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> a wholehouse water filter system to filter home made wines

How much wine are you making?

When I change a large paper filter the first hundred gallons of water come out "fizzy" as the air...

NYC water is perfectly safe to drink, generally among the best city water.

Since there's some old pipes in NYC, and possible germs, they do dose it with Chlorine. For drinking, you get a...

I'm OK with 25 micron string-filters in a 10"x4" cartridge; but my shack is much smaller than yours (two people) and we can be cooperative and patient about simultaneous demands. With four potties...

> Somebody told me I need to soften the water....

The pH and hardness are fine.

> then I also read somewhere else that if the water is softened, the coffee doesn't extract well when brewed.
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> All pitcher filters have either activated carbon or a carbon block filter

There is a very old line of "ceramic" filters. Ceramic can be mixed and fired water-tight, or highly porous, or anywhere...

All "iron" in water is compounds, mostly oxides. There are several iron oxides. Some red, some black. Some will turn one to the other with air or temperature.

IIRC, we find black oxide in sealed...

I disturbed a 20 year old well, and it took months for sediment to subside.

You don't say how big your filter is. For whole-house, 4"x10" is minimum; any smaller just clogs too quick. Some would...

> looking for a datasheet on a filter part number B686 SAW FILTER EPCO

That is an electronic filter for satellite signals.

Satellite Filters
Center frequency MHz - 3 dB bandwidth MHz -...

One post, edited by Andy... spammer-link? Whatever.

> a lot of water filters and water dispensers which do not use any electric power

There sure are "a lot" of types of filters. From screens...

Manganese can leave stains too. Look in my toilets.

Interesting that Sears said very low iron. (Or is this a different house?)

Tannins are decaying leaves, which suggests surface water is...

+3 on no petro lubes on most water seals.

I put Vaseline on a GE filter O-ring. A month later when I opened again, the 4-inch ring was about four and a half inches around, was NO-WAY going to go...

FYI- this site is hosted by a filter supply company, FiltersFast, who may be displeased to discuss another company in the same business.

> I was hoping to eliminate ...and spending electric again...

Get a water test!!

Brown can be surface dirt. I have that; the old well-grout is failing. The brown is mostly peat, some sand, but also soil-germs. We use a UV system to kill those. If I also had...

Unrinsed soap. Bah. Won't kill you, but if it puckers your tongue it sure will upset your gut. Maybe you need to "help" your filter guy rinse it like HE was going to drink it.

The water report...

> what other filters compare

PuraTap's marketing is very attractive, but their site is short on hard information.

Appears to be a standard 2-stage filter, probably a string coarse-filter and a...

That's a VERY extensive set of tests. You will need an expert chemist to explain what all that stuff is.

Some of those "Health Limits" appear to be VERY strict, but I am not an expert.
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> is 138 ok??

It's fine.

A number like 1,000 might be interesting. As Andy says, people drink water with higher TDS no-problem.

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If any one type did EVERYthing better (including cost), it would eventually push all others off the market. There are many different filter applications. Big dirt, small dirt, gritty dirt, gooshy...

> Total Hardness ---------- 180-250PPM

200ppm is HARD water. A lot of mineral. Usually calcium or magnesium.

Soap turns to soap-scum in your laundry and bath. (Most modern detergents are...

> not saying what the filter is trying to remove and how it is too be used. Silt? For a whole house, drinking water?

It is aimed at hikers and back-country campers. The main product is like this:...

> an 11 year old system

I just opened a filter -cartridge- and the fine print says you MUST replace the sump (canister) every 5 years for clear, 10 years for non-clear.

I did not know that.
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> protected with an in line PRV, limiting pressure to 130 PSI.

130psi??

Normal faucet pressure is 30-60psi.

Most domestic plumbing is rated 100psi. (Some smaller sizes happen to come out...

Depends on your problems. My well is so silty that a large filter clogs-up in 3 weeks, although the filter maker says 6 months. (They even give you a timer that starts blinking in 180 days.)

City...

You are in or near Pittsburgh. These water plants (like all city water plants) are under EPA oversight-- the water is perfectly "safe" for general drinking. None of those numbers look "bad". If they...