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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: EandM on July 17, 2011, 05:47:14 pm

Title: Can Anyone Tell Me Exactly How This Works?
Post by: EandM on July 17, 2011, 05:47:14 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Water-Fed-Pole-Softener-Kit-/140554790234?pt=UK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA&hash=item20b9b7e55a#ht_835wt_905

Title: Re: Can Anyone Tell Me Exactly How This Works?
Post by: R W C™ on July 17, 2011, 05:56:27 pm

You connect hose from mains to the clear vessel, then to large blue vessel, you get a on/off spliiltter, one goes down and connects to waste pipe from ro, the other goes to your filters, then to ro.

You put salt in the clear, turn splitter off which goes to ro and on to waste, turn mains water on, once all the salt has gone you turn both splitters opposite so the waste one is off and ro is on, flush through the ro for about 10 mins then start turning the tap that produces water.

It just softens the water so the ro last longer,

I can draw a diagram later if you want me too.

Title: Re: Can Anyone Tell Me Exactly How This Works?
Post by: EandM on July 17, 2011, 06:24:48 pm

Quote from: Smart Klean™ on July 17, 2011, 05:56:27 pm

You connect hose from mains to the clear vessel, then to large blue vessel, you get a on/off spliiltter, one goes down and connects to waste pipe from ro, the other goes to your filters, then to ro.

You put salt in the clear, turn splitter off which goes to ro and on to waste, turn mains water on, once all the salt has gone you turn both splitters opposite so the waste one is off and ro is on, flush through the ro for about 10 mins then start turning the tap that produces water.

It just softens the water so the ro last longer,

I can draw a diagram later if you want me too.

Thanks for that. I get the idea but does the amount of salt used work out any cheaper than the resin it saves?

Title: Re: Can Anyone Tell Me Exactly How This Works?
Post by: traps7 on July 17, 2011, 06:47:07 pm

I don't think it will save you any resin but will help prolong the life of your RO membrane.

Title: Re: Can Anyone Tell Me Exactly How This Works?
Post by: EandM on July 17, 2011, 06:50:17 pm

Quote from: Traps on July 17, 2011, 06:47:07 pm

I don't think it will save you any resin but will help prolong the life of your RO membrane.

Thank you. I don't actually use an Ro unit anymore just Di my water is it starts out with a tds of 70.
Used to get about 2 years use out of my ro membranes and prefilter life of anything from 48 hours to 3 months.

Title: Re: Can Anyone Tell Me Exactly How This Works?
Post by: R W C™ on July 17, 2011, 07:07:53 pm

No good to you then if di only, I use this on my 4040 ro

Title: Re: Can Anyone Tell Me Exactly How This Works?
Post by: mac74 on July 17, 2011, 07:22:29 pm

Is there much point in softeners then ? Are they really worth all the hassel with havin 2 change the salt often? Taking into consideration salt&softner costs vs. / RO life? My tap tds is 420 into hf4 40" RO & out @ 16 - i wonder how long my membrane will last @ 2000l per week???????? ???