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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We are in the market for a new MH, and when I get it I plan on replicating the setup I have in the S&B.
For the whole house/RV I plan on installing a 2 stage - 1 a sacrificial particulate filter and 2 - a catalytic carbon filter. While catalytic carbon is expensive it removes Chlorine and Chloramine (among other things). Most carbon filters remove Chlorine but more and more municipalities are using Chloramine to "sanitize" water and catalytic carbon is the only way to filter that. They are expensive though, the replacement cartridges hover around $100. For potable water I plan on installing an RO with PH balancing stage. The PH adds calcium and Mg back into the water - since RO strips out everything.
I plan on installing the RO in a bin rather than under the sink and run the lines for supply. I have not pinned down what I will do with the wastewater. The units I buy are 1:5 waste water to filtered. Normally in a house the wastewater goes down the drain. In an RV I may capture it and recycle it or just let it drip on the ground. Happy to hear from anyone who's handled this.
Some - if not most of you - probably think it's way overkill. But my wife has an autoimmune disease and RO water helps to mitigate risk. Also, after living in the Cape fear region I have learned not to trust any public water source. There's also the math, the money spent on making your own clean drinking water is recovered in a pretty short time by not buying bottled water. There is also zero environmental impact.
For the whole house/RV I plan on installing a 2 stage - 1 a sacrificial particulate filter and 2 - a catalytic carbon filter. While catalytic carbon is expensive it removes Chlorine and Chloramine (among other things). Most carbon filters remove Chlorine but more and more municipalities are using Chloramine to "sanitize" water and catalytic carbon is the only way to filter that. They are expensive though, the replacement cartridges hover around $100. For potable water I plan on installing an RO with PH balancing stage. The PH adds calcium and Mg back into the water - since RO strips out everything.
I plan on installing the RO in a bin rather than under the sink and run the lines for supply. I have not pinned down what I will do with the wastewater. The units I buy are 1:5 waste water to filtered. Normally in a house the wastewater goes down the drain. In an RV I may capture it and recycle it or just let it drip on the ground. Happy to hear from anyone who's handled this.
Some - if not most of you - probably think it's way overkill. But my wife has an autoimmune disease and RO water helps to mitigate risk. Also, after living in the Cape fear region I have learned not to trust any public water source. There's also the math, the money spent on making your own clean drinking water is recovered in a pretty short time by not buying bottled water. There is also zero environmental impact.
