tested the blue camco filter with a TDS meter
I ran about 150 gallons through the filter and then checked the total dissolved solids. Garden Hose: 94, 97, 100, 98 Camco filter: 98, 104 Reverse Osmosis: 23
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Looks like this?
Ditch it!
Expensive use once and toss filter.
It IS NOT designed to remove DISSOLVED solids, never was and never will.
It is solely designed to stop NON DISSOLVED (sediment) particles in the water (IE mud, dirt, sand) and if it has charcoal perhaps things that cause off taste like Chlorine.
For sediment instead of using those high priced Camco filters you can use a WHOLE HOUSE replaceable cartridge filter system.
Like this..
Which you can buy 3/4" pipe to hose bib adapters to connect your hose to and takes filter cartridges which are much cheaper..
String or yarn wound filters can be had for $8 for two and could be removed and dried safely then reused multiple times in your case if that floats your boat.
The advantage is the filter system poses no reduction in water flow (3/4" inlet and outlet) and the filters are much more cost effective than the one and done Camco.
I use this type of cartridge filter as a prefilter for my home water softener system, blocks the mud, dirt and larger iron particles from getting into the water softeners valves preventing the valves from wearing out..
Not everything you use in a RV MUST come from a "RV" brand manufacturer..
Ditch it!
Expensive use once and toss filter.
It IS NOT designed to remove DISSOLVED solids, never was and never will.
It is solely designed to stop NON DISSOLVED (sediment) particles in the water (IE mud, dirt, sand) and if it has charcoal perhaps things that cause off taste like Chlorine.
For sediment instead of using those high priced Camco filters you can use a WHOLE HOUSE replaceable cartridge filter system.
Like this..
Which you can buy 3/4" pipe to hose bib adapters to connect your hose to and takes filter cartridges which are much cheaper..
String or yarn wound filters can be had for $8 for two and could be removed and dried safely then reused multiple times in your case if that floats your boat.
The advantage is the filter system poses no reduction in water flow (3/4" inlet and outlet) and the filters are much more cost effective than the one and done Camco.
I use this type of cartridge filter as a prefilter for my home water softener system, blocks the mud, dirt and larger iron particles from getting into the water softeners valves preventing the valves from wearing out..
Not everything you use in a RV MUST come from a "RV" brand manufacturer..
