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Aqua-Pure AP101T Whole House Transparent Sump Pump

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This is a whole house (2 or 3 people) filter unit with a shut off head on it that twists 30 degrees to either shut off the water going through the filter housing, or straight (as the photo shows) for normal operation.
I have been running one of these for the past 6-1/2 years in Fort Mohave, Arizona (Hot and Dry).
The unit WILL NOT LAST 10 YEARS IN THIS CLIMATE. I can only speak of the climate I live in, but assume the results would be much the same unless you are living in paradise, and then you would be drinking from artesian well
In the real world, you need at least one of these to stop the muck from getting into your house.
I woke up a few days ago at three or four in the morning to walk the dog and had a gusher coming out of this filter, and running down the embankment. The filter housing had cracked. Replaced the housing with the cheaper opaque unit and two days later it sprang another leak out of the head.

My recommendation is to not get this unit with the shut off head (it is a pain in the rump) and go for the AP802 at 45gpm (large house)or the AP801 at 20gpm which is closer to this AP101T at only 8gpm.
You do need to have the capability to shut off the water to the unit to replace the filter, so just put in a simple ball valve since you are doing plumbing work anyway.

Again, my AP101T only lasted about 6-1/2 years, and when these things go (And they always go at three A.M.), you get a higher water bill and if installed in the wrong place, water damage.

Also, all of this type of filter use an O-ring that needs to be lubricated when installed; you can use electric grease, or the 3M stuff at $17.00 a tube (big tube) from your supplier.

I have seeing this filters beeng used for filtering drinking water and also filtering well water for the whole house. I use mine to filter drinking water and for my ice machine.
I have one think to say : The filtered water is much better than most botteled waters on the market and the cartridge lasts at least 6 months or more (depending on usage)