Yes, as mentioned below, figure out how much iron and how much hardness you are dealing with. That sizes both the filter and the softener. Our cabin had tons of iron, so RO was out. Plus we wanted whole house filtration so that the showers and sinks had less mineral and rust. RO is really, really good for drinking and cooking water, but they usually aren’t recommended for whole house. Of course it depends on how many folks are in the house and so on. Lots of ways to skin this cat, but best place to start is to see how hard the water is and how much iron it has.
Regards, David Coudron From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 6:14 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Water conditioning systems 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> | Mobile: 612-991-7474 Advantenon, Inc. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | 3500 Vicksburg Lane N, Suite 315, Plymouth, MN 55447 | www.advantenon.com<http://www.advantenon.com/> | Phone: 800-704-4720 | Local: 612-454-1545 [cid:[email protected]] From: AF <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 2:00 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ________________________________ -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- - Forrest -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- - Forrest
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