Not ion exchange resin but probably a zeolite grain, used as a bulking agent, though it does trap some heavy metals in the structure, Ion exchange resin needs to be kept hydrated, if it dries it fails. It also looks like glass or clear yellowish plastic beads. The zeolite is used in the desiccant sachets as well as a bulking agent and to keep the silica gel crystals apart. Not much there, if it works past 2l of water it will be amazing. Basically you would need that full to the top with real resin and activated charcoal to have an effect, those are pure snake oil. Bet if you poured milk through it would come out still with cream in it. I took apart an inline charcoal filter for a water well, and it had around 1kg of activated charcoal in it, plus the output side had a big wad of burned copper wire, to provide some stabilisation to the water now there is no chlorine in it so the water dispenser tank does not grow a thick bacterial mat in it. After cleaning the water dispenser ( remove the 5cm of gel from the tank and use 5l of bleach to clean the piping) I simply left the filter out. Nobody noticed at all. New filter ( you need to change every 2 months) is $200, so working without was a big saving. Me, I use tap water, no filter, though I am considering putting in a 0.3 micron whole house filter to keep the piping clean. Those are cheap to buy, $5 each for the cartridge as an industrial 8in filter unit.
@helloariele6 жыл бұрын
I know my reply is 2 years late, but the directions for the filter cartridges do specify that you must keep them wet.
@bulwinkle8 жыл бұрын
The activated charcoal is manufactured from coconut shells.
@ironpirate83 жыл бұрын
"Ion exchange resin" Oh right, micro plastic balls. We need more of those in the world!
@mandolinic8 жыл бұрын
I was expecting to see at least one LED and a couple of transistors in there! Disappointing :-)
@phils46348 жыл бұрын
There WAS a capacitor dropper (but it dropped into the filter media :-D )
@donktheclown7 жыл бұрын
Mandolinic At least that would help to explain why they cost so much ,. someone's making ah good profit !!!
@IanTester9 жыл бұрын
I thought the point of activated carbon/charcoal is that it has a huge surface area for its size and this allows any toxins to react with it and be contained.
@o0julek0o9 жыл бұрын
Activated coal... >activated almonds
@donnafield26167 жыл бұрын
this was a great presentation thank you for sharing!!!!!
@befalcon94989 жыл бұрын
OMG thank you ive always wanted to know but never done it
@Slot1Gamer9 жыл бұрын
Can you pull apart one of the stone type filters next? Great video BTW :)
@thelbp9 жыл бұрын
hmm,that`s cool, i have a gravity water filter here that has a outside layer of porous ceramic and inside there is activated charcoal to absorb chlorine (there is a lot of chlorine taste in the tap water here) and there is also a third layer of colloidal Silver that should *kill* undesirable stuff. the "container" is made of clay that is a bit porous and allows water molecules to slowly "pass thru" and evaporate and keeps the inside up to 7 degrees celcius cooler without energy.
@danielleo97962 жыл бұрын
If you soak then blow through the bottom it clears up,back in business drippity drip. Thanks again
@HattmannenNilsson9 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the charcoal really precipitates out or if it's in fact the other way round. I.e. the spheres floating up (on the wet charcoal) or perhaps travelling to the top of the charcoal akin to the Brazil nut effect. Quite interesting either way.
@LynxSnowCat9 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that in the Brita (Canada) branded filters, the resin and the carbon are close enough in density that it won't separate easily with just water or vibration (though the carbon does get flushed out the top of the filter if I try filling my pitcher directly into it. I want to try recharging the carbon (boiling/baking off contaminants) for reuse in other things, but don't think puting plastic resing beads in the over will prooduce a favorable result. I've tried mechanically separating the components using a sheet of paper, and tilting/rolling the beads away. It worked but was too much effort to clean up after. Maybe if I made a vibrating tray with steps to catch the carbon it would be efficient enough. And, Leaving a jar of the mixed media ontop of my aircleaner/vibrating table has resulted in the larger carbon granuals interlocking, pushing the larger beads of resin and steel shot(!?) to the top layer, while smaller beads and granuals settle throughout the mix. Which isn't good enough.
@TheMichael7699 жыл бұрын
The "steel shot" is probably silver. Silver is is an effective antibaterial agent.
