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Ferric iron mostly. I drain the water system when I leave in the winter time. (The place had frozen up once) I have 4 ball valves I open and the system drains of pressure in about a minute, except...

Akpsdvan

Do you advise using a pre-filter or strainer to protect the lower distributor basket during backwash?
Are there any tricks to keep to lower distributor basket from plugging during...

Akpsdvan
I looked at the 2750 on the Pentair site. I missed the piston selection. I do see that it come in up and down flow styles. It’s METAL! I am old enough that I like metal, even though I...

Pyrolox, Filox, Catalox, MangOx. Are there any differences in these materials? On the surface, they appear to be trade names for the same 75-85% manganese dioxide material. Why trade name a raw...

Akpsdvan

I will add the 2750 valve to my backup plan. I could gain about 40% flow and still use the same seal kits and tools I use on the 2510 and not have to change the riser tube. Thanks,...

Akpsdvan

This goes back to the failed iron filter at my cottage that you and Andy had helped me with at the end of last year. I have been gathering materials and I am ready to reinstall the...

Somedumbname:

Thanks. These suffixes seem to be used interchangeably on the web. It would appear the SXT is fairly new and there is still a supply of SE’s out there.

I drove over to look at...

I guess is you will be waiting for an answer from Andy. My older unit has a small screen tucked in the brine line elbow at the control head. It is there to screen out junk drawn in from the brine...

As a fellow beginner, check the date of the last reply, it was last March.
Just start a new thread.

Andy,

There is an industrial site that I found that specializes in commercial inventory recovery in Illinois. I purchased Purolite SST-60 resin, Clack Birm & garnet from them at about half the...

Anybody ever used a Hydrus H121XX commercial series filter valve in their home? They seem rather large (2”).
I was just wondering how DIY friendly they were. They were pretty cheap at a surplus...

Can a Fleck 7000 be reprogrammed from a water softener valve to a backwash valve?

Also, there appears to be two versions of the 7000 valve, a SE and a SXT. Are they about equal or is one more...

Do I have a general mis-understanding how an iron filter works?

Do I need the dissolved oxygen to oxidize the iron and manganese in the holding tank?

Or

Does the iron filter media need the...

Is there a reason KCI has gone up in price so much?

Stopped @ H Depot after lunch today, Morton 40 lb bag $26.99! Yes, I looked twice and even asked if the price was for real when I was checking out. Ouch!

Morton KCI @ mid Michigan Sams Club, $14.72

I have found the original information from when my “McClean Chem-Free” Birm iron filter that was installed in my cottage. I seem to be a little short on most requirements.
Tannin: less than 0.5ppm,...

Akpsdvan,
I like the” simply looking at the color of the output water” method. I will have to keep that in mind. I have probably killed my birm media however. I dumped the birm in a wheel barrel...

Andy

Some iron filter 'work' so well that they accumulate gobs of iron that never really gets adequately backwashed out.

This may be some of the problem. The tank and media was loaded with...

I do agree 10 years is about the max life of the Birm media. I really had no problems up until the last three years, or at least nothing that an extra regeneration of the softener wouldn’t cover up. ...

I have a weekend cottage that I am trying to decide on what approach I should take for water treatment.

My current equipment is 18 yrs old and is clogged with iron. My system consists of a...

Sorry for the slow response. My dsl goes out a couple times an hour, generally only for a minute or two, but sometimes for three or four days.

Tannin, manganese, or something is causing me...

A lab test of the water at my cottage indicates I have 0.6 mg/L tannic acid in my water. The lab tech seemed a little surprised. The norm appears to be none or a lot. I am guessing I have...

Somedumbname, as I haven't figured the quote thing out yet. Bananas are goooo...d, but not at the top of the potassium list.
Do the blood work at your doctors office, not at the ER.
Thanks for...

I will have to look at the price when I go into town. In the past, you got a 40lb bag of Klife for the price of a 50lb bag of DuraCube salt. Thanks