We have a salt water softener but still have lots of scale buildup and corrosion, very high pH water, will this help and should it be before or after?
82120
I'm not an expert but honestly I never noticed any improvement of any kind after installing the clear wave. I think it's a scam, personally. My advice is save your money.
82121
I know very little about salt type water conditioners. All I can say is that the Clearwave CW-125 keeps the grains of scale from sticking to pipes, faucets, electric water heater elements etc. The scale will eventually be released from plumbing so I would only guess that you would want it after your salt style conditioner. Hope this info is of some help.
82122
I think I remember the instructions mentioning to place the Clearwave before your softener. Either way, it should help because both products do the same thing but in different ways so the Clearwave should make your salt water softener more effective. If it doesn't, return it.
82123
If you already have a salt-based water softener IN GOOD WORKING ORDER and it's still not enough, then this item will probably make little difference.
1365164
It should not make any differences whether you plumb it from a well or after a water softener unit. You should get the unit with a chemical adding filter to add vitamins and nutrients back into the water regardless. The water softener unit will take the hardness minerals out of the water before the reverse osmosis system does.
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Maybe. I think it will depend on a couple of things... How much iron is in your water and what kind of softener program you have. Iron is one component of hardness so the more iron you remove the less hardness there is to correct. So given that, your softener MAY require less salt to do the job. I do know from talking with the manufacturer of the iron unit that the softener need to go AFTER the iron unit. Ours was predominantly an Iron problem and this unit seems to have corrected the majority of our problem. We haven't added a softener yet, but may; and the unit we get may be smaller because the iron unit is doing a great job. Maybe. I think it will depend on a couple of things... How much iron is in your water and what kind of softener program you have. Iron is one component of hardness so the more iron you remove the less hardness there is to correct. So given that, your softener MAY require less salt to do the job. I do know from talking with the manufacturer of the iron unit that the softener need to go AFTER the iron unit. Ours was predominantly an Iron problem and this unit seems to have corrected the majority of our problem. We haven't added a softener yet, but may; and the unit we get may be smaller... » Read More Maybe. I think it will depend on a couple of things... How much iron is in your water and what kind of softener program you have. Iron is one component of hardness so the more iron you remove the less hardness there is to correct. So given that, your softener MAY require less salt to do the job. I do know from talking with the manufacturer of the iron unit that the softener need to go AFTER the iron unit. Ours was predominantly an Iron problem and this unit seems to have corrected the majority of our problem. We haven't added a softener yet, but may; and the unit we get may be smaller because the iron unit is doing a great job. « Show Less
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I use the same salt that I use in my home Morton's System Saver, it seems to be the cleanest. On a different note the softener is an excellent unit. Merry Christmas!
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The instructions I read said, no. Need Dishwasher Water Softener Salt. I don't know the difference, but I did not want to take any chances with my expensive dishwasher.
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We have added absolutely no chemicals. We added 80lbs. of salt when we set it up and let the system run to make sure we didn't add too much. We haven't had any error codes meaning the salt level if good. Our water still looks like it did when we put it up 2.5 months ago.
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Yes!! We just put a bag and a half of the salt for water softeners that you can buy at a hardware store. It worked really well. I believe you need to have a special salt-water pump, though, which Intex sells. Trying to use salt water with a normal pump might cause damage.
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I have a well system, and the Home Master system works great, the water is way better than the previous single filter system I had. It would be a good idea to have your well tested for iron levels to make sure your softner system is working properly.
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I think that would be a different model... My old softener was a 12x48 tank and this one so far is working great... The old smaller system was regenerating every 4 days by a mechanical timer system. This one regenerates based on water usage and with our small household I've went the full maximum of 14 days before regeneration... I expect my salt usage will go way down... I really like it!! I had to redo my plumbing to accommodate the larger tank, but that wasn't too difficult and well worth the effort...
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Salt is salt is salt is salt. Regular softener salt ought to work, but it often is quite coarse and you may have trouble putting in that small hole on the softener.
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It's probably not corrosion but sediment build up. (Scaling) It should also be on the inside of the tank. I clean mine about every 10th - 15th batch. Follow your instructions to clean it.
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you probably have hard water in your house? if you do, you have a calcium deposit problem, not just soap scum, in which case, the only thing you can do is use chemicals such as CLR (Calcium-Lime-Rust remover) or some sort of acidic solution - as in diluted vinegar.
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Yes, this softener will clean most of the alkalinity (white stuff) from the hardest of water like I have here in Texas. You will love the feeling of the soft water when bathing. It makes soap last longer with laundry and dish washing. I also use a reverse osmosis unit for drinking, the tea kettel and making ice. It makes the softened water even better.
1488115
Yes it will. The salt water system has paid foe itself twice over. No more chemicals except occassionally some baking soda. You will love it.
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No it does not, if You have hard water You'll need a water softener preferable after this. Amazon also sells an air injection birm resin unit that will soften as well as remove iron and sulfur.
1410264
I've read before that the water condition instantly disappates the chlorine in tap so personally I add water conditioner to the tank before adding water. It's seemed to work fine for me but typically keep hardier fish.
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We had all sorts of issues with our water- ph, hardness, high oxidized iron, manganese etc. I called one manufacturer for a different softener to get a recommendation based on our levels and he said there was nothing he could recommend in good conscience and we should just hAve a new well drilled. Unwilling to give up we did more research and bought and installed this. I can happily say our hardness and iron is completely resolved and we shocked our well to take care of manganese. We will deal with ph at a later date. I'm thrilled with this purchase and highly recommend this softener/filter for iron issues. Good luck!