in this video, I'm gonna show you how to replace the inline carbon filter right here first you want
to locate your pressure tank valve which is right here and then your inlet valve which is on my case
right here and you want to close them then you want to make sure that your water is drained by
opening the valve on the dispenser typically you can remove these by removing these from the clamps
like this just so you can access them better now I have to remove these now I labeled mine just so
I know which ones go where so it's easier to install but typically you can hand untighten
them and make sure you have something under if in case it leaks remove this one now some might
have quick disconnects which makes it easier to replace I don't unfortunately have to remove
this fitting and put and install the fitting back into the new one so if you like you can
continue watching if not you can fast forward so for this step all you need is teflon tape and the
screwdriver I'll show you why a screwdriver as you can see that this my current one is a little bit
longer versus the old new one is shorter well if you look down the tag the life on this one
is 1500 gallons this one's 2,000 gallons both of them say replace every six months so let's begin
I'm gonna attempt to take these fittings off by hand first this one seems to be going good
now this one since this one is kind of stuck I'm just gonna use a screwdriver put it in here and
leverage it out I mean you could use a pliers but this seems to work fine now when you buy
these you got to make sure the new ones their hole matches up to this hole as far as the correct size
in my case it's quarter inch NPT thread now before you install these fittings back into the new one
you're gonna make sure that you clean this old teflon tape you might want to use a box cutter
knife or utility knife to clean them be careful not to damage the threads and then you would
reapply with new one finally remove the teflon tape from the threads probably the longest and
annoying part of the praat this whole process is removing that tape I mean if yours isn't bad kind
of like on these maybe don't remove it to save time but at the same time it is a potential leak
if there's not enough teflon tape or so you can make that decision now let's reapply some more
def lock new teflon tape when applying teflon tape it's important that you don't put too much because
if you put too much when you're threading it in you're gonna break these threads because this is
a plastic fitting so they're not very strong but also do it in the direction that you're
going to be screwing the fitting in and just do a couple couple layers I mean yeah like one
or two or three rounds and that should be plenty again depends on what type of teflon tape you're
using but if it's really thin maybe do a couple more when taking them off keep in mind that what
end what fitting goes in because you have a flow arrow and this is the inlet side you can see it's
grooved versus this is smooth so you make sure you install the same fittings in the proper location
so hopefully I put enough stuff on tape for it to not leak and that's it so just like we
uninstalled it I'm gonna install the back first do it nice and tight and then now I'm gonna do
the front now let's position it back in here and install the last fitting and hope for the
best that no leaks are happening then open up all your valves and you're done now for the
final test whoa now since I just installed the carbon filter and replaced all my three stages
you want to let the water run for about ten minutes that's what one of the carbon filters
said to to flush it out like you saw there's black stuff that came out you just want to run
it before you want to drink it again thanks for watching don't forget to subscribe like
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