Water Softener Yes/No
I was looking into adding a water softener and was looking to see what others are using. I am looking for feedback as to hassle factor for recharge and storage. Is it more trouble than it is worth?
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Clay L wrote:Clay, are you staying in Bouse again this year?wny_pat wrote:dbbls wrote:I really wonder about this??? And I do admit I am far from a expert. With the Flow Pur Mark 8000 and other Flow Pur softeners, the salt is flushed out of the unit after it has regenerated the resin. The salt is not retained in the unit. The purpose of the salt is to clean the minerals off the resin. Just who advised you about this. Have you talked to the folks at Flow Pur, (330) 547-4423, about this?
I was interested in one but I contacted the manufacture and told them I was on a restricted salt diet and they discouraged me from getting one.
Although the salt used to regenerate the unit is washed out, the ion exchange process captures salt that is returned to the water as hardness ions are captured. It's not really a lot of salt and you would have to be on a pretty restrictive diet for it to be a problem.
