Whole House Water Filter for Camping Use???

BarneyS wrote:
I have been using a whole house filter, purchased at Home Depot, for the past 14 years. I use a charcoal filter in it which filters finer and also takes out any funny taste in the water. Change the filter as needed. I put the whole thing in a plastic milk case and then on the ground under the edge of our slideout. I use brass quick connect fittings on all hoses. That keeps it out of the sun and also keeps it cooler. This has worked well for us for many years, lasts longer, and is not expensive like the smaller inline filters are.
Barney

Nice. Thanks for sharing. Do you have any problems with the quick disconnect fittings leaking?
Thanks again.

I have been using a whole house filter, purchased at Home Depot, for the past 14 years. I use a charcoal filter in it which filters finer and also takes out any funny taste in the water. Change the filter as needed. I put the whole thing in a plastic milk case and then on the ground under the edge of our slideout. I use brass quick connect fittings on all hoses. That keeps it out of the sun and also keeps it cooler. This has worked well for us for many years, lasts longer, and is not expensive like the smaller inline filters are.
Barney

The system does not care where the water goes. The water volume, purity and end user taste preference,determine the type of filter.

As was mentioned before, well water quality can be questionable. My well water at home is slightly hard, and contains mica. Because of this my drinking and aquarium water is filtered. For the fish I use the same filter you are using, (blue inline Walmart) and it stopped the problems I had when filling tanks and pond. But I only get about 5000 gallons through one before flow slows way down and the filter gets heavy. At that point its cheap and easy to change.
In the house we use the one from the refrigerator, spin on GE canister.
You may want to just watch your flow and as it slows down change what you have, those seem to work pretty well. I dont know if they block light well enough to avoid algae growth, but you could cover it with a blanket or tarp if that concerns you.

Add on, the guy that does the you tube site Love your rv just did a video on the two stage unit he mounted on his 5er's rear bumper.

I am not sure I have enough space available to mount it inside a compartment. Plus, I would almost rather have it outside, so if a leak occurs I am not flooding my camper.

Any advice on what type of filter(s) that should be utilized?

x 2 mount inside easy to get at works just fine.p.s the pic showed is a very nice set up.

You could permanently install one on the inside of the trailer. Install it right off of the main pipe that's fed from the city water inlet. The picture below isn't mine, but you could do something similar.

If you put it outside then you might want to make sure that the plastics used in the housing are UV stable. Normally these things installed indoors and this will be outside all of the time. You don't want something that's going to start breaking down on you. You may end up with bits of plastic in your water.

aftermath wrote:
I think the use of a filter would be influenced by the quality of the water coming out of your tap. City water is closely regulated throughout the country and is safe to drink. While this is true the quality of the water varies greatly, at least as far as taste goes. Personally I would continue to use your current filter as a way to keep your system clean of large particulates that can get into systems.

If it tastes bad then a more aggressive system might be warranted. If it is a private well system then you might need something different.

I should have clarified. The water source is a private well. Thanks for the reply.

I think the use of a filter would be influenced by the quality of the water coming out of your tap. City water is closely regulated throughout the country and is safe to drink. While this is true the quality of the water varies greatly, at least as far as taste goes. Personally I would continue to use your current filter as a way to keep your system clean of large particulates that can get into systems.

If it tastes bad then a more aggressive system might be warranted. If it is a private well system then you might need something different.