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Grit Catcher Saves Water Filters
Grit in the water line can mess up water heaters and plug lines. Filters take care of the grit, but excessive grit shortens filter life. Everette Ponder came up with a simple way to pull out grit before water reaches the filter.
"The area I live in has a lot of grit in the water," explains Ponder. "I knew that wh
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Grit Catcher Saves Water Filters FARM HOME Miscellaneous 31-4-31 Grit in the water line can mess up water heaters and plug lines. Filters take care of the grit, but excessive grit shortens filter life. Everette Ponder came up with a simple way to pull out grit before water reaches the filter.
"The area I live in has a lot of grit in the water," explains Ponder. "I knew that when water goes into a larger pipe, it slows down and the grit should fall out, so I added a larger diameter pipe between the pump and the filter."
To capture the grit and make it easy to remove, Ponder used a T design. The standard 1-in. line coming from the water pump is interrupted by a section of 2-in. line to slow the water. The 2-in. T installed in the line has a 10-in. long section of pipe extending down to a 2-in. ball valve.
"As water passes across the top of the T, the grit drops out and down to the ball valve," says Ponder. "To empty the grit, I simply open the valve. I don't have to shut off the water or anything." Ponder suggests mounting the T and ball valve high enough so a bucket can be placed beneath it. The entire apparatus cost him about $25. Savings in extended filter life quickly paid for it.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Everette Ponder, Jr., 3 Paramount Drive, Leicester, N.C. 27848 (ph 828 683-1694).
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