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Just on average, how long does a filter last?

We drink a lot of water and change ours about every 4 months.

2009-07-27 10:37:10 by Samantha

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My roommate and I are lazy as hell, AND broke. We have a Brita water pitcher and I swear the filter has been in there for at least 8 months, maybe a year. I just want to know if there's a risk of getting sick or poisoned by not changing those little buggers out every 3 months like the box suggests.

We seem fine now.

The filter has pulled out all the contaminants it can. So it is no longer filtering the water. However, since you have maxed out the effectiveness of the chemical component of the filter, not only does it slow the rate at which water passes through the filter, it is also 'washing' the water over the excess contaminants.

If you are not going to replace the filter, you are better off removing the entire thing and allowing yourself to use the entire pitcher.

2008-01-17 20:19:09 by Lee

I am just wondering how a Brita work.
Is it basically chromatography?

Does the Brita filter change hard water into soft water by removing Ca or Mg ions?

The cartridge is an mixed bed ion exchange resin that removes anions and cations.

2009-07-04 00:04:05 by n7elqtkl@ymail.com

the digital thing doesn't seem to do anything, nor does the manual dial, is one supposed to turn the dial every time they fill it? and if so, what about the digital thing?

When the flow slows, change it.

2006-05-07 15:58:24 by wondering

(Los Angeles) Every now and then, the water in my brita water filter turns green at the bottom. I've cleaned the filter many times and changed the filter itself. Is my filter growing algae or something or is the filter not catching something coming out of my faucet?!!

This is the second time it's happened and I have not exceeded the lifespan of both filters. Is this green stuff going to cause me to get sick? I may have drank a cup or two without noticing.

I would guess that the green color is from copper pipes and probably not from algae unless the source is not filtering it out. Algae would only be there and green if it had a light source. It would not live without light and some food and so would be brown. Oxides of copper would be green, like an old penny, like the inside of old copper pipes which is the only material that most municipalities allow in the US for home water service. Always struck me as funny, here anyway, that the town can run PE pipe to your house, frequently from iron pipe, yet they require copper house lines with silver based soldier, no more lead (for good reason).

2008-06-16 15:21:17 by Dantes