Nu2SW
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Hello, Got a question folks.
My mother in law has a Home RO unit from www.aquakleenproducts.com. I emailed there support team and asked them why my mother in law has to put some sort of "salt" in the tank.
this is what they said.
Dear Mr. Edwin,
The Aquakleen water refinement system, as is the case with most refiners,
use salt (or in some cases potassium), to regenerate the unit. Basically,
the way it works is that the refiner system, which is the tall chrome one,
has resin beads inside of it, along with carbon, gravel and other media. The
resin beads are the one that reduce the hardness in the water, but while
doing this, hardness particles are attached to the beads, preventing the ion
exchange process to work properly, by serving as a barrier between the resin
and the incoming hardness particles. It is for this reason that the systems
must regenerate. When regenerating, the system takes in salt from the brine
tank (the black tank by the refiner), and uses this to remove the attached
particles of hardness from the resin. Once regeneration is completed, the
resin beads are essentially clean, and capable of capturing hardness once
again. In other words, lack of salt (or potassium), would prevent the system
from doing its job.
Now, the question is do you guys think this is OK for tank water. Would the salt be taken out of the carbon and such filters.
???
thanks
My mother in law has a Home RO unit from www.aquakleenproducts.com. I emailed there support team and asked them why my mother in law has to put some sort of "salt" in the tank.
this is what they said.
Dear Mr. Edwin,
The Aquakleen water refinement system, as is the case with most refiners,
use salt (or in some cases potassium), to regenerate the unit. Basically,
the way it works is that the refiner system, which is the tall chrome one,
has resin beads inside of it, along with carbon, gravel and other media. The
resin beads are the one that reduce the hardness in the water, but while
doing this, hardness particles are attached to the beads, preventing the ion
exchange process to work properly, by serving as a barrier between the resin
and the incoming hardness particles. It is for this reason that the systems
must regenerate. When regenerating, the system takes in salt from the brine
tank (the black tank by the refiner), and uses this to remove the attached
particles of hardness from the resin. Once regeneration is completed, the
resin beads are essentially clean, and capable of capturing hardness once
again. In other words, lack of salt (or potassium), would prevent the system
from doing its job.
Now, the question is do you guys think this is OK for tank water. Would the salt be taken out of the carbon and such filters.
???
thanks
How does that ROWAphos remover work. Anyone ever use it?
