In theory a water softener with the right salt should knock down both the hardness and iron content....
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 3:18 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > Right, I just didn't recognize the abreviation. > > I looked at two reverse osmosis systems and I was over the maximum iron > content for one and over the maximum hardness for the other. I'll look at > iSpring. > > > On 5/27/2021 5:07 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Reverse Osmosis. > > It's a way to filter water out to pretty much tasteless. The iSpring > system I mentioned is a reverse osmosis system. It passes the water > through several filters and then a reverse osmosis membrane which can > filter out impurities larger than 0.001 micron. The remaining stages are > related to treating the water such that any impurities that the > membrane can't filter out are either removed or rendered tasteless. > > I considered putting a whole house one in, but figured I only cared about > what I was drinking/eating. I'm ok with showering in the water which > tastes slightly bad but doesn't smell bad. If the water had an odor, I'd > be figuring out how to cancel that out at the head end... > > > On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 2:53 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What's RO? >> >> >> On 5/27/2021 4:50 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >> >> If it is RO I would think you would not need a softener after it. >> >> *From:* David Coudron >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 27, 2021 1:04 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Water conditioning systems >> >> >> We put a whole house filter system by Morton in our cabin recently. >> Seems pretty decent. Nicest feature is there are no filters to change. >> It flushes the filters like a water software flushes when recharging. >> Only downside is you have to have it by a drain, just like a water >> softener. For city water it installs before the water softener, but for >> well water, it installs after the water softener. >> >> >> >> >> >> Seems to work pretty well. >> >> >> >> *David Coudron* >> >> [email protected] | *Mobile: *612-991-7474 >> >> >> >> *Advantenon, Inc. * >> >> [email protected] | 3500 Vicksburg Lane N, Suite 315, Plymouth, MN >> 55447 | www.advantenon.com | *Phone:* 800-704-4720 | *Local: *612-454-1545 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On >> Behalf Of *Adam Moffett >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 27, 2021 2:00 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Water conditioning systems >> >> >> >> Is that an under the sink system or a whole house system? >> >> On 5/27/2021 2:22 PM, Steve Jones wrote: >> >> My sister has crummy water and has an old osmosis filter, water tastes >> good and the tumors are minimal, most can just be cut off with a butter >> knife >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 1:18 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Moving to a house with well water. It's actually my parents old house >> where I grew up so I'm very familiar with the water there. Currently >> spoiled by nice, clean municipal water. That house has very high iron >> and manganese levels. Definitely also have hydrogen sulfide because you >> can smell and taste it. >> >> There's already a salt water softener and that helps quite a bit, but >> I'm looking at other some of these filter systems to put inline as >> well. Wondering if this crowd has opinions or preferred brands for that >> stuff. All 2c opinions are welcome. >> >> I'm also not sure about UV sterilization vs a chlorine injector system. >> Seems like the UV is less maintenance because all you do is change the >> bulb once a year, but IDK it's my first time looking at this stuff. Any >> opinions on that? >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > - Forrest > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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