Big Bubba Whole House Filter

Big Bubba is Big

Big Bubba is very big as cartridge-style water filters go. It has 2" inlet and outlet ports and uses specially made cartridges with large diameter centers to ensure as little flow restriction as possible. It can support a flow rate of up to 150 gallons per minute with a pleated sediment cartridge, and even the carbon block version is designed for service flow peaks of up to twenty gallons per minute.

Big Bubba is Tough

Big Bubba's glass reinforced polypropylene case, together with the stainless steel clamps and eyebolts that connect the cap, can withstand a 300 psi burst pressure. Big Bubba has a working service capacity of up to 125 psi (as compared with 80 psi for most "Big Blue" style housings). Its materials are so corrosion-resistant that it can be used in sea water applications.

Big Bubba is Simple

Big Bubba comes in one style only, with no frills. It has a top-mounted pressure gauge to monitor the inner water pressure, and the installer can add a second gauge on the outlet side to provide a pressure-differential monitor as an indicator of cartridge condition. There are no electronic controls and no electrical connection is needed.

Installation is very simple. Big Bubba has 2" slip inlet and outlet ports. It is provided with 3 ports so that it can be installed as a straight-through inline or in a reverse flow (horseshoe) design. (A cap is provided for the unused port.) Big Bubba is designed so that multiple units can be easily installed in parallel (side by side) or in series.

Maintenance is also very simple. Big Bubba cartridges are provided with a handle and they lock in place in the housing with a turn of the wrist. No tools are needed. The lid removes with easy-to-use stainless steel swing bolts. Again, no tools are needed.

Big Bubba is Versatile

Big Bubba can serve as a very high flow sediment filter or a high volume whole house filter for residential dechlorination. It can be installed as a single unit, in tandem to provide an exceptionally high-flow system, or in series, to offer varying levels of filtration.

Big Bubba can provide more than 150,000 gallons of whole house chlorine removal on a single cartridge, or it can be used as a whole house residential sediment filter where high flow rates are needed. It can be an economical commercial or industrial filter, serve as a prefilter for large reverse osmosis units, or be used in seawater applications where a corrosion-proof housing is necessary. There are many industrial, commercial, and residential applications.

Big Bubba is Economical

Compared with tank-style filters of similar performance capacity, Big Bubba is inexpensive to purchase and inexpensive to operate. It uses no water for backwashing and no electrical connection is needed. There is no electronic control valve to repair or replace.

Big Bubba as a Whole House Chlorine and Chemical Reduction Filter for City Water

Big Bubba is clearly the ideal system for long-term, trouble-free whole house residential service for city water users. The 5-micron carbon block filter has been rated for 150,000 gallons of chlorine reduction at a flow rate of 12 gallons per minute. (Most residential water use is at 4 gallons per minute or less, so the cartridge should last longer. Carbon filter life is proportional to the rate of service flow.) Flow rates of up to 20 gallons per minute are possible with the carbon cartridge. Best of all, because of the size and design of the unit, there is only a two psi pressure drop at 12 gpm with the carbon cartridge, less than one psi at 5 gpm.

Big Bubba as a Sediment Filter

Big Bubba is available with 10 sediment removal cartridges to choose from. The free-flowing , high volume pleated cartridges come in six sizes, from a very tight one micron absolute to to a free flowing 150 micron mesh cartridge. Five, 20, 50, and 150 micron versions of the pleated cartridges are cleanable and reusable.

In addition, four sizes of spun polypropylene depth cartridges are available—one micron nominal, five micron, twenty micron, and fifty micron. Depth cartridges are preferred for use with gelatinous substances and certain chemical issues. Depth cartridges are not cleanable.

Big Bubba Details

Main Housing Material	Glass Reinforce Polypropylene
Eyebolt Material	304 Stainless Steel
Housing O Ring Material	EPDM
Fitting Type, Both Inlet and Outlet	2" Slip
Drain	3/4", with plug
Overall Height	40"
Overall Width	12"
Maximum Flow Rate with Pleated Sediment Filter	150 GPM (Gallons per Minute)
Maximum Flow Rate with Depth-Style Sediment Cartridge	100 GPM
Maximum Flow Rate with Carbon Block Filter	20 GPM
Maximum Working Pressure	125 psi
Housing Burst Pressure Rating	300 psi
Maximum Temperature for Housing	175 °.
Filter Cartridge Change Recommendation	Sediment: 30 psi pressure drop. Carbon Block: 6 to 12 months.
Housing Stress Test	100,000 cycles, 1 to 150 psi.

To order Big Bubba

Part #	Description	Price
WH206	Big Bubba Whole House Unit w/o Cartridge	$628

Big Bubba Cartridges

Part #	Description	Price
FC510	5 Micron Activated Carbon Block Cartridge. High Chlorine Capacity	$371.00
FC520	1 Micron Nominal Depth Sediment Cartridge	$59.00
FC521	5 Micron Nominal Depth Sediment Cartridge	$52.00
FC522	20 Micron Nominal Depth Sediment Cartridge	$52.00
FC523	50 Micron Nominal Depth Sediment Cartridge	$52.00
FC525	1 Micron Absolute Pleated Sediment Cartridge	$180.00
FC527	5 Micron Nominal Pleated Sediment Cartridge	$150.00
FC528	20 Micron Nominal Pleated Sediment Cartridge	$146.00
FC529	50 Micron Nominal Pleated Sediment Cartridge	$135.00
FC530	150 Micron Nominal Mesh Sediment Cartridge	$143.00

Big Bubba Parts

Part #	Description	Price
WP001	Big Bubba Lid	$74.00
WP002	Big Bubba Pressure Release Button	$1.00
WP003	Big Bubba Liquid Filled Pressure Gauge	$17.00
WP004	Big Bubba Eye Bolt	$26.00
WP006	Big Bubba Eye Bolt Washer	$3.00
WP007	Big Bubba Drain Plug with O-Ring	$2.00
WP008	Big Bubba O Ring for Lid (EPDM)	$7.00
WP009	Big Bubba Coupler, for pipe fitting, 2 pieces	$12.00
WP010	Big Bubba Coupler O-Ring	$2.00
WP011	Big Bubba Plug for second outlet	$6.00
WP012	Big Bubba O-Ring for Cartridge (EPDM)	$2.00