Hello everyone. In the area where we will be building, we can expect very hard water.
Has anyone here had experience with water softening systems?
Would you recommend a water softener?
Do you know of a good product (salt)?
I understand there are many dubious products in this field. We are looking for something that is proven to work, without any pseudoscience or dowsing rods, etc.
Has anyone here had experience with water softening systems?
Would you recommend a water softener?
Do you know of a good product (salt)?
I understand there are many dubious products in this field. We are looking for something that is proven to work, without any pseudoscience or dowsing rods, etc.
Tobi schrieb:
What applies to gas- or oil-fired boilers—that a system without scale deposits can save about 20-40% energy—does not apply to electric boilers. While in gas or oil boilers more heat is lost unused up the chimney when the heat flow is impaired by scale buildup, the heat from an electric heating element, which is completely surrounded by water, can only go into the surrounding water. Although the heating process takes longer with scale buildup, the higher core temperature in the heating element also increases electrical resistance, which reduces power consumption. This is fundamentally incorrect. A layer of scale around the heating elements increases thermal resistance and thus reduces the boiler’s efficiency. This means more energy is needed to heat the boiler’s contents because the additional thermal resistance must be overcome.If your example were correct, a heating element completely insulated from the surrounding water would take an infinite amount of time to heat the water while consuming no energy at all.
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MODERATOR2 Oct 2016 19:05Hello everyone,
from a technical perspective, water softening is beneficial when the water hardness exceeds 20° German hardness (°fH) or 14° French hardness (°dH).
The taste after installing a water softener may initially be unusual or perceived as "bad" (depending on individual interpretation). This is probably because certain substances dissolve from the pipes after descaling, but this usually settles after some time.
Softened water will not taste salty; in the ion exchange process, the sodium content in the water is increased, but table salt is sodium chloride, which is not produced by the softening process.
from a technical perspective, water softening is beneficial when the water hardness exceeds 20° German hardness (°fH) or 14° French hardness (°dH).
The taste after installing a water softener may initially be unusual or perceived as "bad" (depending on individual interpretation). This is probably because certain substances dissolve from the pipes after descaling, but this usually settles after some time.
Softened water will not taste salty; in the ion exchange process, the sodium content in the water is increased, but table salt is sodium chloride, which is not produced by the softening process.