Plugged toilet metering hole
On three occasions in the past year, I have experienced extremely limited water flow in my Thetford Aqua Magic IV toilet. The problem is small particles of what looks like ground, white plastic that ...
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A city water inlet has a screen filter with a mesh screen size of #50. 1st pic shows a typical screen filter on a city water inlet. The Shurflo inline filter also has a #50 mesh screen size. #50 mesh is equivalent to 297 microns as shown in this info.: mesh screen size to microns
297 microns for filtration is very coarse and won't help a whole lot. You want something more like an absolute min. of a 100 micron rated filter. 50 microns would be better, and 5 microns would be the best option. If buying an inline sediment filter, look at the specs very closely as they can vary from 5 to 100 microns and some filters have no specs.
A better option is a "whole house" housing with a replaceable filter element. Can be mounted on a stand outside or permanently installed inside. RVwaterfilterstore.com has a good selection of such filter cartridges here.
If you do go with a filter cartridge, also look for flow rating specs. Some have low flow rates and the flow rates are rated for when new. As they plug up during use, they slow down a lot. A bigger cartridge generally will last longer too. Some specs will list the lifespan in terms of total gallons of use.
Even a 5 micron filter will not be enough in some cases, depending on the water quality you are using. We're on a well at home with a 50/5 micron filter and sediment/particles smaller than 5 microns can get through and cause problems (and have occasionally).
A problem you can run into is if you sometimes use city water and sometimes the fresh water tank, you can't put a filter in a location that will filter both sources. That Shurflo filter may not do much for your issue and would look at doing something better. I would also do a good flushing of the holding tank, but sometimes a lot of water still remains in the tank. You may need to elevate one side of your camper.
A filter cartridge of some description is always a good idea rather than relying on just a coarse screen. 2nd pic shows a biological mass that showed up on our city water filter screen after an early season camping trip. After that, I installed a 3-stage filtration setup inside that is good down to 0.2 microns.
297 microns for filtration is very coarse and won't help a whole lot. You want something more like an absolute min. of a 100 micron rated filter. 50 microns would be better, and 5 microns would be the best option. If buying an inline sediment filter, look at the specs very closely as they can vary from 5 to 100 microns and some filters have no specs.
A better option is a "whole house" housing with a replaceable filter element. Can be mounted on a stand outside or permanently installed inside. RVwaterfilterstore.com has a good selection of such filter cartridges here.
If you do go with a filter cartridge, also look for flow rating specs. Some have low flow rates and the flow rates are rated for when new. As they plug up during use, they slow down a lot. A bigger cartridge generally will last longer too. Some specs will list the lifespan in terms of total gallons of use.
Even a 5 micron filter will not be enough in some cases, depending on the water quality you are using. We're on a well at home with a 50/5 micron filter and sediment/particles smaller than 5 microns can get through and cause problems (and have occasionally).
A problem you can run into is if you sometimes use city water and sometimes the fresh water tank, you can't put a filter in a location that will filter both sources. That Shurflo filter may not do much for your issue and would look at doing something better. I would also do a good flushing of the holding tank, but sometimes a lot of water still remains in the tank. You may need to elevate one side of your camper.
A filter cartridge of some description is always a good idea rather than relying on just a coarse screen. 2nd pic shows a biological mass that showed up on our city water filter screen after an early season camping trip. After that, I installed a 3-stage filtration setup inside that is good down to 0.2 microns.
