Water Filter Replacement

[itat]

Originally Posted by BandJCarm

I don't have an in-house filter. I add one to the water hose connection. I started out getting the 'best' filter from here:
https://www.rvwaterfilterstore.com/PR.htm
and ended up with shower trickles in many campgrounds. Talked to a bunch of long time campers, and they said that the type campgrounds we stay in, filtering water is mostly a non-issue (not always, I realize). So I got a cheapo Camco filter and am making a place to hang it in the water bay, and an Evo 'fast flow' filter.....and if that doesn't help, I may just remove it entirely! I use bottled water for my one cup of morning coffee and the refrig has a built in water filter.......so.......

more filtering equals less pressure, and vice versa.

Originally Posted by 5picker

If you ended up with pressure problems AFTER installing a filter, you have one of a couple problems...

1. Your filter became clogged.
Are you sure you want to remove it and get whatever clogged the filter into your plumbing?

2. Your flow rate/port size in the filter was too small to begin with.

I use the F1Pb filter from the RV Water Filter Store and have no problems with water pressure. In fact, at the KOA that we stayed at last weekend, my water pump gave better pressure than the "city water" spigot. I did upgrade my water to pump to the SHURflo 4008-101-E65 3.0 Revolution Water Pump

[Hemlock04]

Originally Posted by RACarvalho

I'm about to do the same on mine.
How did you get the filter disconnected?
Can you do it without messing with the crimp rings?
I'm concerned if I don't re-crimp and change the pex pipes this will weaken the connection and we can have leaking there in the future....

Tks,
R

I cut the braided hose going to the camper with a razor close to the fitting coming out of the filter. Then I cut the T that connects the street water, pump and hose to filter out with the razor. I put in a new 1/2" T and connected the three hoses I cut. I used gold old fashion clamps with the nut driver/screw adjustment.

[Steeljag]

Looks like I have the WaterPur!

[lgray]

Originally Posted by Steeljag

Looks like I have the WaterPur!Attachment 139905Attachment 139906

Bright side is its not the KW1, but still a WaterPur , EXTORSION business model, filter and housing...may as well use it until the filter is spent and your replacement is obtained.

[itat]

As I said in post #6, the CCI-10-CLW housing is fine, but you'll want to use aftermarket filters. You'll have to decide what quality you want in a filter.

[RangeMaggotBob]

Originally Posted by Steeljag

Great.....now I'm gonna have to put my coffee down and go check it...LOL !

[deartruc]

I also replaced the filter with a coupler and went Camco. If the FR1 could have been a quality housing I would have been willing to pay the $30 per filter. It's supposed to last 90 days and I don't camp 90 days / year. So it would have been once a year. But the housing didn't make it 90 days. The FR1 specs filter down to 5 microns. The Camco is 30 microns.

[sgtlm17]

I have the CCI-10-CLW housing. I use the Camco Evo Premium 10 inch filter which is 5 microns and removes just about everything. Fits perfect. You can see the specs here. http://amzn.to/2qQuC8z

[m35a2]

I'm using this.

Camco 40631 EVO Premium Water Filter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00523AMBC..._NeOmzbNX9MGCS

I think it will accept any 10" filter if I decide I don't like the Camco evo ones. (One reason I went with this one)

[Steeljag]

Originally Posted by sgtlm17

I have the CCI-10-CLW housing. I use the Camco Evo Premium 10 inch filter which is 5 microns and removes just about everything. Fits perfect. You can see the specs here. http://amzn.to/2qQuC8z

Any water pressure issues with Camco filters ?

[sgtlm17]

I have only run about 100 gallons through it so far but no water pressure issues as of yet. This is my first time trying it.

[DavidBo]

I replaced the stock filter housing (right) with this. Now I have a much greater variety of cheaper and easily available filter cartridges.
It was more difficult project than I expected primarily due to the awkward location of the filter; my older bones don't contort quite as well as they used to.
Also, I had to track down the proper fittings to work with the trailer's braided hose and the different thread size of the new filter. I found just what I needed at Tractor Supply. Be careful not to use brass fittings not designed for plumbing as they can contain lead. Fortunately the ones I found are nylon.

[bikendan]

Originally Posted by pcryer

Kinda off topic but kinda not...I am in the process of sanitizing the fresh water system for the first time. I can't get the filter canister unscrewed and I don't want to break it. Any tips on getting it off? Doesn't help that it is in a very tight place. Forest River 2800QS.

Thanks

Since this is posted in the Roo/Shamrock hybrids section of the Forum, your Sunseeker's filter might be different.

[Martsing]

Originally Posted by pcryer

Kinda off topic but kinda not...I am in the process of sanitizing the fresh water system for the first time. I can't get the filter canister unscrewed and I don't want to break it. Any tips on getting it off? Doesn't help that it is in a very tight place. Forest River 2800QS.

Thanks

You could try turning off the pump or disconnecting from city. The pressure makes it very tight.

Marty

[DavidBo]

Originally Posted by pcryer

Kinda off topic but kinda not...I am in the process of sanitizing the fresh water system for the first time. I can't get the filter canister unscrewed and I don't want to break it. Any tips on getting it off? Doesn't help that it is in a very tight place. Forest River 2800QS.

Thanks

Mine was really tight too. I had to use a strap wrench to break it loose, but be careful as you could easily rip the entire unit loose from its mount.

[pcryer]

I.tried to delete post. I didn't realize I was.in the wrong group. Got some bigger muscle and got it off =) Thanks to everyone.