ᐅ Water softening system – Calcium and magnesium increase sodium content

Golfi90 schrieb:

If you set the system to an incoming water hardness of 3-5 dh, everything works well!
Good for both your health and the pipes.

You should never soften water to 0 dh!

The salt requirement depends on your incoming water.
We soften from 23 dh to 4 dh and use just under 25 kg (55 lbs) of salt per month. That means salt costs below €10.

I’ve never really looked into the electricity costs. They’re definitely worth the added value!

Oh my goodness! Something’s definitely off here. That’s extreme. We only need 1 to 2 bags per year and soften from 24 to 7 dh.

Then it really seems a bit strange to me!

How often do you renovate your system?

I just have my Grünbeck app open: in October, we used 4,500 liters (1,189 gallons) of softened water and needed 3.3 kilograms (7.3 pounds) of salt for that. We soften from 23 to 4.

@Golfi90 so either you need 40 cubic meters (1,412 cubic feet) of water per month – or your system is not properly adjusted.

The system automatically regenerates, usually once a day in our case. It is a Judosoft.

Bookstar schrieb:

That’s complete nonsense. The sodium content doesn’t increase that much. If you’re concerned, you can install a separate line to the kitchen without water softening. This is common practice and has a significant advantage: the water tastes much better than softened water.

I would have thought it tastes better; unfortunately, ours is basically none of the tasty ones ☹️

Our system regenerates once a week or after a consumption of 4500 liters (1190 gallons), whichever comes first.

Of course, we also have a relatively large system. I can fill up to 100 kg (220 lbs) of salt into the container...

Does that also make a difference?