Would you know if this would work with a Kineko system as a pre-filter of sediment or would the 5 micron size be too small, currently using 50 micron
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I am currently using this 5 micron filter as a pre-filter for my Kineko system and it works fine. Depending on the hardness of your water, the lower the microns the more small sediment it cleans out. I have very hard water and am thinking of adding a second filter using the 5 micron filter. With the 5 micron filter it may have to be changed more often because it cleans out more but at the bulk rate price on these filters it is well worth it.
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The 50 micron prefilter before the sediment filter is designed to catch the big stuff to increase the life of the sediment filter. The prefilter is usually washable, the sediment filter is not. So if your water is full of large particulates a 5 micron filter will plug quickly. If not it might be worth a try. The cost makes it fairly inexpensive but you have to factor in the hassle factorof replacing the sediment filter more frequently.
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I would consider my water pretty dirty and its fine. To small micron would mean you would need to replace it more often. For me I replace it every two months not because its pluged its just dirty and you start to get a taste in the water. I think this is a perfect prefilter for a house. I run it before my softer.
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It works fine with my Kinetico. But we have well water with a lot of iron. You might want to check with your local dealer
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We have a Kinetico water softener system. We have a LOT of iron in our well water. We must use the Iron Out salts. The 5 micron filter works well for us. We used to use a 50 or 30 micron. If anything the 5 micron just filters better, finer particles. We change it every 6 months or so. It gets red with the iron, unless you are losing water pressure it is OK to use continue to use, we have gone 9 months without changing it before. I don't know what kind of sediment your trying to filter or how much is in your well water so I can't say how it would work in your system. I would recommend trying one of the filters for six months and see how it goes. If no problems then I'd buy the bulk package. We own our system so we can do as we like with it. I don't know what Kinetico would say about it. Good luck. Let us know if it works out for you OK. We were paying much more for our filters before we found this steal of a deal.
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I use this as a prefilter of sediment for my water filter / softening system with good results. I never had a prefilter before but hop it extends the life of the rest of the system. I do change the filter each month but the low cost seems worth it.
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It should help. N95 filters are recommended but these filter out more particles. But I don't use the filters for that purpose, you could double-check with 3M.
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It should, but be sure it is the same size. 10 micron will filter more, may clog more quickly.
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Katadyn Carbon Cartridge is useful downstream to the water you are trying to filter. THAT bladder of unfiltered water will be stinky until you get home and can backflow it with trusted water. You could always prefilter turbid water with a towel or coarse filter prior to using the product. With a 0.02 micron filter, particulates will clog it rather quickly unless you prefilter. Agree w/ Science Guy.
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I would refer you to the Berkey website. They list all the types of things their filters can deal with. Not knowing what the specifics are, I would not be able to say. You could send them an email. I am sure they would respond. I do know that their filter systems are used worldwide for clean water in remote places.
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Dont know. This filter will only work for a small pool reguardless what they claim. I finally went to a sand filter and the water is very clear and very little work to maintain it.
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This is just a 2 filter sediment filtration. It will take out down to 1 micro depending on what filter you put in it. A reverse osmosis will filter most everything out of the water, but it is more expensive.
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I have used mine in a therapure filter based on my experience it should be okay to try it. Make sure the builb is not touching any part of the unit. Keep an eye on it for the first 24 hours.
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Sediment filters are available for your filter housing. This filter will not fit as it is 2x the length of the HD type filter.
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Hi! Being 1.25" was one of the reasons why I went with Fleck. Works great (10 months since it was installed). The filter could be a bottleneck....Have a nice day!
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That developers from having too much nutrient in the water colum. Took me a month of 53 micron sock filtering to get the levels down to clean for sps corals. As far as the size of the reactor, I'd have to say no. I have two of these - one for carbon and one for gfo. Even if you fill it all they way top the top with gfo, gfo can only absorbe phosphate until there is zero. The. The phosphate sits there until more phosphate comes along.... Mine work great at this btw. Happy reeling.
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I believe this filter might be too small. I use it for the 5 gallons whisper quiet pump.
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I have my filter BEFORE my pressure tank. I really don't know how much difference that makes. My thinking would be to put the coarser filter in front, and the finer one aft. I think that it makes sense to filter MOST of the sediment first and then follow up with a finer filter to clean up what it missed. I am no expert, so take that with a grain of salt, and hopefully someone who is an expert can give better advice. Good Luck!
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This is just a filter housing. The filters you can put in it are pretty much particle filters. The smaller the micron filter the more particles it will filter out. Though if you are specificly looking to filter out those, this is probably not the right way to go. Check out ohio pure water's website, CK Moore is great at reccomending the right filter for the items you are wanting to filtering out.
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Ken, according to the S8Q-PA manual: A 5 micron sediment filter must precede the disinfection system. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
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The documentation that came with the filter states "minimum particle size filtered is 450 microns". That would make it between 35-40 mesh according to the conversion chart I am looking at.
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Yes, I use this filter housing along with "Purenex 5M-4PK 5-Micron Sediment Water Filter Cartridges, 4-Pack" in line before my water softner for the whole house and it works perfectly. 3 bedroom 2400 sq. ft. house.