rockandroller
New Member
First, I'm totally new to "all things plumbing"... but now live in a house in the country with a deep well and water softener. It's a ten year old home and came with ZERO documentation.
I need to find out all about everything - but first things first, the carbon filter is very overdue for changing (noticeable sulphur odor to the water, and the previous owner reports that "they never changed it" during the previous ten years)
I went to the "BIG BLUE" manufacturer's website, and they had a great video about changing the filter media by using "the filter bypass circuit". However, when this place was built they didn't bother installing a filter bypass circuit.
So I'm hoping I can get some advice here about how I can "de-pressurize" the filter completely so that I don't end up with water spraying all over the place when I open the casing. I do gather I'll need to have a bucket handy
I am a little concerned that if I do things wrong I might end up getting too much air in the lines - again I currently know zero about plumbing, the science of hydraulics is one big mystery.
As far as I can trace the pipes (see attached diagram) the flow looks like this:
WELL ( in yard)
Jacuzzi P.O.D tank
a faucet
shutoff valve "A"
ECO water softener
BIG BLUE water filter
shutoff valve "B"
another faucet
"Tee" connection splitting off the main cold water line to the house
shutoff valve "C"
Inlet to the hot water heater
What would be the correct procedure for changing the water filter media?
PS: The Big Blue Water Filter has a red button on top near the inlet (see pic) - not yet sure what that's for...
I need to find out all about everything - but first things first, the carbon filter is very overdue for changing (noticeable sulphur odor to the water, and the previous owner reports that "they never changed it" during the previous ten years)
I went to the "BIG BLUE" manufacturer's website, and they had a great video about changing the filter media by using "the filter bypass circuit". However, when this place was built they didn't bother installing a filter bypass circuit.
So I'm hoping I can get some advice here about how I can "de-pressurize" the filter completely so that I don't end up with water spraying all over the place when I open the casing. I do gather I'll need to have a bucket handy
I am a little concerned that if I do things wrong I might end up getting too much air in the lines - again I currently know zero about plumbing, the science of hydraulics is one big mystery.
As far as I can trace the pipes (see attached diagram) the flow looks like this:
WELL ( in yard)
Jacuzzi P.O.D tank
a faucet
shutoff valve "A"
ECO water softener
BIG BLUE water filter
shutoff valve "B"
another faucet
"Tee" connection splitting off the main cold water line to the house
shutoff valve "C"
Inlet to the hot water heater
What would be the correct procedure for changing the water filter media?
PS: The Big Blue Water Filter has a red button on top near the inlet (see pic) - not yet sure what that's for...
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