Water Softeners
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CAn anyone point me towards a guide on water softeners that is genuinely neutral?
there are loads of guides out there but they are invariably written by people who want to sell their amazing product. I have no idea if their product is amazing!
I know i will want a 22mm direct fill system, beyond that i have no clue! any tips, help, pointers would be very much appreciated!
there are loads of guides out there but they are invariably written by people who want to sell their amazing product. I have no idea if their product is amazing!
I know i will want a 22mm direct fill system, beyond that i have no clue! any tips, help, pointers would be very much appreciated!
Not impartial as I used to work in this industry. Biggest choice is block salt vs tablet. Block is very convenient, but more expensive.
I'd look at tapworks. Its part of ecowater. Their softeners are demand led, so regenerate based on usage. They use electronics to control the valve. Many others use water pressure systems. Much less reliable as more seals to wear out. Tapworks, 2 moving parts, 2 wearing parts. Rebuild kít is £25 or so. Check with you preferred manufacturer how many wearing parts it has. Bet it's a lot!
Anyway, off my high horse. There's lots out there and fundamentally they do the same thing, facilitate ion exchange through a resin bed. The only difference In manufacturers is how the valve system works to regenerate that resin. Some are simple and some complex. Many manufacturers buy valves In from another company (fleck) and assemble the softener from there. Some manufacture their own valves
Hope that helps.
I'd look at tapworks. Its part of ecowater. Their softeners are demand led, so regenerate based on usage. They use electronics to control the valve. Many others use water pressure systems. Much less reliable as more seals to wear out. Tapworks, 2 moving parts, 2 wearing parts. Rebuild kít is £25 or so. Check with you preferred manufacturer how many wearing parts it has. Bet it's a lot!
Anyway, off my high horse. There's lots out there and fundamentally they do the same thing, facilitate ion exchange through a resin bed. The only difference In manufacturers is how the valve system works to regenerate that resin. Some are simple and some complex. Many manufacturers buy valves In from another company (fleck) and assemble the softener from there. Some manufacture their own valves
Hope that helps.
Single cylinder devices pass the hard water through while they're recharging. Our Tapworks unit recharges every few days, so for an hour while it does that, we have hard water coming through, It's set to recharge at 3pm (it used to wake us up when it did it at 3am) so usually there's little water demand at that time.
We had a 2 cylinder block salt unit in the previous house (same area so same water hardness), and that used to use a hell of a lot more salt than the Tapworks one.
We had a 2 cylinder block salt unit in the previous house (same area so same water hardness), and that used to use a hell of a lot more salt than the Tapworks one.
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