Water filter

[Russell_5041510]

Hello, wonder if anyone might be ableto advise ?

The water through our filter tastes very mettalic and I was coinsidering getting rid of the filter unit & just using it without. Does anyone know if this will be ok? - I was worried in case it might cause any damage to the boiler?

many thanks

 

[RogerL]

Standard practice is for filtered water to be piped to the kitchen cold supply, and for other taps to use unfiltered water. The water going through the boiler is not filtered.

Has your filter been changed? Most need changing after 30 days use but a few only need changing annually.

Your water system would benefit from annual sterilising with Puriclean, or similar, during which the filter should be removed from the housing and then a new filter fitted afterwards.

 

[WatsonJohnG]

Many new caravans are now supplied withoy a filter so to answer your question yes it will be OK.

After years of having caravans with filters I can honestly say that after 3 years without a filter I have noticed no worsening of taste.

Tea,coffee and Scotch taste just the same as before

 

[Russell_5041510]

Many new caravans are now supplied withoy a filter so to answer your question yes it will be OK.

After years of having caravans with filters I can honestly say that after 3 years without a filter I have noticed no worsening of taste.

Tea,coffee and Scotch taste just the same as before

Thanks to both of you - I will probably just operate without the filter.

 

[rob_jax]

Hi Russell,

The off-taste can be caused by manufacturing chemicals leaching out of the plastic pipes and containers in your water system. An in-line water filter can remove these compounds, but will saturate and stop working after quite limited use.

However if someone has used chlorine or chlorine bleach (in regions where the water is slightly acidic) to sterilise the water system, then very small amounts of the chlorine react with dissolved organic chemicals - such as fallen leaves or peat in the water companies supply reservoir, or leached chemicals from your water tank - to make organo-chlorine compounds.

If you are unlucky you can taste these particular organo-chlorine compounds at levels around one part in a billion, and the in-line filters don't help unless they are new.

Both Brenda and myself are very sensitive to the taste of organo-chlorines, and we don't drink water stored in our Eriba's water system. Somewhere in France last Summer we got a tank full of water with a splash of chlorine in it.

If we are making tea or coffee, we fresh fill our kettle from the drinking water tap - and even then notice vast differences in water taste. On some sites you know they've done work on the pipework or they have just been sterilising the pipes because of the taste of these organo-chlorines.

So if the water from the site tap is oK we use that, or end up buying Tesco "Value Spring Water" to make hot drinks.

Robert

 

[Russell_5041510]

Hi Russell,

The off-taste can be caused by manufacturing chemicals leaching out of the plastic pipes and containers in your water system. An in-line water filter can remove these compounds, but will saturate and stop working after quite limited use.

However if someone has used chlorine or chlorine bleach (in regions where the water is slightly acidic) to sterilise the water system, then very small amounts of the chlorine react with dissolved organic chemicals - such as fallen leaves or peat in the water companies supply reservoir, or leached chemicals from your water tank - to make organo-chlorine compounds.

If you are unlucky you can taste these particular organo-chlorine compounds at levels around one part in a billion, and the in-line filters don't help unless they are new.

Both Brenda and myself are very sensitive to the taste of organo-chlorines, and we don't drink water stored in our Eriba's water system. Somewhere in France last Summer we got a tank full of water with a splash of chlorine in it.

If we are making tea or coffee, we fresh fill our kettle from the drinking water tap - and even then notice vast differences in water taste. On some sites you know they've done work on the pipework or they have just been sterilising the pipes because of the taste of these organo-chlorines.

So if the water from the site tap is oK we use that, or end up buying Tesco "Value Spring Water" to make hot drinks.

Robert

Many thanks Robert. Yes, we too have resorted to using bottled water at some sites - at least you get a nice cup of tea !

 

[RayS]

Standard practice is for filtered water to be piped to the kitchen cold supply, and for other taps to use unfiltered water. The water going through the boiler is not filtered.

Has your filter been changed? Most need changing after 30 days use but a few only need changing annually.

Your water system would benefit from annual sterilising with Puriclean, or similar, during which the filter should be removed from the housing and then a new filter fitted afterwards.

On van's fitted with the Truma Crystal type filter included in the external pump connection, all the water entering the van if filtered. The after taste might perhaps be due to cleaning the lines through with Pruitab or similar and then not changing the filter element afterwards ?

 

[RogerL]

On van's fitted with the Truma Crystal type filter included in the external pump connection, all the water entering the van if filtered. The after taste might perhaps be due to cleaning the lines through with Pruitab or similar and then not changing the filter element afterwards ?

Truma Crystal housings have two outlets, one filtered the other not. It's normal to connect the filtered outlet to the kitchen cold supply and to connect the unfiltered outlet to the other cold taps and the water heater.

 

[AlfromYC]

The wife and I are new to caravaning but have 6 years camping experence under our belts. We always have and always will use a britter (or similar) water container/filter for our drinking water. It fits in the fridge so keeps nice and cold too!