimes the tap water looks like tomato soup. I installed an American Plumber two filter system, one filter for particles and one for odor and taste. The filters are big…about 5″ around and about a foot long, and on the line that comes in from the well. The water goes thru the two filters, then T’s off to the pressure tank on the way to the water softer. The particle filter is first, then the charcoal filter.
I installed these about 6 months ago. After 4 months, the charcoal filter casing broke at the top of the treads. It broke all the way around at 4 in the morning and the garage flooded.
The dealer replaced the filter at no charge. 2 am today the second filter case blew in exactly the same way, luckily I heard it this time and could shut the water off.
Water pressure was fine all day, but I noticed it was low right bfore I went to bed last night. The dealer’s only instruction was to change the filters when the pressure got low.
I have no idea what’s going on, but can’t think of any reason this shouldn’t work. My only other idea is to have Coligan come out and put in a media system. Any and all input will be appreciated!!
Randy
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Low pressure change out, is when you have a significant pressure drop from one side of the filter to the other when water is in use.
As for the breaking I have no clue without actually seeing it, & I'm not to familiar with that paticular brand of filters.
On heavy sediment systems I like to install a "wye" strainer that can be blown out before any water filters------ gives longer life to filter cartridges.
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I don't know a thing about well water systems, but have put in several dozen water filters.
When you start losing pressure, the filters are getting clogged. With what you decribe, my guess would be a quarterly filter change should be on your schedule.
Dave
If these are between the pump and the tank they can be seeing fairly high pressure. I wouldn't be surprised if it exceeds 150 pounds when the filters begin to clog.
Most well pumps can't develope that much of a head by far..
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Dunno about that -- put a deep well pump in a shallow well. A pump capable of 200 feet depth will need to put out about 150 PSI to overcome the head and still be able to pressurize the tank.
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And, in any event, with the filter on the pump side you won't notice a "pressure drop" in the filter until it's choking the pump.
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It sounds like you pump may have built up the pressure on your filters and then blew them off. When I install filtration units where pressure may go over what the system is rated for we will install a pressure regulator before the system. Also does all your water run thru the filter system? I would be tempted to rune my drinking water only thru it. Oh it is so nice to flush your toilet with filtered water.
I understand why people like to treat only drinking water, figuring it saves on filtration costs. But I first installed a filter system (I think the same one as the OP) because grit in the water was ruining my plumbing fixtures. So it didn't matter what the water was being used for, I wanted to protect the seats and washers and disks, which I had been replacing on a regular basis.It seemed to work too, so much so that I put the same system in our new house.Better taste was a bonus.And chlorine is bad for plants, I've heard.