How to increase water flow AFTER the filters?
Ok, I recently installed a RVwaterfilterstore.com filter system. The filter sequence is: a 1 micron sediment filter, a .5 micron carbon filter and the final one is a metal trap canister. The campgro...
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Well, Higher filtration higher resistance to flow.
In previous psot I tried to rule out any things that might have possibly clogged up the media.
Since that wasn't it then the obvious that we all experience.
Higher filtration more resistance to flow, then larger amount of same filter media will increase the flow.
The more effective the media the higher the resistance to flow, and the more and smaller particles etc is filtered out and the more often you have to replace filters. In South Georgia, northern Florida, and La and in Michigan among others we have run into low pressures and mud and iron an sulfur etc and bad stuff.
We have turned n the water pump and the water from the tank added to the volume and pressure, except when the pressure exceeds the pump's output pressure setting or capability.
We have had to flip the lever and fill our tank and then use the wter from the tank through the pump.
But as far as filtration restriction larger filters of the same media is the only way I can think of.
I've seen the three filter setups advertised, with larger micron pores and just filter media in the first filter housing to get sediment, and it is the cheapest filter and the most frequent to be replace, and the type of media in the second and third one to et smaller bugs and one to get metals and poisons etc.
I've done the same thing with individual filter housings and on and on.
No way around it the better the filtration the more restriction. Bigger filters the only solution, or fill your tank and use the filtered water. A water pump set at 65 psi, the one we have is sold to be used on ac instead of dc at 65psi...but our with dc motor only delivers 5 gallons a minute at 55 psi. I do love a shower from an 80psi source like we encountered in Ky, though and the filters did take some pressure out. The biggest problem is the plumbing especially with the new pex and the cheap clamps at joints.
So bigger filters and housings seems the only solution.
In previous psot I tried to rule out any things that might have possibly clogged up the media.
Since that wasn't it then the obvious that we all experience.
Higher filtration more resistance to flow, then larger amount of same filter media will increase the flow.
The more effective the media the higher the resistance to flow, and the more and smaller particles etc is filtered out and the more often you have to replace filters. In South Georgia, northern Florida, and La and in Michigan among others we have run into low pressures and mud and iron an sulfur etc and bad stuff.
We have turned n the water pump and the water from the tank added to the volume and pressure, except when the pressure exceeds the pump's output pressure setting or capability.
We have had to flip the lever and fill our tank and then use the wter from the tank through the pump.
But as far as filtration restriction larger filters of the same media is the only way I can think of.
I've seen the three filter setups advertised, with larger micron pores and just filter media in the first filter housing to get sediment, and it is the cheapest filter and the most frequent to be replace, and the type of media in the second and third one to et smaller bugs and one to get metals and poisons etc.
I've done the same thing with individual filter housings and on and on.
No way around it the better the filtration the more restriction. Bigger filters the only solution, or fill your tank and use the filtered water. A water pump set at 65 psi, the one we have is sold to be used on ac instead of dc at 65psi...but our with dc motor only delivers 5 gallons a minute at 55 psi. I do love a shower from an 80psi source like we encountered in Ky, though and the filters did take some pressure out. The biggest problem is the plumbing especially with the new pex and the cheap clamps at joints.
So bigger filters and housings seems the only solution.
