How often do you guys backwash your charcoal-chlorine filter bottle? I just replaced mine after 20 years. It was leaking. I can’t remember how often I had it set for. The new one recommended every seven days, but I thought I did mine more often than that. I’ve already disposed of the old one so I can’t check the settings on it!
Chlorine filter regeneration
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cbchevy4x4
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10 days is what mine is set at
Well , mine should be fine at seven days then. I just couldn’t remember. Thanks!
MEP001
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RO systems don't backflush. You can't backflush a membrane without destroying it.
Carbon filters don't regenerate, they backflush and settle-rinse to repack the media bed to avoid channeling.
Carbon filters don't regenerate, they backflush and settle-rinse to repack the media bed to avoid channeling.
Do you own a purclean ro?
Yes , I shouldn’t have said regenerate. Water softeners regenerate.
I meant flush the charcoal filter.I think the RO just flushes-washes the minerals off the membrane filter.
MEP001
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It's probably the closest applicable term. A charcoal prefilter is just a water softener with the brining ports plugged. I wasn't meaning to correct you. You're correct about the RO, it just runs full water flow at low or no pressure.
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No, but I've worked on a lot of RO systems. Why?
Oh no, thats fine. I didn’t take it that way. That’s how we learn. It’s good to know exactly how all the equipment works.
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Typical life span on the GAC in a backwashing carbon tank is 5 years. After that you'll want to re-bed it (put new carbon in it).
Russ
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