Mysterious substance in potable water
I had let my bathtub cold water run too long in my Mini Lite, ran out of water, and lost the prime on my pump. This happened on the last day driving back from my most recent trip, so I just stored the...
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Rmack1 wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
Hard water is only removed by a water softener and not a filter. It frequently accumulates inside the water heater on the heating element itself as well as flaking off and sitting in the bottom. The anode rod is there to help these kinds of minerals from eating up the inside components.
I see.
But what about my manual's claim that the filter gets rid of chlorine? Is calcium larger somehow? Or is the claims just overly optimistic?
Chlorine doesn't precipitate and solidify. The filter probably "gets rid of" chlorine by way of its strength being expended on the organics it encounters that are trapped in the filter itself.
