- Protects: household plumbing, water heater, water softener, water-using appliances, fixtures and faucets
- Replacement cartridges are sold separately
- Ideal for applications requiring large volumes of water
- Includes housing wrench
- NSF Certified
I ended up buying this. The big blue filter media is about 4x the mass of my older filter, which means the filter could theoretically last 4x as long. I haven''t had to change my filter yet so I can''t say with certainty if this is true, but I don''t see why it wouldn''t be.
It was easy to plumb this into my water supply. I have PVC pipes and just turned off my pump and cut my old PVC pipes out and put in new. Warning: this housing uses 1" PVC pipes. Yes, I know it says it in the specs but make sure you know what size your pipes are. Mine were 3/4" and I wasn''t aware of that. Fixed it with some 1" to 3/4" PVC adapters.
Why did I only give it four stars? Well, this filter housing uses the standard 4x10" filter size. That''s good. Then I found out they make 4x20" filters and housings. You can buy a new bottom (the part that screws on) and the longer filters and then you''ll have double the filter. If I had known that, I would have gone that route. I can''t just change the bottom on mine because the way I mounted it and ran my PVC pipes, there isn''t room for the extra 10" below it. If I had known, I would have mounted it higher and routed the pipes differently just in case I wanted the longer filters.
Also, there is a metal bracket made by Culligan that is great for mounting this. Amazon sells it for about $15. Worth it.
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I''ve been using this for about a year and a half and it works fine. I''m using the Culligan RFC-BBS Level 4 Heavy Duty Sediment Replacement Cartridge which I may change to a lesser model since my problem is the deep well (365'') picking up a little sand and clogging my water softener and faucets after a few months and this product fixes that problem. I change the filter about every 3 months. Over all I''m very satisfied with the filter and despite the high prices of the filter cartridges I still rate this as a 5.NOTE: All my pipes are copper so I did put a wire jumper across the filter housing to maintain grounding throughout the house. The house is grounded using a steel rod driven about 18'' deep. Other than the safety issue a lack of a good ground can cause audio humming or other interference.Installation isn''t easy. Would prefer metal screw holes and would have liked a bypass valve. However, once installed, it works as advertised. Built of heavy plastic, seems sturdy enough. Needs support either by the extra bracket or something under it -with spacing to allow filter change.
Would have like to had the physical measurements before purchase.
Good value. I would recommend it to others.I didn''t realize how much dirt and sediment came thru our water line. Thia has trapped a lot of "STUFF" from the family ingesting and from settling in the water heater and screens in the faucets.
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The only challenge was having to get the inlet and outlet fittings to reduce the size from one inch to 3/4 inch. Since I was doing a replacement, I had to cut the copper supply line for the existing filter, but made the installation easier by using a new new gator grip valve which is available at Home Depot or Lowes. No leaks and the water pressure in the house immediately improved.
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