Okay folks, before you all jump on my case I have tried the forum search facility. It looks like I caught it on a bad day, however I now know how to trim a palm tree and I hope that the person who was looking for a sausage stuffing machine has been fixed up.
To water filters .... I'm looking for advice on the big bottle jobs that go outside the house to do the whole system. Originally (two years ago) we were on well water and that left a fair amount of white residue on showerheads etc. Now we are on government water with the water well kicking in if there are any shortfalls in the supply.
My questions are, and I am assuming a 50litre bottle is big enough for a single house.
What's the best make?
What filter material do I put in the bottle?
Does it go before the tank, between the tank and the pump suction, or between the pump outlet and the house?
Thanks.
Domestic water filters
Domestic water filters
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Re: Domestic water filters
That was most likely due to a too high calcium concentration, which is not uncommon with well water. If you live on a development the developer should have put in a good filter and a softener.a10ams wrote:Originally (two years ago) we were on well water and that left a fair amount of white residue on shower heads etc.
The Israeli company Arkal makes good filters but you need probably to contact a company specialsing in water treatment to get them as I have never seen them in 'normal' outlets such as Home Pro or Home Mart. The Arkal's disc filters are excellent for well water. The finest disc filters particles down to 20 micron.a10ams wrote:Okay folks, before you all jump on my case I have tried the forum search facility. It looks like I caught it on a bad day, however I now know how to trim a palm tree and I hope that the person who was looking for a sausage stuffing machine has been fixed up.
To water filters .... I'm looking for advice on the big bottle jobs that go outside the house to do the whole system. Originally (two years ago) we were on well water and that left a fair amount of white residue on showerheads etc. Now we are on government water with the water well kicking in if there are any shortfalls in the supply.
My questions are, and I am assuming a 50litre bottle is big enough for a single house.
What's the best make?
What filter material do I put in the bottle?
Does it go before the tank, between the tank and the pump suction, or between the pump outlet and the house?
Thanks.
If you are looking for water purifier to get drinking water, try the Mazuma's Steel water purifier M3F-1UV, which is a four stage purifying system for drinking water. The cost is 13,000 at Global and it has a capacity of 200 - 250 litres per hour.
It depends on how far you want to go with water filtering.
Because of all the sand and dirt in the city water here we have a Mazuma (I call it the silver bullet, but it looks more like a stainless steel bomb) filter that goes between the tank and the house.
It's almost two meters tall and about 40 cm in diameter but it does not make the water drinkable. It just filters out the big stuff that would clog shower heads and the like.
It seems to work pretty well as the water in the underground tank is the color of mud and it looks clear and clean coming out of the taps and in the toilets or bath and the shower heads have not clogged in three years of use.
I think for drinkable water you have to add another smaller filter near each tap that you want water filtered to that level (usually people add one of those in the kitchen under the cabinet). I would think a filter for an entire house to filter to that level would be very expensive to purchase and maintain.
Because of all the sand and dirt in the city water here we have a Mazuma (I call it the silver bullet, but it looks more like a stainless steel bomb) filter that goes between the tank and the house.
It's almost two meters tall and about 40 cm in diameter but it does not make the water drinkable. It just filters out the big stuff that would clog shower heads and the like.
It seems to work pretty well as the water in the underground tank is the color of mud and it looks clear and clean coming out of the taps and in the toilets or bath and the shower heads have not clogged in three years of use.
I think for drinkable water you have to add another smaller filter near each tap that you want water filtered to that level (usually people add one of those in the kitchen under the cabinet). I would think a filter for an entire house to filter to that level would be very expensive to purchase and maintain.
That's the one I bought and fitted about three weeks ago. I filled it with resin .... so far, so good. I installed it between the street and the tank, not between the tank and the house.hhfarang wrote:It depends on how far you want to go with water filtering.
Because of all the sand and dirt in the city water here we have a Mazuma (I call it the silver bullet, but it looks more like a stainless steel bomb) filter that goes between the tank and the house.
It's almost two meters tall and about 40 cm in diameter but it does not make the water drinkable. It just filters out the big stuff that would clog shower heads and the like.
It seems to work pretty well as the water in the underground tank is the color of mud and it looks clear and clean coming out of the taps and in the toilets or bath and the shower heads have not clogged in three years of use.
I think for drinkable water you have to add another smaller filter near each tap that you want water filtered to that level (usually people add one of those in the kitchen under the cabinet). I would think a filter for an entire house to filter to that level would be very expensive to purchase and maintain.
No plans on drinking it though ... will stick to Singha.
A fool and his money are soon partying!