How important are water conditioners? I’ve heard that hard water eventually eats up copper piping. A friend has one which basically looks like an oxygen tank and costs about $35 a mo. Someone else suggested just buying the type they sell at sears which only require salt. Anyone out there have any experience with these. Thanks for the input.
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A water test is the first step, the number of people in your house hold, and the hardness of the water determine the size of softner you need.
There is a formula that determines how the softner should be set up and how often it should regenerate.
The person selling you the softner should be able to provide this info for you.
Just buying one at sears and sticking it in can cost a lot of money in salt if it is not set up properly.
I've got one from Sears...it's been in about 3 years, no problems. The water test is good advice, also look at ones that are activated by the amount of water running thru them, not the timer kind...my water's about medium hard with a strong concentration of manganese...might go through 10 bags of salt a year...but, we use a whole lot less soap now.
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