I am presently using a ten inch, 5 micron spun cotton sediment filter inline before my iron filter tank. I have well water and after about 4 months, the sediment filter had to be replaced.
I am in the market for replacement cartridges and am looking for a source of reliable information on these spun filters vs. the pleated (and reusable) filters. Can anyone here provide some info on these and/or point me at a good source. A web search for objective info has not turned up much.
Thanx
Bill
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Do you know if you have the right kind of filtering system?
Do you know the range of particle sizes that you need to filter?
This is for irrigation systems, but it gives you an idea of the different types of filtering.
http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/filters.htm
You might need a cleanable filter or one that can be reverse flushed (and some are automatic) instead of or in front of the current filter.
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I installed a relatively sophisticated iron filtration system which consists of a venturi aerator before the well tank, an air mix tank after that with a mineral filtration tank after that to remove the oxidized iron. The sediment filter sits in line between the air mix tank and the mineral tank as per the design by the filtration system vendor. They also spec'ed the 5 micron filter. They claim that the spun is better than the pleated paper filter but I am not sure if that's just because that's what they sell.The mineral tank backwashes itself automatically once a week using a timer. This is to backwash out any removed iron.Bill
One thing to do is to swap out the standard size filter housing for one of the oversized ones. They're about twice the diameter and have at least 4x the capacity -- 4 times as much time between cartridge changes. Alas, the cartridges are about 4x as expensive.
Thanx Dan.Filter life is not my only concern. I am also interested to know about relative performance of one over the other. In terms of filtration as well as differences in flow rates (for example).Bill