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What do you use to filter your tap water?
I was wondering what solutions people have found in order to filter your tap water. The solution on a small scale is just using your typical Brita filter, but that is not scalable when you are trying to filter enough water for a 5 gallon all-grain batch. Any suggestions or success stories regarding what you use to help filter a lot of tap water I would love to hear about being that I am looking to transition away from using spring water to help reduce my brewing costs.
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My tap water isn't to bad so I have a whole house filter with a carbon filter mounted on my brew rig. Works great for me.
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I use an RV filter attached to my outdoor spigot that cost me under $20 on Amazon. Flow rate is fast, and the filter has a long life. Water tastes sweet and no chlorine smell. Will not work for Chloramides (sp).
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Seems like I can just use campden tablets to eliminate the chloramides.
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I use an Culligan RV filter then treat for chloramine.
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This is the one I use. Lifetime guarantee, good quality, nice people.
http://www.purewaterproducts.com/model77.htm It takes standard 9.75" X 2.5" Cartridges. You’re supposed to replace the cartridge annually, but I’ve used the same one for years, I just clean it. My water supplier uses ozone, so I don’t have to worry about chloramine. |
This with an activated carbon cartridge. It made a noticable difference in the taste of my water. I plumbed it directly in to the spigot I installed in my garage for brewing. I also put a bypass so I'm not using filtered water for my chiller.
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I have a pur filter but I have started buying distilled or RO water and building up from there.
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I have an undersink filter (similar to the whole house previously shown, albeit with smaller in/out connections) that has a carbon/charcoal element. Flowrate isn't a gusher, but it'll do just a bit under 1 gpm though the 1/4" id tubing it's connected with. Maybe would do a bit more but I usually don't open the valve all the way because then the stream pressure is enough I have to restrain the tubing.
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If its Chlorine, just fill up some pots, and aerate them over 25 hours. If its Chloramine, use 1/2 a Campden table (costs you 1.5 cents). Particulate matter? |
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