Weldon wrote:
As it gets heavy and flow begins to slow. more fr4equent on well water.
2x. The first one I had I used it for 2 years. During the second year it slowed down so much, I thought something was wrong with the plumbing in the campground. Took it off and water ran fine. I learned something that day.
If you keep both ends open over the winter months (I keep mine inside the trailer pass through), a simple initial flush and they are ready to use again. I sometimes flushed it backwards. I think that one reason I got almost 2 years out of it.
I don't hook up water directly to the trailer city inlet spigot. I always fill my fresh water tank. But I use the filter anyway. It's not perfect, but it does make me feel better that chunks of stuff are not being passed into my tank.
At home, (well water) I have an outside spigot that is connected through my home filtration system (Kenitco). Everything passes through those big tanks of sand filtration and then the water softener. So, from the house, I don't need the filter, as the full house is already filtered. But when camping, although not the greatest filter, it's probably a bit better than nothing.