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Yeah, the sediment would usually just be a prefilter to a unit like this..
Posted by: pilot345 (9252) on 2016-01-11 09:48:40 In Reply to: Agree on the large filter housing, for all the reasons stated, but posted by gription on 2016-01-11 09:45:03	Share \| Report

I wouldnt put a carbon filter in one of those 20" housings, the carbon needs to be periodically backwashed. And yes, whatever your entire filter setup it, it should have a hard piped bypass in any case.

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Suggestions for whole house filter? - hans j 2016-01-10 13:31:03 (509 views)
- Not sure your sediment trap on the black pipe gas feed is right>>> - Donuts 2016-01-11 19:41:50 (340 views)
  - Yeah that makes more sense! I have a 1" gas line going into the house too, should be enough volume! - hans j 2016-01-12 00:30:19 (149 views)
  - I believe it is 'okay'. The one scenario you want to avoid is allowing sediment to blow over the - freakness 2016-01-11 21:40:21 (278 views)
  - hey good catch, I saw that too.. gas should enter down into the tee. Easy fix just swap the tee, 90. - pilot345 2016-01-11 20:38:41 (154 views)
- Ideally you will want a 20" cartridge for sediment to have minimal pressure loss, something like.. - pilot345 2016-01-10 19:37:28 (221 views)
  - Agree on the large filter housing, for all the reasons stated, but - gription 2016-01-11 09:45:03 (178 views)
    - Yeah, the sediment would usually just be a prefilter to a unit like this.. - pilot345 2016-01-11 09:48:40 (186 views)
      - We run the carbon filters exclusively and just change them out every 6 months.   -  gription  2016-01-11 09:53:56 (168 views)
        
        Looks like the cheapest filters I could (quick search though) find in your link. Thanks for the...  -  hans j  2016-01-12 00:32:44 (149 views)
        
        The filter housings are all roughly equal - they don't have to do much. We bought a bunch   -  gription  2016-01-12 11:26:47 (159 views)
        
        Bypass   -  gription  2016-01-12 15:55:03 (191 views)
- I sure wished I had a sand trap the year the water line broke in four places. - Seattle_Scott_inside_a_Virtual_Machine 2016-01-10 18:00:57 (161 views)

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