Welcome to the Pentek P5-20 Sediment Filter Video Page. The Pentek P5-20 water filter is a 5 micron sediment water filter cartridge designed to reduce extra-fine dirt, sand, sediment, silt, rust particles, and scale particles. The Pentek P5-20 water filters are resistant to chemicals, corrosion, and bacteria. The P5-20 water filter fits in whole house water filter systems and commercial filtration systems. Pentek P520 water filters are manufactured from 100% polypropylene. The P5-20 replacement water filters will not impart odor, color, or taste to the liquid being filtered. The Pentek P5-20 water filters can be used on treated and untreated water supplies. The P5-20 water filter is nearly identical to the Everpure DEV910912 filter cartridge.
Pentek P5-20 Sediment Filter Video Transcript
Hi everyone; Aquaman here with Water Wisdom sponsored by WaterFilters.NET. Today’s product is the Pentek P5-20. Now, the P5 is a 5 micron polypropylene spun sediment filter. It is a lot like the older style polypropylene string wound cartridges, but it’s manufactured in a different way. The polypropylene in this instance is shot out of a gun like cotton candy and then spooled into a cartridge. With the old string wound cartridges, the poly was woven into a string and then the string was spooled into a cartridge; they’re nearly identical. This one is a 5 micron cartridge. That’s extremely small; that’s 5 times smaller than a speck of milled flour; perfect for removing sediment from any untreated water source. I say untreated water because one of the main benefits of polypropylene is that it’s bacteriostatic, meaning microorganisms cannot live and grow on this media. So if you’re filtering water from a well, or pumping water out of a lake or a stream or a pond, or capturing rainwater into a cistern and filtering that water, those are untreated waters that could have microorganisms growing in them and that’s ok to use this filter, because they can’t live and grow here. This is a 20 inch long 2.5 inch diameter industry standard size cartridge. There are thousands of filter housings that take this industry standard size. It’s got a great flow rate, because it’s pretty large. So you’ve got a nice surface area here. Obviously significantly more surface area than its shorter cousin the 10 inch long version. It can be used in whole house applications and they’re very commonly used in industrial applications in large filter housing s that take multiple cartridges. So again, this is the Pentek P5-20, just your basic polypropylene spun sediment filter, perfect for untreated water sources. I’m your host Aquaman, and thanks for watching!
