Whole RV Water Filter

Bill.Satellite wrote:
My suggestion is (again, my suggestion) that you need another filter. A sediment filter prior to the carbon filter will make your long term satisfaction much higher. I have a similar setup but with 2 cartridges and I have come upon some iffy connections which filtered out some serious cr4p before it got to the charcoal filter. I replace the sediment filter about 3 times before I have to replace the charcoal filter. Please don't take this the wrong way. I am only suggesting that while this is a very nice upgrade, there might be a way to make it even better with very little effort.

We have well water at our house and have some trouble with clay/rust coming in when we first moved out here. We used a 20um filter in a housing just like this that we had stuffed in the central hook up compartment. After we used it nothing came in that bothered the camper ever. After we had the house finished I installed 2 4" x 10" "Big Blue" filters one with a 20um to catch the big jumk (i can't believe we can't say cr4p), and the second with a 5um to polish it off. I have never seen anything on the 5um. I still change them around every 6 months but the 20 um catches all the junk. Since we camp maybe a 20-30 nights a year, I figured the 5um would make it through the whole season just fine. Anything is better than the Camco inline filters that pack up after a couple of days with the water we get around here. Thanks for the suggestion and for checking out our install.