Delfin
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This may be more of a problem in the PNW, but all watermakers require a 5 micron filter in front of the membranes, and these clog up really quickly. Even bought online, if you make a lot of water the cost gets annoying. The problem is that these filters trap algae and krill on the inside of the filter where you really can't easily get to it for cleaning.
To fix this, I bought a telescoping irrigation riser and a 90 degree irrigation nozzle from Ace. Extended, the riser will just fit inside the filter and the 90 degree nozzle directs the water to one section of the pleats at a time. You can really flush the filter out using this, let it dry and it seems to be clean enough to work as well as a brand new filter. I inspect the filter each time I clean it to make sure there are no holes, but this season instead of going through 15 filters, I have used the same 2.
To fix this, I bought a telescoping irrigation riser and a 90 degree irrigation nozzle from Ace. Extended, the riser will just fit inside the filter and the 90 degree nozzle directs the water to one section of the pleats at a time. You can really flush the filter out using this, let it dry and it seems to be clean enough to work as well as a brand new filter. I inspect the filter each time I clean it to make sure there are no holes, but this season instead of going through 15 filters, I have used the same 2.