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Posted by Max on April 21, 2007, 10:43 am
Water worked fine up until about two weeks ago.
Kitchen faucet is two handle Moen. House is 30 years old but kitchen
remodeled about a year ago. Copper water pipes throughout house.
Have GE dual filter water filtration system tapped into the cold water
line with separate faucet for the filtered water mounted to sink.
Filters changed about 3 months ago (6 month lifecycle)
Everything worked fine until about two weeks ago when we noticed
that when we turn on the cold water, it would run fine for about 10-15
seconds, then there would be a "clunk" in the line and the water would
almost come to a complete stop (just a trickle of water coming out of
the faucet).
If we turn the handle off, wait about 5 seconds and turn it back on,
the water will again flow fine for about 10-15 secs then repeat the
same problem with cutting off.
Same thing will happen if we just use the water filter faucet.
However, if we turn *both* the filter faucet and cold water on at the
same time, water will cut off to both in about 3-4 seconds.
Meanwhile, the hot water side works fine.
Cutting off the water line to the filter (it has a cutoff where it's
tapped into the cold water line), has no effect. The cold water
will still shut off with a clunk after 10-15 seconds.
No other water lines in the house has this problem.
Any ideas what may be causing this?
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Posted by deke on April 21, 2007, 2:28 pm
Yeah,
It's your sprayer control that is in the bottom of the faucet. Take
it apart and you can usually spot the problem.
>Water worked fine up until about two weeks ago.
>Kitchen faucet is two handle Moen. House is 30 years old but kitchen
>remodeled about a year ago. Copper water pipes throughout house.
>Have GE dual filter water filtration system tapped into the cold water
>line with separate faucet for the filtered water mounted to sink.
>Filters changed about 3 months ago (6 month lifecycle)
>Everything worked fine until about two weeks ago when we noticed
>that when we turn on the cold water, it would run fine for about 10-15
>seconds, then there would be a "clunk" in the line and the water would
>almost come to a complete stop (just a trickle of water coming out of
>the faucet).
>If we turn the handle off, wait about 5 seconds and turn it back on,
>the water will again flow fine for about 10-15 secs then repeat the
>same problem with cutting off.
>Same thing will happen if we just use the water filter faucet.
>However, if we turn *both* the filter faucet and cold water on at the
>same time, water will cut off to both in about 3-4 seconds.
>Meanwhile, the hot water side works fine.
>Cutting off the water line to the filter (it has a cutoff where it's
>tapped into the cold water line), has no effect. The cold water
>will still shut off with a clunk after 10-15 seconds.
>No other water lines in the house has this problem.
>Any ideas what may be causing this?
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on April 21, 2007, 3:24 pm
> Yeah,
> It's your sprayer control that is in the bottom of the faucet. Take
> it apart and you can usually spot the problem.
That would be my first guess, but he said the hot water works fine. Could
be the filter cartridge though, is somewhat clogged giving a pressure drop
and causing the spray diverter to block the line.
My first step would be to change the filter, then check the diverter, then
the washer/cartridge for the cold water tap.
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Posted by Max on April 21, 2007, 6:18 pm
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>> Yeah,
>> It's your sprayer control that is in the bottom of the faucet. Take
>> it apart and you can usually spot the problem.
>That would be my first guess, but he said the hot water works fine. Could
>be the filter cartridge though, is somewhat clogged giving a pressure drop
>and causing the spray diverter to block the line.
..that's correct the hot water is fine..never cuts off.
>My first step would be to change the filter, then check the diverter, then
>the washer/cartridge for the cold water tap.
thanks. I'll go and change the cartridges and see if that works.
However, why would the water still cut off if I cut off the water
supply to the filter?
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on April 22, 2007, 9:50 pm
> thanks. I'll go and change the cartridges and see if that works.
> However, why would the water still cut off if I cut off the water
> supply to the filter?
I'm not sure what you mean by cutting the water supply to the filter and
still having water cut off. If you close the supply to the filter, you
should be getting no flow? Does your filter housing have a top section that
turns to shut the water off? Could be the problem there.
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>Kitchen faucet is two handle Moen. House is 30 years old but kitchen
>remodeled about a year ago. Copper water pipes throughout house.
>Have GE dual filter water filtration system tapped into the cold water
>line with separate faucet for the filtered water mounted to sink.
>Filters changed about 3 months ago (6 month lifecycle)
>Everything worked fine until about two weeks ago when we noticed
>that when we turn on the cold water, it would run fine for about 10-15
>seconds, then there would be a "clunk" in the line and the water would
>almost come to a complete stop (just a trickle of water coming out of
>the faucet).
>If we turn the handle off, wait about 5 seconds and turn it back on,
>the water will again flow fine for about 10-15 secs then repeat the
>same problem with cutting off.
>Same thing will happen if we just use the water filter faucet.
>However, if we turn *both* the filter faucet and cold water on at the
>same time, water will cut off to both in about 3-4 seconds.
>Meanwhile, the hot water side works fine.
>Cutting off the water line to the filter (it has a cutoff where it's
>tapped into the cold water line), has no effect. The cold water
>will still shut off with a clunk after 10-15 seconds.
>No other water lines in the house has this problem.
>Any ideas what may be causing this?