@LynxSnowCat9 жыл бұрын
I'd believe you if I found (on average) more than 1 shot per three filter/media cartridges. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ball_mills edit: I've put a 1L jar of media on top of my air cleaner, in a couple months (if I remember why I've done this and) I'll see if any metal shot has been exposed and try melting it to see it it is silver/silver alloy.
@LynxSnowCat3 жыл бұрын
(5 years later) Forgot to reply. Metal shot was magnetic enough be collected with a tool magnet then to stick to the jar lid afterwards; However it splintered apart after handling, and was set aside to avoid contaminating my electronics. ... It is at this point that I lost track of it before trying melting it or alloying it with solder, etc. I am still confident that it is extremely worn steel shot from the ball-mill that processed the activated carbon.
@grahampalmer93372 жыл бұрын
The 'activated charcoal', I believe, is derived from burnt Coconut shell/husk.
@blu3_enjoy3 жыл бұрын
very interesting. in my peon brain i always felt "filtering" tap water was necessary, but i guess it really just makes it softer? and why do they tell you to submerge it "until air bubbles stop coming out", i assume you're just priming the mixture sort of like you did... I'm going to research this to make up for my embarrassing non queried past usage
@TheChipmunk20089 жыл бұрын
I really wouldn't have expected ion exchange resin (I always assumed it was orange, probably due to the association with the word 'resin' to 'tree sap' LOL) I would NOT expect 'softening' to be a feature of a water 'filter'. I'd expect that to be the job of a water softener A filter I want to remove stuff that will harm me, not the kettle...
@zx8401ztv9 жыл бұрын
Thanks clive, i never knew what they were made of :-)
@locouk9 жыл бұрын
My mum uses these and I've never really understood why, I grew up on hard water and other than a bit of white calcite crust build up over time on a part of my body jewellery it appears just to increase a households carbon footprint.
@timramich9 жыл бұрын
+Green Silver Ever hear of the carbon cycle? Carbon is not evil.
@locouk9 жыл бұрын
Tim Ramich But plastics are, especially when they get into the seas and water courses.
@timramich9 жыл бұрын
+Green Silver Just because you once saw a picture of a dolphin caught in a 6-pack ring, you believe plastics are killing the earth?
@locouk9 жыл бұрын
Tim Ramich I'm not looking for an argument, you're obviously right. Have a good day.
@nomiserah9 жыл бұрын
+Green Silver They almost completely stop limescale buildup in my kettle the activated charcoal soaking it up until saturated. Got to be a healthier option.
@dcallstar519 жыл бұрын
You made me really nervous with that knife usage, ha!
@locouk9 жыл бұрын
A bit of blood in a video increases views by a massive amount and the risk involved has a great cringe factor!
@Elfnetdesigns9 жыл бұрын
+Green Silver So does vomit
@locouk9 жыл бұрын
ElfNet Gaming I beg to differ, a video thumbnail of a cut pinkie will probably get more views than a thumbnail of a puddle of vomit. Personal preference I guess but I'd generally avoid the puke. 😳 lol
@Elfnetdesigns9 жыл бұрын
Well the vomit comes with food eating videos - Reckless Eating, LA Beast, etc.. so yeah. I cant watch those channels, its gross but my roommate does. I'd rather see blood, sparks. and flames than vomit, snot, and shit.
@mikeschmidt52288 жыл бұрын
+labeast roec
@bongobrandy62977 жыл бұрын
It looks like smoke free gunpowder to me!
@audunjemtland82874 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. You're good at explaining. I have a 10" filter with a 10" housing, but the filter became moldy because I couldn't screw it shut, it didn't go all the way down to the buttom(rounded off housing at the buttom, two different manufacturors. How is the water supposed to flow when the filter is inside the housing?
@carlhewitt13958 жыл бұрын
Hi BigClive, I come from a survivalist / prepper background. It is generally recognised that the domestic water filters are generally pretty useless at removing stuff you actually want to get rid of. We use the best filters in the business, which currently are the Berkey range of filters. The design of these filters is such that they are cleanable & can be used in water containers you supply yourself if needed. These are industrial grade filters & will remove pretty much everything. The link is below. www.berkeywaterfilterseurope.com/berkey-products/berkey-replacements Regards Charlie
@TSconnection19 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool science experiment going on here! :P
@bulwinkle8 жыл бұрын
The activated charcoal has that morphology to maximize the surface area.
@thingyee11189 жыл бұрын
Try disassembling a Brita filter. The long ones. They look around 20-30cm long. I have one in use.
