High Performance Tamper, Corrosion & UV-Resistant 304 Stainless Steel Enclosed Triple Whole House Water Filter System (HPF-3)
- Ideal for installation on Rainwater Tank Water
- Watermark certified housing included with this item
- Durable Tamper, Corrosion and UV-Resistant 304 Brushed Stainless-Steel Enclosure & Frame Looks Great & Helps Protect Your Filter System
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Big Blue Triple Filter System (Pre-Installed)
- 3 x 20" x 4.5" Big Blue Filter Housings
- 3 x Pressure Gauges [Max 150psi / 1035kpa]
- 3 x 1/4" O-Ring + Pressure Gauge Hole Plugs
- 1x Heavy Duty Housing Opening Spanner
- Your Choice of Filters (Select Filters in Drop Down Menus)
- Instruction/Warranty Sheet
Washable sediment filters are pleated filters that can be cleaned and reused and the abbreviation CBC means carbon block cartridge. With selecting filters you should consider how much sediment you have in your tank water and step the filters down i.e. start with a high number sediment filter in the first filter then a finer filter in the second filter and the finest filter in the last filter housing.
Silver infused filters have anti-bacterial properties and if you have selected a non-antibacterial final stage filter i.e. heavy metals or tannin reduction filter, it is advisable to change this every six months and to have an antibacterial filter as your second filter unless you have a final stage ultra violet water steriliser before your drinking water. Carbon block filters rated 0.5uM are rated to physically filter out parasitic micron-organisms i.e. giardia, cryptosporidium, blastocysts and cysts and will work well with a UV post filter to safely drink tank water.
NEW High Performance Tamper, Corrosion, and UV-Resistant 304 Stainless Steel Enclosed Triple Whole House Water Filter System has been specifically designed to withstand the harsh conditions of the Australian environment, to help protect your whole house filter investment from UV exposure, heat damage, corrosion, and tampering. Just as you would protect any other house fixture from the weather, this unit is a must for those who want to protect their whole house filter system investment, in addition to maintaining a neat-looking home exterior.
Pre-fitted and easy to install thus saving time and installation costs, this solid unit is built to endure from the inside-out, featuring a sleek and industrially-designed 304 Brushed Stainless Steel Enclosure. 304 Stainless Steel is renowned for its strength and resistance to corrosion and oxidization thanks to the tough composition of steel, nickel, and chromium alloy. Chromium, in particular, is what makes this 304 Stainless Steel housing truly stainless, as it prevents the formation of rust with an ultra-thin and strong layer of chromium molecules that protect the underlying steel structure.
The Triple Cartridge Design, based on our Full Sized 20" x 4.5" Reinforced UV Resistant "Big Blue" housings, gives you peak water flow and a long contact time for maximum impurity reduction, with the freedom to customize your selection of premium-grade Sediment, 100% Coconut Carbon Block and Hard Water Conditioning filters (see below), which are certified to National Sanitation Foundation Standard No. 42. Pressure gauges also come standard with this system, to help you identify how your filters are going - simply mark the pressure level of each gauge upon installation. When you notice a significant drop in the level of pressure, this signals that your filter is starting to exhaust its capacity! This feature is super handy, particularly for those who get a lot of sediment on tank/bore** water.
WaterMark Certification
This Water Filter System is certified to WaterMark Standards AS/NZS 3497 under Certificate Number 23247
WaterMark Certification is the level of certification required by law for a licensed plumber in Australia to install a water filter system. All products used under this certification will give you peace of mind, knowing that your water filter complies with Australian plumbing codes.
Our WaterMark Certified filter systems are hand-assembled here in Australia and are randomly batch tested to ensure top quality and workmanship for your water filtration products.
Technical Specs
System Size Dimensions: Height: 74.5cm
Width: 60cm
Depth: 22cm
Filter Cartridge Size: 20" x 4.5"
Ports: 1" Female BSP Inlet/Outlet Ports
Pressure: 0 - 620 kPa
Limit Pressure: ≤ 500 kPa
Temperature: 0.5°C - 37.8°C
Max Flow: 60 Ltrs/min (*System tested to 160 Ltrs/min. Max flow measured without cartridge. Refer to cartridge specs for flow rates.)
Initial P@Flow: 10 kPa @ 57 Ltrs/min
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SYSTEM ALONE MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR RAIN, TANK AND BORE WATER FILTRATION. IF THIS IS YOUR WATER SOURCE, PLEASE SCROLL RIGHT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND READ THE LAST SECTION
Australia is the world’s driest inhabited continent, and an astonishing 10% of Aussies don’t have access to a mains water supply, so it’s no wonder why rainwater and bore storage tanks are so popular in rural areas to save water during drought and for household use all year round in cooking, cleaning, gardening, bathing and sometimes even drinking. However, whilst many people enjoy the sweet taste of rain and spring water, and some even swear by the ‘raw water’ trend which proponents (sometimes falsely) believe has more minerals and fewer contaminants than regular chlorinated town water, we cannot stress enough that drinking untreated water is a very bad idea!
Scarily, in Australia, the general public perception is that rainwater is pure, clean, and safe to drink, but according to the Australian Environmental Health committee’s Guidance of the Use of Rainwater tanks, the fact is that the microbial quality of tank-collected rainwater is typically worse than regular urban tap water, and not to mention, the chemical quality of rainwater can be negatively impacted for those living near heavy industry or in areas with heavy traffic emissions. For example, rainwater samples in Port Pirie, South Australia, (which has one of the world’s largest lead smelters), have been found to contain levels of lead that exceed Australian Drinking Water Guidelines by up to ten times! Even bushfire can contaminate rainwater! And that’s not to mention the microbiologically sickening soup of bacteria, viruses parasites that inevitably make their way into your tank from disease-spreading insects such as mosquitoes, the excrement and decaying carcasses of frogs, snakes, rodents, and possums that commonly live in and around tanks, and the droppings from bats and birds flying overhead! Also consider that bacteria tend to proliferate in moist and warm environments, meaning that warmer weather, in particular, has the tendency to turn your tank into a putrefied bacterial breeding ground. Thus, whilst rainwater may smell odourless, taste great, and look clean and clear to the naked eye, with the human senses alone, you simply cannot tell what potentially harmful microscopic contaminants could be lurking in your tank water (even after filtering the water with carbon) – and you certainly don’t want to be drinking it!
If your tanks have not been well cleaned and maintained you may need to install a ultra violet water steriliser after this system for your drinking water either to the whole house or just at the pint where you get your drinking water from i.e. under the kitchen sink.
If you tank water is acidic and you have copper pipes you may need to increase the pH of your water to avoid "pitting" of your copper pipes and copper leaching into your water and if this is the case contact us as you may need to install a pH neutralizing filter or vessel before this unit.
Please message us if this the case or you are unsure and need advise on how to sterilise your tank water and the appropriate system for safe drinking water.
