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I spend $35 to replace the carbon filter on my water filter/pitcher every few months. Would the activated carbon used by home distillers be as good an option to filter my water? The exact brand I'm thinking about is Prestige stone activated carbon (.4-1.4mm), and I would be running it through a coffee filter in the existing housing on my water pitcher.

Can any chemists - amateur or professional - tell me if this would be a good or bad idea?

Not sure but if you want more information on filters look up the website for a company callled CUNO.

2009-04-16 14:46:12 by Lynn

carbonwaterfilters.net Are you getting the most from your carbon water filter. The proper maintenance and cleaning of these filters is important ...

I own a Katadyn Combi water filter. Carbon refill packets for it are expensive. There are many places to buy activated carbon in bulk relatively cheap. Physically it's a trivial matter to buy in bulk and use it in the filter but I'm wondering about the quality of the carbon, the form of the carbon and how suited it is for the filter or anything else I need to be aware of when buying carbon in bulk.

I think you might be in for more trouble than its worth. Activated carbon will come in a powder form, most likely. So then you'd have to open the filters, dump out the old stuff, and hope your system has enough pressure to push through that much carbon.

I would look into some heavy research on the fabrication of carbon filters before I tried to do something like that.

Its sort of like saying "gas is expensive, i think i'll just buy oil on the open market, and refine it at home to make the gasoline."

2008-10-23 21:38:58 by ckm

Price: $45.30

NSF Certified
High-quality replacement water filters
Compatible with all standard RO and filtration systems

Dont tell me to search it. Obviusoly i already tried. Please answer if you own one.

If you're going with a whole house water filtration system there are two types:

Automatic Backwash Filter Systems and Cartridge Filter Systems

Automatic Backwash Filter Systems - for use on private well water or municipal supply. Carbon filters for this type of system can range between $339.00 to $449.00

Cartridge Filter Systems - primarily in residential applications

There are three types of cartridge filter systems:

Whole House Cartridge Filter Systems
Whole House Disinfection Systems
Whole House Iron Reduction Filter System 20"

You can find prices for products mentioned in any of these categories at http://www.excelwater.com/eng/b2c/our_pr oduct_wh.php

2009-05-07 10:34:53 by emi1y

Price: $34.64 $24.02

Larger capacity RV water filter lasts an entire season
100 micron fiber filter
High-flow carbon filter with KDF to help prevent bacteria growth

Big push to turn from bottled water is great but what about the filters we are using (especially since the trap all those bad things like chlorine, lead, mercury, cysts, flouride etc.....) aren't we just then putting them back in the ecosystem?

The carbon inside them is biodegradable or you could use it for fuel. The plastic housing is probably recyclable only in a few places. Don't worry about the material trapped by the charcoal; the concentrations are miniscule.

2008-04-28 08:43:45 by RehabPT

I'm building my own water filter at home.

Yes, carbon is porous in nature and can filter out particles & impurities of different sizes. Carbon is the main filtering component in all water filters.

2009-03-27 00:42:54 by Bryan W