@fig8man9 жыл бұрын
+thingyee1118 those things are built like frickin tanks! threw one as hard as i could at a wall once and it bounced off hit me pretty hard. thing only had a large scuff mark.
@thingyee11189 жыл бұрын
ahha thats true. They do feel rock solid. lmao
@chistinelane7 жыл бұрын
fig8man I'd literally trust one to stop a bullet
@robinorhysrhys15625 жыл бұрын
Don't known if this channel is still responsive, I know this filter will also trap micro-organism and bacteria which proliferates. It is a vicious cycle if the chlorine is absorbed, and all types of bacteria going through? So it is essential to measure level of bacteria before and after filter (trapped in the device). Next is of course the filter of important minerals. Last point is a question, when you say the material can be cleaned up to some extent, what happen if this material is literally 'washed' with slightly acidic (or alkaline) liquid like vinegar (or sodium bicarbonate)?
@lieline4u7 жыл бұрын
Is this used one? Do you have any compare with used/new?
@32bitDK7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, now idont need to cut one open so see if i can clean and reuse it. :D
@HDXFH8 жыл бұрын
Charcoal removes odours and flavour
@sizedtoaster02782 жыл бұрын
Here's a little secret, take tap water from Flynt Michigan...and filter it....then...you still can't drink it. Lol
@zanchirou-Helix Жыл бұрын
Yt delete my old account but i finally found this wonderful channel again xD
@bigclivedotcom Жыл бұрын
Welcome back.
@MatthewsJez2 жыл бұрын
Anyone find once they open a water filter package, it's wet inside??... Makes me wondering if something unscrupulous is going on with recycling these?
@Elfnetdesigns9 жыл бұрын
My fridge has a square filter cartridge in side at the top for the ice maker and water tap in the door. It needs replacing because it is completely clogged up with crap from the city water line. But at $50 a cartridge = NOPE not today.
@bluegreenworld333 Жыл бұрын
Just buy some activated carbon as they use fir fish
@batintheattic72936 жыл бұрын
I've been opening used filters and keeping the contents. I spread it on top of the soil of the potted herbs on the window sill. I don't know whether that's a good thing, or a bad thing, but they haven't died and it has stopped the algae and mold. Has anybody discovered the perfect use for the used granules? Also, any botanical chemists (you know who you are :) ) out there that can tell me if I'm slowly poisoning my window garden?
@tulipsculptor4 жыл бұрын
Been thinking of doing the same. Unless the activated carbons also getting loaded up with some heavy metals and such, everything else would be sequestered nutrients for the soil and plants right? Would be great to hear a 2year updates on this from your potted herbs
@TeresaGriffith2 жыл бұрын
@@tulipsculptor Same thoughts led me here! Any updates/observations from other like-thinking folk?
@nerdyneondragonscoolness9808 жыл бұрын
This helped me a whole lot on my science fair project thanks!
@yolo-vl4wz3 жыл бұрын
can I use it on my skin?
@mrembeh18489 жыл бұрын
Very good Video. You might want to dim the light at the beginning, a bit overexposed. Also you might want to zoom in a bit more from 1:00 next time
@tennicktenstyl8 жыл бұрын
good luck trying that on an iPad
@jeffm27873 жыл бұрын
Course filter, LOL. Yep it'll stop a rock or two.
@iberilop9 жыл бұрын
Reverse osmosis filter is so much better than these... they also last longer! I was interested once about how effective these filters were and took samples of water to the local water testing place and the results were both filthy lol I guess the easiest way for me to test a water filter is with a pool ph test kit. my tap water is 7.6ph and through a cartridge filter it remains the same while through my reverse osmosis filter it drops to a 6.9, They say it removes 99.9% of contaminants... the other filter companies don't really say what their filters do....
@besnikbilali9166 жыл бұрын
thank you
@TheRealSasquatch9 жыл бұрын
you can reverse flush these with a strong brine solution to allow reuse of the cartridge
@dankwave39856 жыл бұрын
How exactly would one do this?
@nightcatarts2 жыл бұрын
@@dankwave3985 Just pump salt water through it, the same way a water softener "refreshes" itself every so often by cycling backwards & using the loaded salt instead of the mains tap water as it otherwise would. That's assuming that this really is the same resin used in those.
