Our town just issued a "boil advisory" due to a mater main break. Does this filter negate the reason to boil the water?
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Negative, this does not filter well enough, if you have a boil advisory I would stick to boiling it. I use this as a whole house filter, and in addition I use a filter on my drinking water tap that filters down to 2 microns, this filter only does 5 microns, even if it did filter down to 2 microns, I'd still recommend boiling the water with your advisory!
2063018
I would still boil the water since there are no guarantees that this filter will take out any viruses or anything that it is not made to filter. Take care.
2063019
I don't know. I've never experienced boiler alert conditions. Check yahoo answer sights.
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ONLY filter system that gets rid of viruses and bacteria are reverse osmosis systems and one other but i forget the name. This filters just sediment. Amazon has some really affordable reverse osmosis systems. ispring is a popular one. I have yet to get around to buy one for myself but it is on my list of ones. MAKE sure you boil the water to be safe. You maybe find with not doing it but is it really worth it?This filter is only 5nm, which is nothing when you look at the size of viruses. there are some cool interactive websites that shows the sizes of planets people Bactria viruses and plank (smaller than atoms) ONLY filter system that gets rid of viruses and bacteria are reverse osmosis systems and one other but i forget the name. This filters just sediment. Amazon has some really affordable reverse osmosis systems. ispring is a popular one. I have yet to get around to buy one for myself but it is on my list of ones. MAKE sure you boil the water to be safe. You maybe find with not doing it but is it really worth it?This filter is only 5nm, which is nothing when you look at the size of viruses. there are some cool interactive websites that shows the sizes of planets people Bactria... » Read More ONLY filter system that gets rid of viruses and bacteria are reverse osmosis systems and one other but i forget the name. This filters just sediment. Amazon has some really affordable reverse osmosis systems. ispring is a popular one. I have yet to get around to buy one for myself but it is on my list of ones. MAKE sure you boil the water to be safe. You maybe find with not doing it but is it really worth it?This filter is only 5nm, which is nothing when you look at the size of viruses. there are some cool interactive websites that shows the sizes of planets people Bactria viruses and plank (smaller than atoms) « Show Less
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YES you MUST boil if you have town/city water and received a boil advisory. Otherwise you risk the chance of getting infected with bacteria and microbes that are bad for you. When you get this advisory, most likely, something has halted or interfered with the water treatment process and the water is unsafe to drink. That water will only be safe by boiling and nothing else.
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I don't believe it will! I believe it is a taste and sediment filter only! As far as I know the filtration of microbes or bacteria is beyond this filters capability!
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These filters are for silt and the charcoal for any odors. Are not for contamination.
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I live in an area where water is very hard. The filter doesn't remove the calcium. I can see that while boiling the filtered water; have to clean the boiler every day if I don't want to have any sediment in my tea. I find the Berkey filter more effective.
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As far as I've seen, you shouldn't need a filter after the unit. We have one anyway, to catch anything that goes through during the backwash process (while the unit is not filtering the water).
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We are not on well water; however, this does filter out the "bad taste" we had in our water. Hope this helps.
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We took the filter out trying to avoid the boiling water touching the plastic filter. We soon realized that the kettle boils for much longer time without the filter. We made a small hat to go on the spout out of aluminum paper. This worked great. The filter I guess keeps the boiling water from spattering out and holds enough steam in the kettle to set the thermostat and turn the kettle off.
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I really don't know the answer to your question -- but I'd certainly like to know "just in case" I need the information in the future. The main problem I have is the bits of charcoal that continually come through the filter (especially weekly when I'm running a strong stream of hot water through it to help "clean" it.) Good luck.
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In response to some of the answers, it's not a filter. It release trace amounts of polyphosphate into the water stream. I have one and I can see right through the TEE. Some of the water is diverted through the cartridge and picks up trace amounts of the chemical. I suspect that if you have a house that doesn't get as much use, it would last longer than advertised. I think you could change the cartridge on schedule, check the old one and if it still has chemical in it, swap it out the next time. Do this until it's empty. (I can hear the pellets rattling around in there.) Just my opinion.
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Filter? What filter? And why would you need a filter for just boiling water?
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If I remember the directions correctly, no. If you must boil your water first I would cool down the water completely before pouring into the water filter.
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The filter fits in those 2 slots near the spout. Not sure of the purpose unless it slows down the boiling water being poured. Safety possibly.
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I reviewed the other answers, they are spot on, my only other advice is to make sure your water is very cold and add an additive to take out hard water minerals if you aren't using filtered water.
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I'm not sure, but I have poured boiling water in mine with no adverse effects.
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Not that I read in the book but it also doesn't say NOT to either. Maybe it's worth contacting the manufactur directly before you might accidently damage the unit or clog up the filter.
846649
Hopefully there is no sand in your filter, that would mean it broke! There should be a screw to anchor it down with on the outside of your filter.
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Assuming you don't have a problem with the water supply to the refrigerator and the filter is clean, the water line is probably frozen. It runs behind the ice maker mechanism and that section is known to ice up. It's a known issue and part of the myriad of issues with this unit that go wrong.
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Use a single filter for the entire system (for water heater and filtered water dispenser). Filters should be changed periodically so set up some kind of reminder!
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Might be the valve on the water tank. Other than signaling that the brew cycle is done a little early, no issues for me.