Water filter, General use conditions, Performance data – Amana AFI2538AEW User Manual

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Water Filter

System Specification and Performance Data Sheet
Refrigerator Water Filter Cartridge Model UKF8001AXX

Specifications

Service Flow Rate (Maximum).............................................0.78 GPM (2.9 L/min)
Rated Service Life UKF8001AXX-750 (Maximum) ......750 gallons /2838 liters
Maximum Operating Temperature .....................................100° F / 38° C
Minimum Pressure Requirement ........................................35 psi / 241 kPA
Minimum Operating Temperature ......................................33° F / 1° C
Maximum Operating Pressure .............................................120 psi / 827 kPA

Performance Data

1000 Apollo Road

Eagan, Minnesota 55121-2240

651.450.4913

EPA EST #35917-MN-1

100834/B

The PuriClean

II retractable water filtration system uses a

UKF8001AXX replacement cartridge. Timely replacement
of filter cartridge is essential for performance satisfaction
from this filtration system. Please refer to the applicable
section of your Use and Care Guide for general operation,
maintenance requirements and troubleshooting.
Suggested retail price of replacement water filter is $39.99.

This system has been tested according to ANSI/NSF 42 and
53 for reduction of the substance listed above. The
concentration of the indicated substances in water entering
the system was reduced to a concentration less than or
equal to the permissible limit for water leaving the system,
as specified in ANSI/NSF 42 and 53.

General Use Conditions

Read this Performance Data Sheet and compare the
capabilities of this unit with your actual water
treatment needs.

DO NOT use this product where water is microbio-
logically unsafe or of unknown quality without
adequate disinfection before or after the system.
System certified for cyst reduction may be used on
disinfected water that may contain filterable cysts.

USE ONLY WITH COLD WATER SUPPLY. CHECK
FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL
LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

* Tested using a flow rate of 0.78 gpm; pressure of 60 psig; pH of 7.5 + 0.5; temp. of

68° + 5° F (20° + 3° C)

** Measurement in Particles /ml. Particles used were 0.5 - 1 microns

*** NTU - Nephelometric Turbidity Units

Standard No. 42: Aesthetic Effects
Taste and Odor Reduction
Chlorine Taste & Odor
Mechanical Filtration Unit
Particulate Reduction Class 1

Standard No. 53: Health Effects
Chemical Reduction Unit
Lead, Atrazine, Lindane, Benzene,
Carbofuran, p-Dichlorobenzene, Mercury
& Toxaphene Reduction
Mechanical Filtration Unit
Cyst, Turbidity and Asbestos Reduction

Tested and certified by NSF International against ANSI/NSF Standards 42 & 53
in models UKF8001AXX-750 for the reduction of:

Parameter

Chlorine

T & O

Particulate**

USEPA

MCL

—

Standard No. 42: Aesthetic Effects

Influent

Challenge Concentration

2.0 mg / L ± 10%

—

at least 10,000 particles / ml

Influent

Average

1.88 mg / L

—

5,700,000 # /ml

Average

< 0.05136364 mg / L

—

30,583 # /ml

Maximum

0.06 mg / L

—

69,000 # /ml

Average

> 97.26%

—

99.52%

Minimum

96.84%

—

98.94%

Min. Required

Reduction

50%

—

85%

Effluent

% Reduction

USEPA

MCL

1 NTU**

99.5% Reduction

99% Reduction

0.015 mg/L

0.002 mg/L

0.003 mg/L

0.005 mg/L

0.04 mg/L

0.075 mg/L

0.0002 mg/L

0.003 mg/L

Standard No. 53: Health Effects

Influent

Challenge Concentration

11 ± 1 NTU***

Minimum 50,000/L

fibers/L; fibers >10 micrometers in length

0.15 mg/L + 10%

.006 mg/L ± 10%

0.009 mg/L + 10%

0.015 mg/L ± 10%

0.08 mg/L ± 10%

.225 mg/L ± 10%

0.002 mg/L + 10%

0.015 ± 10%

Influent

Average

10.7 NTU

166,500 #/L

155 MF/L

0.153 mg/L

0.150 mg/L

0.006 mg/L

0.009 mg/L

0.014 mg/L

0.081 mg/L

0.208 mg/L

0.002 mg/L

0.015 mg/L

Average

0.31 NTU

< 1 #/L

< 1 MF/L

< .001 mg/L

0.0003 mg/L

0.0008 mg/L

< 0.002 mg/L

0.0006 mg/L

< 0.001 mg/L

< 0.0005 mg/L

0.000 mg/L

< 0.001 mg/L

Maximum

.049 NTU

< 1 #/L

< 1 MF/L

< .001 mg/L

0.0005 mg/L

0.0015 mg/L

0.002 mg/L

0.0011 mg/L

< 0.001 mg/L

< 0.0005 mg/L

< 0.0001 mg/L

< 0.001 mg/L

Average

97.09%

> 99.99%

> 99.35%

> 99.33%

95.70%

86.22%

76.99%

95.71%

98.74%

99.76%

98.72%

92.97%

Minimum

95.20%

> 99.99%

> 99.29%

90.91%

75.93%

75.31%

92.14%

98.46%

99.74%

96.50%

91.67%

Min. Required

Reduction

0.5 NTU

> 99.95%

99%

0.10 mg/L

0.002 mg/L

0.003 mg/L

0.005 mg/L

0.04 mg/L

0.075 mg/L

0.0002 mg/L

0.003 mg/L

Effluent

% Reduction

Parameter

Turbidity

Cysts

Asbestos

Lead at pH 6.5

Lead at pH 8.5

Mercury at pH 6.5

Mercury at pH 8.5

Atrazine

Benzene

Carbofuran

p-Dichlorobenzene

Lindane

Toxaphene