Shopping CartCulligan HF-150A 3/4-Inch Whole House Sediment Water Filter
date : January 26th, 2012Culligan
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Tags : 3/4Inch, Culligan, Filter, HF150A, House, Sediment, Water, Whole
- Extends life of washing machines, hot water heaters, and other water-using household appliances
- Quick and easy to install
- Durable opaque housing
- 3/4-inch inlet/outlet for installation on main cold water line
- 5-year limited warranty
The human body is nearly 80% water. We all strive to be healthy, and the first step in achieving good health is drinking clean pure water! The best and easiest way to do that is with a Culligan drinking water filter! This HF-150A micron water filter features a durable opaque housing style with quick and easy installation and it detoxifies your drinking water as well as the added befefits of extending the life of washing machines, water heaters and other household appliances. The Culligan granula
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unusable due to poorly cut NPT threads,
There’s one flaw that makes the Culligan HF-150A unusable, at least for me: The NPT threads for the inlet and outlet are cut incorrectly and do not work well with standard fittings.
As everyone knows, NPT threads are cut on a taper, so that the pieces snug into each other as you tighten. Both threads on this filter are cut too large. When you try to screw in standard NPT compression fittings, the fittings bottom out before becoming acceptably snug. (I wasn’t even using a wrench; I was tightening them by hand!)
I discovered this while I was dry fitting everything, and without thread tape. However, several professional plumbers at the local plumbers’ supply house agreed that all was not right with this unit. They tell me that one would expect that the fittings should get snug well before bottoming out, even without thread tape.
One plumber at the supply house suggested I kludge it with LOTS of thread tape, and maybe a water hose gasket; others suggested trashing this unit and getting a “good” one. Not wanting to kludge or experiment, I went with the latter suggestion ditched this filter.
Note: The instructions talk about using a “BF-34″ fitting kit to install this. Perhaps the only fittings that work with this are the BF-34 fittings. I don’t know. As I said above, I gave up on this filter.
Whatever filter you end up using, I suggest putting a cut-off valve on *BOTH* sides of it; that will make filter changes much easier. Being able to isolate the filter on both sides, you won’t have to turn off the water supply on the inlet, and won’t have the rest of the plumbing draining on your face through the outlet.
Caveat emptor.
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|Great product, super quality,
A must for every house, super efficient and great quality. Easy to install for even the bigginer. Multiple filter options for any use.
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|Great value,
These are a great value in terms of both up front cost and long term flexibility in using a variety of filter mediums. I use this as an under counter filter for both a dedicated drinking water tap and our ice maker line. I preferred this to alot of the kits as alot of the kits have cheap lines etc.
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