rodi sediment filter dirty

[raultsu]

i changed my sediment filter last week and it got really dirt after flushing the membrane. anyone have any ideas why this happened? its a brs 6 stage unit about 1 year old

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

What makes you say it's dirty? visually?

 

[raultsu]

It goes from white to brown after 1 use. The water is coming out @ 0 tds but I just don't know why it looks like that after one one use

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

Normal. replace the sediment after six months, or when the psi drops 10%. whichever comes first. a drop is psi can be caused by other things as well.

 

[raultsu]

Ok thanks. It's just my ocd says to change it when it looks like that

 

[LostInTheDark]

Thats pretty bad for just one use. Any idea what your TDS is going in. A prefilter might be in order to keep everything from getting clogged.

 

[dysfam]

After 1 use and it looks like that then something is weird in your water. Mine took months to get there.....However I make 10 gallons a week most only though

 

[billwill]

That happens occasionally where I live when the city does a water flushing event. If yours always looks like that after one use you've got some seriously dirty incoming water that may need more investigation. You're drinking and bathing in that

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

Ok thanks. It's just my ocd says to change it when it looks like that

If it bothers you, you can do a test. turn it on and note the psi. then remove the filter and turn it on again. is the psi different?

 

[Buckeye Hydro Verified Sponsor]

Thats pretty bad for just one use. Any idea what your TDS is going in. A prefilter might be in order to keep everything from getting clogged.

Remember that a sediment filter doesn't clog with Dissolved solids - it clogs with TSS - suspended solids. So with some exceptions, the TDS is not critical here.

 

[Buckeye Hydro Verified Sponsor]

If your sediment filter is dirty - it is doing exactly what you asked of it - catch undissolved solids before they get to the carbon block.

Is this well water by chance?

Russ