result of using 10 micron whole house filter

[wood1954]

Just thought i'd share this observation; I racked and degassed my plum wine twice yesterday after it had sat clearing for a few weeks. It had about an inch of lees on the bottom. I thought it was pretty clean, after all 10 microns is pretty small right? Well, after 24 hours i have about a 1/16" layer of dead yeast cells on the bottom of the carboy. So i guess I'll wait for it to clear on it's own now that it's degassed. So the 10 micron was probably a waste of money.

 

[roblloyd]

For reds it recommended to use 5 micron and for whites use 1 micron. For absolte (no yeast/sterile) use .45 micron.

So 10 while small to us isn't that small after all!

 

[vacuumpumpman]

^ exactly what Rob said - but on the brighter side of things you got more familiar with the filtering process

thanks steve
http://allinonewinepump.com/

 

[Runningwolf]

For reds it recommended to use 5 micron and for whites use 1 micron. For absolte (no yeast/sterile) use .45 micron.

So 10 while small to us isn't that small after all!

I respectfully disagree a bit. For red's I would go between 1 and 3 micron and whites .45 to 1 micron. .45 is not absolute or sterile. That is what I use for all of my whites and it does a great job. For absolute you have to buy a filter that says just that. It would increase my cost from $50 to probably at least double that.

Incidentally, I also thought .45 was absolute when I bought it but since then found out different.

 

[Wade E]

Yes, there are .45 micron and there are Absolute .45 micron and the price goes from about $35 to $90 or much more if you go down below .45 10 micron is a very loose filter made to catch bigger particles. If I hade a very cloudy wine Id probably use that before stepping down to something smaller as to nit clog up the filters. 1o0 micron would really be for well water to keep particles like rust or heavy diment out of your dishwasher and washing machine but agai n it wouyld be a pre filter filter. I pretty much do that here at my house with a string wound filter and then the carbon cartridge.