That came quite clean with a brush. You can also soak in oxalic acid if need be and or blow out from the inside with compressed air. We have iron and limestone here in central Texas as opposed to that silt that you encountered.
I've looked at many videos on these spin down filters, one take away is switch the stainless steel mesh filter for a polyester filter, also put in a "bypass loop" so you can reverse flush it without having to unscrew the housing, remove the filter and hand clean it, this will extend the time between how often you have to actually remove the filter to clean it.
If the screen is replaced with a mesh, would it not just become a particle filter? It's designed to only knock off large particles. My vid was that bad coz there was a water cut and here, after a water cut....it's basically slurry coming through the lines. Else I have to flush it once a week and remove it for manual cleaning maybe once in 6 months or more.
@@MiscDaily there is a youtube channel called "Land to House", he has tested many different versions of spin down filters over half a dozen or so videos for filtering his sediment filled well water, the stainless mesh doesn't clean off as well as the polyester screen when you do the sediment flush with the valve on the bottom.
I didn't go with auto flush, even with my main filter as the sun is brutal here and UV kills all plastic. But also coz I pass by these filters multiple times a day so I just remember to flush em at least once a week. Under normal conditions (no water cuts) they don't clog up at all like in the vid. It's just minor debris on the spin down. Most of it is sub 40mic stuff which makes it's way to the main filter.
The thing about these generic made in china stuffs are that you never what it's really made of. They might specify pure brass body / stainless steel filter / food grade housing, without any certification and you might think worst of what could really go wrong, it's just a water filter. Well for instance, there have been product recalls for made in china faucet taps sold at Aldi / Bunnings in Australia for leeching unsafe amount of harmful lead content, poisoning the water. You won't see such case from gazillions of cheap stuffs from shopee as there is no governing regulator that oversee the testing and certification of products sold there. Caveat Emptor.
Why would you wait that long to drain it????? You are supposed to flush it every so often... like one a week or so. i flush mine whenever go by the filter...
That was all accumulated right after the water cut as was mentioned in the vid. Less than a day's build up. Normal times I flush it once a week and it's still pretty decently clean.
Very clear and helpful video, thanks.
That came quite clean with a brush. You can also soak in oxalic acid if need be and or blow out from the inside with compressed air. We have iron and limestone here in central Texas as opposed to that silt that you encountered.
Thanks. Will keep that in mind
Great video on how to remove and clean the filter.
Thanks for this!
I've looked at many videos on these spin down filters, one take away is switch the stainless steel mesh filter for a polyester filter, also put in a "bypass loop" so you can reverse flush it without having to unscrew the housing, remove the filter and hand clean it, this will extend the time between how often you have to actually remove the filter to clean it.
If the screen is replaced with a mesh, would it not just become a particle filter? It's designed to only knock off large particles. My vid was that bad coz there was a water cut and here, after a water cut....it's basically slurry coming through the lines. Else I have to flush it once a week and remove it for manual cleaning maybe once in 6 months or more.
@@MiscDaily there is a youtube channel called "Land to House", he has tested many different versions of spin down filters over half a dozen or so videos for filtering his sediment filled well water, the stainless mesh doesn't clean off as well as the polyester screen when you do the sediment flush with the valve on the bottom.
@@DanielRichards644 thanks. I'll check it out!
Have you considered a 100 micron spin down filter befoer this one? I think you can get them with automatic flush feature as well.
I didn't go with auto flush, even with my main filter as the sun is brutal here and UV kills all plastic. But also coz I pass by these filters multiple times a day so I just remember to flush em at least once a week. Under normal conditions (no water cuts) they don't clog up at all like in the vid. It's just minor debris on the spin down. Most of it is sub 40mic stuff which makes it's way to the main filter.
How did you clean the filter if the water was shut off? 😃
I mention it at 3:05. The body is screwed back on 😉
The thing about these generic made in china stuffs are that you never what it's really made of.
They might specify pure brass body / stainless steel filter / food grade housing, without any certification and you might think worst of what could really go wrong, it's just a water filter.
Well for instance, there have been product recalls for made in china faucet taps sold at Aldi / Bunnings in Australia for leeching unsafe amount of harmful lead content, poisoning the water.
You won't see such case from gazillions of cheap stuffs from shopee as there is no governing regulator that oversee the testing and certification of products sold there. Caveat Emptor.
I got a proper one in that it's reputable for quality. Not the cheapest, but not one where 3/4 the price is due to the name on the box.
Why would you wait that long to drain it????? You are supposed to flush it every so often... like one a week or so.
i flush mine whenever go by the filter...
That was all accumulated right after the water cut as was mentioned in the vid. Less than a day's build up. Normal times I flush it once a week and it's still pretty decently clean.
@@MiscDaily understood. That's a lot.