Someone in one of the other questions stated that it is recommended that this NOT be used with hot water, r we supposed to take cold showers? After all, this is supposed to be a shower filter...right?
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THE REAL ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS IS: There are two products by this company. The one that filters drinking from your kitchen sink is only used with cold water. The shower filter can be used with water of any temperature. You do not have to take cold showers. These are great products if you have questions call the company 1-800-592-8371 8-4p MST. It is a family business and they are very nice.
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Hi Janice... I keep the water in the cleaner side if some left over from first cleaning. I use it later so it is cold and I've found itto work well... not sure if that is what manufacturer had in mind, but my experience shows it works. Perhaps mix in warm water and then let it cool???
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This is a whole house filter designed for cold water. Should be installed before the water heater.
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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.
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It's made to supply a sink and will work well for that, but with only a 10 gallon supply of hot water, your shower would have to be extremely short if you didn't want a cold shower. :-) It can't heat the water quickly enough to supply a shower, so you'd go through that 10 gallons of hot water and start getting tepid or cold water way too soon. A good use for it is to supply a sink where the sink is a long ways from your main hot water heater. Rather than running the hot water for a long time, waiting for it to finally deliver hot water, you have this right under the sink and you get instant hot water. It's made to supply a sink and will work well for that, but with only a 10 gallon supply of hot water, your shower would have to be extremely short if you didn't want a cold shower. :-) It can't heat the water quickly enough to supply a shower, so you'd go through that 10 gallons of hot water and start getting tepid or cold water way too soon. A good use for it is to supply a sink where the sink is a long ways from your main hot water heater. Rather than running the hot water for a long time, waiting for it to finally deliver hot water, you have this right under the sink and you get instant... » Read More It's made to supply a sink and will work well for that, but with only a 10 gallon supply of hot water, your shower would have to be extremely short if you didn't want a cold shower. :-) It can't heat the water quickly enough to supply a shower, so you'd go through that 10 gallons of hot water and start getting tepid or cold water way too soon. A good use for it is to supply a sink where the sink is a long ways from your main hot water heater. Rather than running the hot water for a long time, waiting for it to finally deliver hot water, you have this right under the sink and you get instant hot water. « Show Less
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The pressure should be OK. You may want to use different shower head than the one provided with the filter.
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yes, also my initial review wasn't that great, but the truth was our water heater is so well insulated that even when the heat is off we still have enough water for one good shower. I should probably update my review to being positive! We didn't even realize it was working until we all tried to take a shower one morning (we have it set for evening only). Good luck.
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No, it says never to use hot water in the unit, but it does just fine with cold water. I have never used the detergent , but you can use power washer detergent in it.l
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I haven't tried that...it would be better to put the filter on the cold water intake to the hot water heater
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The filter has to be in its own casing to hold the filter but no it does not have its own shower head. You already have that so you don't need to buy one. And this filter will stand up to hot water and that will not destroy it or render it useless. Its one of the very few that will. Consider it an inline filter. Good luck if you buy one. And buy several filters if you do buy them. It may be cheaper that way and they may last up to a year.
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I don't think the water needs to be hot. These types of devices are used in swimming pools as well. There was nothing in the directions that said the water had to be at a certain temperature.
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I am on city water and from that I hook up to a reverse osmosis system and to the hot/cold water dispenser. Maybe a bit of overkill but I prefer water from reverse osmosis rather than carbon or paper filters.
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I don't believe you are supposed to as it will shorten the life of the filter. If you do, be sure to run cold water immediately after so as not to provide a nice environment for bacteria, algae, etc.
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Mine is installed on cold water. I would figure from past experience that this filter would not be the best choice for water hotter than 100F. That is manufacturers max recommended temperature. If you want to filter water, say for beauty shop use the best setup would to use big blue as a pre-filter before an on demand hot water heater that way only cold water is filtered. There is a plethora of cartridges available for this housing. Filters as fine as .05 microns are available. It depends on your application. Note the finer the filter the slower the flow. I hope this helps. If you need more info ask another question and I'll try to help you. Mine is installed on cold water. I would figure from past experience that this filter would not be the best choice for water hotter than 100F. That is manufacturers max recommended temperature. If you want to filter water, say for beauty shop use the best setup would to use big blue as a pre-filter before an on demand hot water heater that way only cold water is filtered. There is a plethora of cartridges available for this housing. Filters as fine as .05 microns are available. It depends on your application. Note the finer the filter the slower the flow. I hope this helps. If... » Read More Mine is installed on cold water. I would figure from past experience that this filter would not be the best choice for water hotter than 100F. That is manufacturers max recommended temperature. If you want to filter water, say for beauty shop use the best setup would to use big blue as a pre-filter before an on demand hot water heater that way only cold water is filtered. There is a plethora of cartridges available for this housing. Filters as fine as .05 microns are available. It depends on your application. Note the finer the filter the slower the flow. I hope this helps. If you need more info ask another question and I'll try to help you. « Show Less
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Generally these filters are intended for cold.water only. I believe this is stated in the specifics or instructions. If you want your hot faucet water filtered need to filter.it before the heating process. For some reason hot water damages the filter unit.I have found this filter to have terrific longevity and value. It is also quick to replace e.
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The manual indicates under the Caution section "Do not install on hot water supply lines. The maximum operating water temperatures of this filer system is 100degrees F" I am assuming that after that the filter will not work as intended.
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I have used both hot and cold water. It doesn't really make much difference. Hence, I go with the easiest thing -- just plain ol' tap water, cold or room temperature.