Who Has A Berkefeld?

[BeardyMan]

(7 August 2013, 12:25)Lightspeed Wrote:

(7 August 2013, 12:18)BeardyMan Wrote:

(7 August 2013, 12:07)Lightspeed Wrote: Beardyman and SD

I have researched as guilted

The manufacturer FAQ section on their web site advises that life expectancy of Super Sterasyl candles is in the region of 10,000 litres. No Boiling needed in that time, just occasional cleaning of the outer surface of the element.

I also sent an enquiry about the effect of frezing on saturated elements. I'll post their reply on here when it arrives.

I'm relieved I found that out before you risked destroying your spare ones!



Cheers LS, the set I was going to freeze evidently aren't warn out, should have quite a bit of life left in them yet!
Good good, one less thing to buy

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(7 August 2013, 12:18)BeardyMan Wrote:

(7 August 2013, 12:07)Lightspeed Wrote: Beardyman and SD

I have researched as guilted

The manufacturer FAQ section on their web site advises that life expectancy of Super Sterasyl candles is in the region of 10,000 litres. No Boiling needed in that time, just occasional cleaning of the outer surface of the element.

I also sent an enquiry about the effect of frezing on saturated elements. I'll post their reply on here when it arrives.

Cheers LS, the set I was going to freeze evidently aren't warn out, should have quite a bit of life left in them yet!
Good good, one less thing to buy

I'll try that again...

I'm relieved I found that out before you risked destroying your spare ones!

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Nothing back from the manufacturer yet, but Survivalist blog had some interesting stuff on it:

http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/a-revi...on-system/

The Black ceramic elements are susceptible to frost damage:

<<One thing to keep in mind is that these need to be handled with some degree of care as they can be broken if dropped or frozen (while containing water).>>

Manufacturing problems with black elements:

There is a sequence of comments complaining about poor manufacturing and low resilience of the black filters.

It seems that when they work, they work very well indeed, but that they are prone to failing at the base. Failing there means that non filtered water passes straight through to the collection reservoir… Not good

Didn't know that. I know Berky are struggling to get them made quick enough for demand though. Suppose this is never going to be great for QC purposes. Maybe I'll spend the £90 on some more candle filters instead.

Cheers LS, this has been most helpful