Anyone here usiing 12 volt UV Water filter
Hi, I'm looking for feedback on installing a 12 volt UV water filtration system in my B. I am seeking advice on brands anyone may be using and if you installed using a flow switch how what hardware...
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I had one, the major brand (forget which), and like the others' it lasted about a year. When it went I didn't replace it. The biggest problem for me is that it would heat the water as it passed through. WArm drinking water?
I had it positioned right before my drinking water faucet, and after several stages of Doulton DST filters (ceramic, just like the Berkey).
The theory behind the UVc is that it will kill most of the pathogens and scramble the DNA of the rest, so they can't replicate. This, according to the NSF, is as good as killing them.
IMO, for people concerned about water safety like me, the best approach in an RV is to install at least one ceramic water filter. I use three in series, just in case something passes through or grows through the first, or the second (it's my money).
I also use a charcoal (GAC) filter for remarkable taste improvement, and for the "what if" scenario that was demonstrated in Flint, Michigan. GAC will filter most dissolved solid impurities (but NOT plathogens).
Working my way back to the issue of UVc, I personally would not rely on it as an independent method of purification, and as part of a chain of processes it's both irrelevant and expensive, as others have said.
I had it positioned right before my drinking water faucet, and after several stages of Doulton DST filters (ceramic, just like the Berkey).
The theory behind the UVc is that it will kill most of the pathogens and scramble the DNA of the rest, so they can't replicate. This, according to the NSF, is as good as killing them.
IMO, for people concerned about water safety like me, the best approach in an RV is to install at least one ceramic water filter. I use three in series, just in case something passes through or grows through the first, or the second (it's my money).
I also use a charcoal (GAC) filter for remarkable taste improvement, and for the "what if" scenario that was demonstrated in Flint, Michigan. GAC will filter most dissolved solid impurities (but NOT plathogens).
Working my way back to the issue of UVc, I personally would not rely on it as an independent method of purification, and as part of a chain of processes it's both irrelevant and expensive, as others have said.
