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Whole House Water Filter
I have an “Ametek WC34-PR” whole house water filter system.
I’m sure Marathon put these in a number of their coaches. I’ve used a couple different brands between Amazon and Home Depot. Just wondering what other’s here may use. I get around three months before they lose their effectiveness or, start slowing down my water pressure.
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Home Depot for me.
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Two questions……….
This suggests you do not use the water tank and the pump(s) but instead rely on city water. Is that correct?
I cannot imagine a water supply so bad that the solids in it block the filter after such a short time.
When flow begins to slow down have you checked to see the pressure and volume of the city water because that is inconsistent and it may be the issue more than the filters.
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Jon,
Two questions……….
This suggests you do not use the water tank and the pump(s) but instead rely on city water. Is that correct?
No. I use the waterpump/fresh water tank quite a bit. We always use the waterpump for showers, probably because of the pressure regulator I use and the one installed on the Bus keeps the psi below 50 psi.
But, in order to filter the water going into my fresh water tank, I need to use the auto-fill instead of the gravity fill, which has not filter.
I cannot imagine a water supply so bad that the solids in it block the filter after such a short time.
A typical water filter looses its effectiveness after three or four months, according to their specfications. You can get various water filters, but you can get sediment build-up within a few months. Some just filter sediment, some use charcoal to remove clorine tasting water, etc. Since I (we probably all do) have two charcoal filters specifically for drinking water, I’m just using a normal sediment filter to the whole house.
When flow begins to slow down have you checked to see the pressure and volume of the city water because that is inconsistent and it may be the issue more than the filters.
Good point, but in this case, I took the old filter apart, but couldn’t tell visually if there was any blockage. But as soon as I removed the old filter, the water pressure returned to “normal”, although still not as high as PSI as using the waterpump.
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Tim,
I am trying to relate this to my experience. I have 2 filters and I use the charcoal elements. I get them at Home Depot or Lowe’s and they are nothing special. They filter downstream from the pump so if it comes out of the tank or city water they are working. I try to maintain a 6 month schedule and I have never had any indication of reduced water flow, although the Headhunter pump has high volume, high pressure output.
I have never used gravity fill, which I assume is sticking a hose in the opening near the top of the water tank. I always fill where I could connect to an RV park water supply.
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I do the same Jon, but on my Marathon, I have three filters.
1. Whole House – Where the Auto-Fill is;
2. Exterior Refrigerator Filter (By my Water Pump)
3. Interior Refrigerator Filter
I can only say that my last whole house filter significantly slowed down my pressure in my RV and my Auto-Fill. Once I changed out this filter, my pressure resumed to normal.
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