APEC Water SystemsGREEN-CARBON-15 Whole House Coconut Carbon Filtration System
Coconut shell catalytic carbon in a mid-sized backwashing tank, priced 100 dollars over the WTS-MAX-10.
$1,100
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Usability
Usability
The GREEN-CARBON-15 covers the gap between APEC's smallest whole house tank and its largest, and the coconut shell source is the meaningful difference from the WTS-MAX media. Its strongest attribute is the same one the whole heavy duty line rests on: a five to eight year media interval with nothing to replace in between, which suits owners who will not remember a cartridge schedule. Its weakest is documentation, because APEC states a 10 GPM rating for the smallest Green Carbon system in its own sizing guidance and prints nothing for this one. The line carries no system-level certification, only the claim that media and components are NSF certified, which is a materials statement rather than a performance one. At 1,100 dollars the buyer is choosing a media source and a tank size largely on the manufacturer's description.
- Catalytic carbon from coconut shell rather than coal, with a patented liquid-phase process
- Media life quoted at five to eight years
- Ten year limited warranty on tanks, valves and bypasses
- Sized between the 10 and 20 models for four bathroom homes
- Backwashing design means no cartridge replacements
- No published service flow rate for this model
- No system-level certification, only a component and media claim
- Protective coat variants are both out of stock
- Backwash cycle requires a drain connection and mains power
- No published reduction percentage for any contaminant
The APEC Water Systems GREEN-CARBON-15 is a backwashing point-of-entry filtration system using catalytic granular activated carbon produced from coconut shell, sized between the 10 and 20 models in the Green Carbon range. APEC quotes media life at five to eight years and offers fabric and stainless steel protective coats as paid variants. No service flow figure is published for this specific model.
Additional information
Specification: APEC Water Systems GREEN-CARBON-15 Whole House Coconut Carbon Filtration System
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