Rusco/Vu-Flow 1 100 Mesh Spin Down Sediment Water Filter System

I used this on a sprinkler pump in Florida and a week after install the filter is completely clogged with Algae. If the filter is in bright sunshine, cover the clear tube with a black inner bicycle tire tube or a black thick sock or stocking or even AC coolant line insulation. The sunlight causes the algae to grow and clog frequently. They sell a sunshade as an add-on but it should come with an opaque cover by default.

I was having a problem with the hose connector filter on a watering timer becoming clogged regularly with sediment particles from my well. I bought this Rusco sediment filter to precede the timer and clear the sediment before it got to the timers filter. It was not initially successful because it turned out there was a lot of very fine sediment and this was clogging the Rusco with its 100 mesh filter unnecessarily and needing to be cleared almost daily, although the very fine sediment would not have been a problem to the timer and would have passed its filter. I replaced the 100 mesh with a 40 mesh filter in the Rusco and it now does the job of protecting the timer perfectly.