salt for softner

You have a 'portable' water softener

It uses regular table salt so that the salt can dissolve easily/quickly during regeneration cycle.

Other salt products will work.....but you will need to crush it to size of table salt for it to be as effective/dissolve as quickly.

WHY reinvent the wheel.......mfg. has already done the testing. Use the table salt. It is cheap/easy to store/easy to find-purchase and it works very well with your portable softener.

campingman55 wrote:
just wanted to know if there was any other kind that i can use because i read some place that somebody used water softeren cyrstal type

ALL salt is "crystal type", including table salt. Some forms of salt, like pellets, are just bigger chunks having more crystals. Yes, there are other types of salt... sea salt, rock salt, etc... but they're all crystals. You'll find that the manufacturer of your RV softener knows what they're talking about when they specify table salt. It is cheap, easy to buy in the right quantity, dissolves efficiently/quickly because it is the right size.

You're going to love your 10,000. I have the 8000 and have been very pleased. The folks at Flow-Pur are very easy to get ahold of and will help you whenever they can... but I'd suggest you follow their directions if you want them to stand behind their product.

I use salt pellets in our S&B. Once I used a cheaper brand of salt crystals. Boy what a mistake. It was terrible dirty. Had to dump and clean the salt container. No way would I recommend using it in an RV softener. I would stick with table salt and know it is clean.

go here
http://www.qualitywatertreatment.com/article_use_traditional_softeners_without_salt.htm

just wanted to know if there was any other kind that i can use because i read some place that somebody used water softeren cyrstal type

Executive wrote:
Get a bag of the water softener salt, it's more expensive though, then get a big hammer and pulverize it until it's about the same size as the inexpensive table salt. When you're through doing that, get a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot to store the unused salt in. Make sure it's water tight as any moisture will most likely make the salt unusable. If you get the big bag, you might need two buckets. This would be a great project if you have the grandkids visiting...:W

Personally, I don't mind paying the $3 for the 2 1/2 pound box at Sam's Club. Good for three flushes and it's always fresh.....Dennis

And we don't even want to THINK about the corrosion damage caused by a failure in storing salt.

campingman55 wrote:
just want to know if the was some other kind i could use

If you help us understand why you're asking, we would have a better idea of how to answer your question. Is it cost, ease of use, better functionality, health concerns... what?

Get a bag of the water softener salt, it's more expensive though, then get a big hammer and pulverize it until it's about the same size as the inexpensive table salt. When you're through doing that, get a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot to store the unused salt in. Make sure it's water tight as any moisture will most likely make the salt unusable. If you get the big bag, you might need two buckets. This would be a great project if you have the grandkids visiting...:W

Personally, I don't mind paying the $3 for the 2 1/2 pound box at Sam's Club. Good for three flushes and it's always fresh.....Dennis

just want to know if the was some other kind i could use

Table salt is surely easy to get, why are you looking for other types? keep it simple.