The question I have is about the GE Smart Water Filter for my GE
refridgerator. I was told by a Home Depot employee that the life time
of the filter The filters 500 gallons) depends on how many people in
the household, i.e. based on water usage per person. Since I live
alone and no visitor, he said, I can use it for 1 year but I am
concern about mold formation inside the filter which BTW uses
activated Carbon filtration.

Should I use it for 6 mos or 1 year or 9 mons?

"Manda Ruby" > wrote in message
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> The question I have is about the GE Smart Water Filter for my GE
> refridgerator. I was told by a Home Depot employee that the life time
> of the filter The filters 500 gallons) depends on how many people in
> the household, i.e. based on water usage per person. Since I live
> alone and no visitor, he said, I can use it for 1 year but I am
> concern about mold formation inside the filter which BTW uses
> activated Carbon filtration.
>
> Should I use it for 6 mos or 1 year or 9 mons?
>

It totally depends on your water supply.
I don't know what's in your water and nobody here does.

Tom

On Sep 3, 7:38*pm, "Tom Biasi" > wrote:
> "Manda Ruby" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > The question I have is about the GE Smart Water Filter for my GE
> > refridgerator. *I was told by a Home Depot employee that the life time
> > of the filter The filters 500 gallons) depends on how many people in
> > the household, i.e. based on water usage per person. Since I live
> > alone and no visitor, he said, I can use it for 1 year but I am
> > concern about mold formation inside the filter which BTW uses
> > activated Carbon filtration.
>
> > Should I use it for 6 mos or 1 year or 9 mons?
>
> It totally depends on your water supply.
> I don't know what's in your water and nobody here does.
>
> Tom

My question was more about the relativeness to no. of person in
household versus length of time. FYI, the water here is not too bad.

The reason I asked is that one time, when I inquired about over-the-
kitchen -counter water filter connected to the faucet, the sale perosn
said that regardless of how much weater is used, the filter needs to
be replaced every 6 mons due to mold. May be she said that because she
knew that it'd not be cost effective (compared to buying gallon-size
bottle water" to buy that thing if she said, "You can use it until 500
gallon of water have passed through it".

you should be good for a year....most filter changes
recommend 1 year



"Manda Ruby" > wrote in message
...
> The question I have is about the GE Smart Water Filter for my GE
> refridgerator. I was told by a Home Depot employee that the life time
> of the filter The filters 500 gallons) depends on how many people in
> the household, i.e. based on water usage per person. Since I live
> alone and no visitor, he said, I can use it for 1 year but I am
> concern about mold formation inside the filter which BTW uses
> activated Carbon filtration.
>
> Should I use it for 6 mos or 1 year or 9 mons?