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Faucet that works with Pall filter for kitchen
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 27 3:02pm | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
We have a two-stage filter under the sink. The first filters sediment down to one micron and removes it. The second is a medical-grade .2 micron filter. The water runs to a tap right there. Filters are changed as soon as the flow at the tap slows - typically 3 months. We change the short tubing at the same time, although it should be okay as it is after filtering.
Sorry - no brand names for you - this was created by my spouse for our exact needs over a period of time.
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Hi Sue,
Couldn’t you please, at least, share the brands of the 1 and 0.2 micron filters that you use?
Thank you!
I just saw this in the NTMir site from 2022 from Dr. Falkinham. Don’t you think this logic would apply to the lines leading up to the tap in your own system?
“The filters should be attached at the tap, where the water comes out. The larger pore filter (1-5 micrometer pores) comes first, then the 0.2 micrometer pore size filter comes nest (last). The larger pore filter removes particulates that would clog the smaller pore size filter.
Under the counter, would mean that the filtered and NTM-free water could pick up NTM adhering to the pipe walls between the filters and the tap.”
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Joseph Falkinham
Professor of Microbiology
Virginia Tech
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Thank you, Sue. So your tap is under the sink? The filtered water is not at the sink itself? I’m confused! If it water needs to travel up to sink from filters under sink then that isn’t strictly point of use b/c it has to go through some line before reaching your faucet, no?