I put in a full house filter, now....no pressure.

[Sgreco]

I'm at a total loss. We live in a community that has water supplied by well and storage tank. We've always had a sediment issue. So, I installed a full house, GE filter. I have 55psi going into the filter, but I have no pressure in the house. If you flush a toilet, it will take a minute to fill the tank. Water flow is ok when a faucet is first turned on, but it quickly dwindles down. The filter I installed has a bypass switch. Even when bypassing, there is very low water pressure. What am I missing? Thanks!

 

[Valveman]

You have a restriction somewhere. Try removing the cartridge from the filter and see what happens.

 

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[Reach4]

So, I installed a full house, GE filter.

How long do you go before changing the cartridge?

I have 55psi going into the filter, but I have no pressure in the house. If you flush a toilet, it will take a minute to fill the tank. Water flow is ok when a faucet is first turned on, but it quickly dwindles down.

Dwindles how quickly? One second?

I infer you have your own pressure gauge before the filter. If you look at the pressure gauge while the faucet is open, does the input pressure still say 55?

 

[Sgreco]

The filter unit has been in place for 5 days. The water pressure drops very quickly. The shower will be ok for maybe 10 seconds? The kitchen faucet will run a bit longer before pressure drops. If a toilet flushes, it's instant no pressure.

I have not observed the pressure gauge while opening a faucet. That will be a good test. I'll have to do that as soon as I get home.

 

[Reach4]

The filter unit has been in place for 5 days. The water pressure drops very quickly. The shower will be ok for maybe 10 seconds? The kitchen faucet will run a bit longer before pressure drops.

Those are longer times than I expected. Do you have your own pressure tank? Do you have a thermal expansion tank at the water heater?

 

[Sgreco]

We don't have a pressure tank, or a thermal expansion tank.

 

[Reach4]

We don't have a pressure tank, or a thermal expansion tank.

A 10 second delay on the shower pressure dropping off seems to me to imply there is some storage after the restriction. I don't have a good theory at this point.

Also, if you have an outside spigot that connects before the filter, that will be useful for troubleshooting.

It will be interesting to see what that pressure gauge says.

 

[Sgreco]

I have a spigot approximately 3 feet before the filter. That is where I measured my 55psi. I'm anxious to see what the gauge does when I turn on a water source inside the house.

 

[Plumber69]

Filter is plugged. Your running more water then can get thru filter

 

[Plumber69]

System recharges with no flow

 

[Sgreco]

The GE filter unit has a bypass option. When I bypass filtration, shouldn't the pressure be similar to pre filter unit installation?

 

[Sgreco]

I found the problem. Taking out the filter made zero difference in pressure. When i looked at the outflow "screen", it was impacted with small plastic strips. I cleaned out the outflow area, and it works great. It was something I should have noticed during installation. I think my wife hired the wrong husband for this job! Thank you for your suggestions and help!