@kokorico066 жыл бұрын
The carbon is raggid to increase surface area for absorbtion
@twocvbloke9 жыл бұрын
That effect of the wet granules being poked is liquefaction I believe, the same effect that causes quicksand... And what's wrong with bog-standard corporation pop? Unless you live in parts of Lancashire where they poured something toxic in the water, it's all good... :P
@bigclivedotcom9 жыл бұрын
+twocvbloke Who said I was filtering water through it.......
@twocvbloke9 жыл бұрын
bigclivedotcom Ah, you're filtering vodka... :P
@bigclivedotcom9 жыл бұрын
+twocvbloke Darn! So I'm not the first to think of cleaning harsh vodka in this way. :(
@twocvbloke9 жыл бұрын
bigclivedotcom Sadly not, they tried it on Mythbusters, and it seemed to not work according to a professional vodka taster, but that said the average drinker ain't going to care when they've had a few... :P
@nomiserah9 жыл бұрын
+twocvbloke Yer, Delboy and Rodney got away with bottling 'Peckham Spring' pop ... Great!!
@MrOramato4 жыл бұрын
typical packaging in 2020 America. SPACE. You pay for AIR !!!
@ogretheberserker26188 жыл бұрын
You opened a Brita filter by the looks next do a Zero Water filter.
@TDJDriftersBoss9 жыл бұрын
New video sweet!
@appletree84416 жыл бұрын
Fluoride is a major health concern. No government should be doctoring the water supply with it
@Mikey-ym6ok5 жыл бұрын
No it's not you drama queen.
@joinedupjon8 жыл бұрын
There's a rumour that passing cheap vodka through one of those filter elements several times makes it taste like expensive vodka... that's probably already been done to death on youtube but it'd be interesting to know if the same treatment could make methylated spirits any more palatable by removing the taste modification chemicals
@reginaldsoto44098 жыл бұрын
many years ago my family members made home made moonshine and passed threw the filter like 7 times then drink it
@diamaunt27827 жыл бұрын
+joinedupjon re: methylated spirits, that way leads to blindness and death.
@reginaldsoto44097 жыл бұрын
Michael Masterson they got drunk and no blindness or death
@diamaunt27827 жыл бұрын
+Reginald Soto: I'm talking about methylated spirits, which is rather a different thing, though careless distilling can still be rather dangerous.
@reginaldsoto44097 жыл бұрын
Yes they made wine then distilled the wine into moonshine then ran through filter to see if would do anything to better it they did that for a long time
@JustinKoenigSilica8 жыл бұрын
question: does it get rid of calcium? our water is pretty calcium heavy, meaning it fucks up everything we use (coffee machine, water boiler, pots) and leaves... something white.
@pawelkorzeniewski48978 жыл бұрын
Get some vinegar and you're sorted.
@wupme8 жыл бұрын
+Justin Koenig don't get them. Those filters are actually a breeding ground for bacteria. NONE of them are advisable to use at all
@JustinKoenigSilica8 жыл бұрын
djteac plan to use it in cooking application anyways, it's always going to be boiled.
@DanDart8 жыл бұрын
+Justin Koenig limescale from hard water?
@Tom-ll7xu7 жыл бұрын
If you want to show images of what you see under your microscope, then you can get USB microscopes on eBay for a few £. It's essentially a webcam with a microscope on the end.
@bigclivedotcom7 жыл бұрын
I'm currently investigating a multi-camera setup.
@cyancoyote73667 жыл бұрын
That would be neat.
@tima35566 жыл бұрын
At the same time drawing is a great way to learn and really "see". Great teaching technique in itself.
@WIZARDWERX7 жыл бұрын
thx
@MrOramato4 жыл бұрын
My 10 gallon fish tank had better filtration than that and you could change the charoal/resin and “wool” we called it, for about 5¢.
@DonaldSleightholme9 жыл бұрын
is it magnetic?
@bigclivedotcom9 жыл бұрын
+Donald Sleightholme No. Just the carbon and resin.
@appletree84416 жыл бұрын
No transmission
@highbridgepottery82519 жыл бұрын
I am surprised you don't own the cheapo 20x - 200x digital microscopes. Under £20 and well worth the money, basically a webcam microscope. I did a little stop motion video with it but could record easily You only have two focal points. 20 or 200, nothing in between.
@paulkyle78409 жыл бұрын
Carbon
@simonjandrell58977 жыл бұрын
i am quite glad i do not use water filters, after watching this.. Ouch!