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Fridge Filters 101: How Often Should I Change My Refrigerator Filter?

All refrigerator manufacturers recommend that you change your refrigerator filter at least every six
months--more often if have hard water or if your water has an odor or an unpleasant taste!

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Fridge Filters 101: How Do I Remove My Fridge Filter?

Most Refrigerators:

1. Twist the old filter a quarter or half-turn counterclockwise

2. Pull the filter straight out and discard
   

 

Frigidaire PureSource & PureSourcePlus - Only

1. Unscrew the filter cup and dump out the water
2. Pull the old filter straight down and discard

Frigidaire PureSource2 - Only

1. Press the button to the right of the filter to release it
2. Pull the old filter straight out and discard

Whirlpool & KitchenAid Base-Grille "Push Button" - Only

1. Press the button to the left of the filter to release it
2. Pull the filter straight out, and remove the reusable color-keyed cap from the end
3. Discard the old filter

 

Friendly reminders:

• If your filter is located in the base grille of your fridge, don't throw away your reusable knob!
• Don't worry-- nearly all refrigerators will automatically shut the water off while the filter is out.
  

 

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Water Filters: A Boiled Down History

14,00,000,000 B.C.E.    The first molecules of water form in space after an early star explodes in a supernova (try filming that, Michael Bay.)

 

 

4,000,000,000 B.C.E.    Liquid water on planet Earth--IN YOUR FACE, NEPTUNE AND MARS!

2000 B.C.E.    Egyptians boil water and use crude sand and charcoal filters like, you know, Egyptians.

 

 

400 B.C.E.       Hippocrates designs a sleeve-like cloth filter. He uses his "water cure" to treat many diseases but sadly does not cure his baldness. 

 

 

 

500-1500 A.D.        Beer is the staple beverage of Europeans because the fermentation process naturally purifies water and they need more excuses to day-drink. 

1627    Sir Francis Bacon attempts seawater filtration. The resulting product is salty and undrinkable, much like seawater.   

1660s    Anton van Leeuwenhoek uses a microsope to discover tiny, living organisms in the water--cholerae, salmonella, and maybe these little guys. (On a side note OH MY GOSH DELICIOUS SHRIMPJUICE!)

 

1800    John Snow (not that one) discovers chlorine as a disinfectant. Happily, people stop dying of cholera and typhoid.* 

 

 

1804    Paisley, Scotland installs the first municipal water filter plant. SLAINTE!

1972    The Clean Water Act becomes law (USA! USA!)

2012    Concerns about pesticide chemicals, industrial sludge, chlorine byproducts, and lead continue to motivate consumers to use water filters in their homes. Lots of people read the Fridge Filters Blog and get happy and smarter.

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*Sadly, waterborne illnesses are still a major concern in many parts of the developing world. Please visit http://thewaterproject.org/ to learn more.