Water heater anode rod change frequency
I understand that you are suppose to change your WH anode rod every year under normal circumstances. I learned that lesson the hard way. Ever since, I've put nothing but softened water into my tan...
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GordonThree wrote:
There will always be minerals in the water - a water softener is not a filter, it reduces levels of calcium and magnesium ions, trading them for a lighter metal such as sodium or potassium (which have health impacts of their own)
A reverse osmosis system will remove pretty much everything, but it's expensive; 1 gallon of pure water costs you at least 5 gallons of 'waste' water. there's nothing wrong with the waste water, most folks plumb the waste line back into their FW tank.
I do have a filter. It's factory equipment. A combo of carbon and particle elements. I would assume that it filters the water from both the water tank and city water, but I'm not sure if it filters it before it gets to the hot water tank.
I had a large problem with those chalky deposits in my plumbing before when I accidentally left a faucet on and drained my tank, and assumed that they were mostly calcium, and that the water softener would help. Well, there wasn't as much as before, but I was surprised to see any at all.
I don't really drink or cook with my TT's water much. Even if I did, I wouldn't expect there to be that much sodium in the water. And potassium is actually needed in my diet, as the high blood pressure medication supposedly leeches it from my system.
