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Pur suckiness
About six weeks ago I emailed Pur about some bad water filters we'd bought from them. It took them a while to respond, but when they did it was pretty annoying.
Basically, they told me that the problem must be my fault. Our water must be bad. This was pur bullshit, as far as I'm concerned; our water is fine. We've used other filter systems, and have never had an issue with water quality before.
The filters were supposed to be good for 2 months or 100 gallons, and they were becoming totally useless after a week or less, and in under 10 gallons. There's just no way that Pur could convince me that our water (which is city water) is that bad.
They sent us a couple of buy one get one free coupons for filters, but my plan was to change filtration systems as soon as practical.
But.
I had a suspicion.
Somehow, somewhere in the back of my head there was a connection being made. I've been watering our lawn a lot lately, as I've mentioned before. And on some level I noticed that the filters died after I used them while the lawn sprinkler was going.
I don't know why that is. The outside faucet is located pretty much opposite the kitchen sink faucet, the one with the filter. So maybe (and I'm guessing here) there are surges of hot water through the kitchen faucet when the outdoor faucet is running? That would explain the destroyed filters.
I've been very careful not to use the filter while watering the lawn, and so far the filter has laster for several weeks - and it's still working well. I don't know what the connection is, but it does seem that there IS a connection...so the problem just might be solved.
Basically, they told me that the problem must be my fault. Our water must be bad. This was pur bullshit, as far as I'm concerned; our water is fine. We've used other filter systems, and have never had an issue with water quality before.
The filters were supposed to be good for 2 months or 100 gallons, and they were becoming totally useless after a week or less, and in under 10 gallons. There's just no way that Pur could convince me that our water (which is city water) is that bad.
They sent us a couple of buy one get one free coupons for filters, but my plan was to change filtration systems as soon as practical.
But.
I had a suspicion.
Somehow, somewhere in the back of my head there was a connection being made. I've been watering our lawn a lot lately, as I've mentioned before. And on some level I noticed that the filters died after I used them while the lawn sprinkler was going.
I don't know why that is. The outside faucet is located pretty much opposite the kitchen sink faucet, the one with the filter. So maybe (and I'm guessing here) there are surges of hot water through the kitchen faucet when the outdoor faucet is running? That would explain the destroyed filters.
I've been very careful not to use the filter while watering the lawn, and so far the filter has laster for several weeks - and it's still working well. I don't know what the connection is, but it does seem that there IS a connection...so the problem just might be solved.
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Many industrial water treatment systems purposely heat the water as part of the cleansing process, since that can kill bacteria (which a filter won't catch - filters are for hard water minerals and chemical deposits) while others use a UV flash system to sterilize the water of common bacteria (the water filter system we use to get our water at the Co-op uses the flash system as well as filters).
Is the pressure level at the sink changing when you water the lawn?
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*groan* :)