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Rmack1
Explorer
Mar 25, 2014

Questions about plumbing systems, minerals vrs chlorine

After my recent nightmare with huge chunks of whitish material being washed out of my hot water tank, and the anode rod being worn down to a pencil, I'm in the market for a water softening system. Ca...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Mar 25, 2014
Rmack1 wrote:
The salt that is used to 'regenerate' the water softener replaces the minerals in the water? I don't think I really understand what's going on here.
The best, quickest and most accurate answer will be to google 'soft water'.

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