No Name Water Filtratiuon System HELP!


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Old 03-22-10, 11:39 PM
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No Name Water Filtratiuon System HELP!

My house came with a no name water processing system and from what I can tell, it was pretty pricey:

All Input and Output were 1 inch:

Stage 1 Large Housing Water Sediment Filter 5 Microns

Stage 2 Filter Tank with Unknown filter media with autotrol head.

STage 3 Carbon VOC filter Large housing

STage 4 .01 micron final filter Large Housing

Final stage: UV sterilizer.

How do I go about opening up the filter tank to see what medium I need to buy and recharge?

This system was moved from my old house a few miles away. Water is still from the same source. Filter company has since gone out of business.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Old 03-23-10, 04:37 AM
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Is the Autotrol valve a regenerating or backwashing valve? A regenerating valve would have a tank Salt or pot tank) hooked to it. A backwashing valve does not have the additional tank. Do you have iron or sulfur in the water?
 
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Old 03-23-10, 06:20 AM
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Does the stage 2 large filter tank have a "dome port"--a port near the top of the tank that allows the addition of media without removing the Autotrol head?
 
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Old 03-24-10, 09:02 AM
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Valve picture

Here's a pic of the Autotrol and the tank casing:

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There's a timer and what looks like a backwashing mechanism, but no brine tank like the usual water softeners.
The tank cover looks like it has a seam that you can split to get to the tank. NO access door.

Water is municipal. Worst thing is the white residue that is left when water dries on shiny stuff. It never happens in the dishwasher though.
I'll get a report from the city on the analysis.

There is one of those electronic scale gizmos that came with the house. I disconnected it for about 6 months and all the plumbing got this scale stuck to it. I reconnected it and things cleared up. The white stuff seems to stay suspended in the water with the thing on.

Am I overthinking this? Should I just throw a sediment filter on and see if that works? Still curious what the big filter tank was for.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Old 03-24-10, 09:10 AM
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Water Info

Hardness 134–216 milligrams per liter (mg/L) or parts per million (ppm).
This is equivalent to 9–15 grains per gallon (gpg).
pH 7.6–8.0 standard units
Chloramines 2.87–3.45 milligrams per liter (mg/L)
Total Chlorine 0.6–4.0 milligrams per liter (mg/L)
Iron 0.05–0.10 milligrams per liter (mg/L) under normal system conditions*
 
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Old 03-26-10, 02:03 PM
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I think you are going to have to remove the Autotrol head from the tank and get a sample of the media in the tank to determine what it is.

Given that you have a chlorinated water supply it is not clear why there is a need for the UV unit.

Your water is hard and you would benefit from a softener. If you installed a softener there is probably no need for any of the equipment you presently have.
 
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Old 03-26-10, 02:37 PM
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If the equipment was moved from one place to another Why?
Was any of the equipment in use while at the other house and why was it there?

What is in the water today that would require any of the equipment to be put back into place again?
 
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Old 03-27-10, 01:25 AM
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System was moved.

System was moved from the old house to the new house by the company. Then they went out of biz.

Same water supply. I just want to know what I need to do to get the water right given what is installed
 
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Old 03-27-10, 01:29 AM
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Thanks for the info. I'll check the tank and see what medium is used., If I can't use it. I'll toss it and get a new unit.
 
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Old 03-27-10, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by MBXB
Thanks for the info. I'll check the tank and see what medium is used., If I can't use it. I'll toss it and get a new unit.
If you need one of the pieces of equipment, re-tool it..

Say that the Autrol has a media like Brum in it, and you would like carbon.. that will work.
 
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Old 03-27-10, 10:44 AM
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Thanks Akpsdvan

Im going to have a go at it this weekend and see medium is in the tank.
 
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Old 03-27-10, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by MBXB
Im going to have a go at it this weekend and see medium is in the tank.
If you can get some out of the tank, try to get a photo and some of us here might be able too Id the media....

Depending on what has been going through the media... as what is in the water can change the color of some of the media.
 
 

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