White flakes in filtered water?

[Dave Nedde]

I recently moved to a new house. After a few months I noticed that the water from the fridge dispenser has white flakes in it, about 1/4" diameter. The fridge has an internal filter, and the house also has a filter on the fridge line. I replaced the fridge filter and removed the line filter's cartridge. There are no white flakes in the regular tap water. If I run the fridge water for a few gallons, the flakes are less munerous, but there are still one or two after 2 gallons.

I guess there must be a bunch of junk in the fridge lines. Are these minerals that I can safely ignore or is this some kind of nasty algae that I have to clean or replace the fridge lines to eliminate?

This is a Maytag fridge with a PuriClean internal filter.

Thanks,

Dave

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[CLSSM00X7]

Hi,

I might be wrong but it sounds like you might have parts of the filter floating around in there. The elements are only good for so long. I prefer the external filters so I can see what condition they are in and replace the cartridge when needed.

candice

[Dave Nedde]

Well, I just replaced the fridge filter. I would hope that this expensive item whose sole purpose was to clean my water was actually messing it up.

Dave