Water filter...
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:51 am
by jhicker
I'm about to invest in a water filter and wanted some input.
In terms of what to look for, am I just looking for a carbon block filter? Is there anything else I should be looking at filtering out besides the chlorine?
Does anyone have any pics of their current water filter or know of a good "how to" guide about putting one together (fittings and whatnot). One of the guy in my homebrew club has a good one but I was curious how everybody else had done theirs.
Thanks!
Jon
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:07 pm
by Homegrown Hops
I have some pics of mine but they are not accessabl;e at the moment. I will post them tonight when I get home.
HH
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:05 pm
by linuxelf
I recently bought a filter for my brewing water. My water is pretty good, generally, but it has a chlorine smell, so I just got a simple charcoal filter. It won't filter out bacteria and the like, but it is good at getting rid of charcoal. I'd think that the type of filter you need really would depend on the type of water you have. What aspects of your water are you looking to improve?
Here's the one I got:
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:22 pm
by Danno
Keep in mind that most charcoal filters have very limited flow rates in order to be effective. Second, they NEVER remove all of the chorine no matter what they tell you.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:38 pm
by yinzer
Danno wrote:Keep in mind that most charcoal filters have very limited flow rates in order to be effective. Second, they NEVER remove all of the chorine no matter what they tell you.
So what do you do? As far as clorine?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:47 pm
by Danno
Well, you need to know what kind of chorine is in your water. If it's chloramine, then a half of a Camden tablet will handle ten gallons. For free chlorine, just fill your HLT and let it sit overnight.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:24 am
by linuxelf
Danno wrote:Keep in mind that most charcoal filters have very limited flow rates in order to be effective. Second, they NEVER remove all of the chorine no matter what they tell you.
This is true. The filter only promises that it eliminates "Chlorine Taste and Odor", and it does a good job of that with our water supply.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:49 am
by Danno
If you ever want to test for presence of chlorine after water has been filtered (no sense doing it before), just get some silver nitrate and dissolve in boiled and cooled water. Drop a few drops in the water to be tested and watch the silver nitrate precipitate out as silver chloride as a white, cloudy precipitate.