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How to Operate your Model 77
Countertop Filter as an Emergency or Camping Siphon Filter
Your Pure Water Products countertop water
filter (or your double countertop filter) can be used as a
siphon filter when no pressurized water source is available. It
is just as effective as the most expensive "gravity"
filter. All you need is a one-piece conversion kit that is
available free for the asking when you purchase the unit. Here's
how you do it:
1. Remove the diverter assembly (the part with
the little knob you pull out to make water go through the
filter) from the hose. Simply remove the nut that holds it on.
2. Remove the entire spout assembly from the
body of the filter simply by screwing in out of the port. In its
place, screw the small John Guest push-in fitting provided, with
four feet of plastic tubing attached, into the port.
To operate the siphon filter:
1. Put the water to be filtered in an open
container at least a foot or so above the top of the countertop
filter. Put the "In" tubing (the hose you removed the
diverter valve from) well into the container so it can suck
water from the container.
2. Suck Hard on the outlet hose until
water comes out into your mouth. It's just like sucking on a
soda straw, but you'll have to suck a lot harder, especially if
you start with an empty water filter. Courage . . . you can do
it.
3. When water starts to come out of the tube,
quickly place the outlet hose lower than the bottom of the water
filter so that gravity can pull the water through the hose, thus
establishing a siphon. If water doesn't keep coming, repeat the
process until you get a good connection established.
4. When you've got a good flow (a fast drip or
a small stream), position a clean container to collect the
filtered water at least a foot below the bottom of the water
filter. Let the filtered water collect in the clean container.
With a ceramic cartridge in your filter, you
can expect to produce about one quart of water per hour. With a
carbon block filter, production will be faster or slower
depending on the tightness of the filter and how well it's
broken in.
To purify non-potable water (e. g., water from
a pond or a stream), filter the water as described through a
ceramic filter. If a carbon filter is used, the water must be
chlorinated or boiled. To chlorinate, simply add a couple of capfuls of household bleach
to a gallon of water (before filtering), mix well, allow to
stand for a few minutes so the chlorine can do its work, then filter
through your carbon filter. (The chlorine will kill bacteria in
the water, then your carbon filter will remove the chlorine,
making good, drinkable water.)
If you have trouble, please call for advice.
PURE WATER PRODUCTS
Box 2783 * Denton,
TX 76202
pwp@pwgazette.com
(940) 382-3814
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