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Posted by Steve B on May 17, 2007, 12:00 am
We are looking at one of these for our new house with reverse osmosis under
the sink filters. The water hardness there is like near 12. Anyone have
one of these spendy things? Like it? Hate it?
They don't matter a lot to me. I can shower in any old water, but the wife
insists it makes a big difference in bathing, dishwashing, and clothes
washing.
(I made her a deal. She gets this, I get a boat, so it ain't so bad.)
Steve
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Posted by on May 17, 2007, 12:35 am
> We are looking at one of these for our new house with reverse osmosis
> under the sink filters. The water hardness there is like near 12. Anyone
> have one of these spendy things? Like it? Hate it?
> They don't matter a lot to me. I can shower in any old water, but the
> wife insists it makes a big difference in bathing, dishwashing, and
> clothes washing.
> (I made her a deal. She gets this, I get a boat, so it ain't so bad.)
> Steve
The Kinetico I bought in 1985 cost $1,500 and only lasted 10 years. When I
called the service company, they wanted over $1,200 to repair it and over
$3,000 to replace it. Yeah, right. It worked just fine, but only for 10
years. I replaced it with something from the big box store in 1995, and that
one's still working fine. It only cost $800. I would NEVER buy Kinetico
again. I only got it for softening, since our water is off-the-chart hard.
Without a softener the water pipes would get so blocked up with crud the
water pressure would be zero.
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Posted by Oren on May 17, 2007, 12:47 pm
On Wed, 16 May 2007 21:00:32 -0700, "Steve B"
>We are looking at one of these for our new house with reverse osmosis under
>the sink filters. The water hardness there is like near 12. Anyone have
>one of these spendy things? Like it? Hate it?
>They don't matter a lot to me. I can shower in any old water, but the wife
>insists it makes a big difference in bathing, dishwashing, and clothes
>washing.
>(I made her a deal. She gets this, I get a boat, so it ain't so bad.)
>Steve
I don't have the brand you mention. A local company (Hanson) wanted
over $1,000.00 to rebuild (10 year old) the meter and change resin in
my softener. I ordered a new system (digital vs manual settings)
online yesterday.
Total cost $447.xx. No tax or shipping. The exact model I have, except
it is digital. They ship from Ohio or Arizona. The site has a
calculator for sizing the system.
Save money and spend it on fuel for the boat.
See:
http://www.qualitywatertreatment.com/index.htm
--
Oren
"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who
really loves it."
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Posted by Oren on May 17, 2007, 2:42 pm
>On Wed, 16 May 2007 21:00:32 -0700, "Steve B"
>>We are looking at one of these for our new house with reverse osmosis under
>>the sink filters. The water hardness there is like near 12. Anyone have
>>one of these spendy things? Like it? Hate it?
BTW, the SNWA site posts the water hardness.*
*The SNWA water hardness is about 313 parts per million (ppm) or 18.3
grains per gallon.
Size your system for 20 GPG, based I the calculator (the site I
posted).
What kind of boat?
>>They don't matter a lot to me. I can shower in any old water, but the wife
>>insists it makes a big difference in bathing, dishwashing, and clothes
>>washing.
>>(I made her a deal. She gets this, I get a boat, so it ain't so bad.)
>>Steve
>I don't have the brand you mention. A local company (Hanson) wanted
>over $1,000.00 to rebuild (10 year old) the meter and change resin in
>my softener. I ordered a new system (digital vs manual settings)
>online yesterday.
>Total cost $447.xx. No tax or shipping. The exact model I have, except
>it is digital. They ship from Ohio or Arizona. The site has a
>calculator for sizing the system.
>Save money and spend it on fuel for the boat.
>See:
>http://www.qualitywatertreatment.com/index.htm
--
Oren
"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who
really loves it."
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Posted by Steve B on May 17, 2007, 3:51 pm
>>On Wed, 16 May 2007 21:00:32 -0700, "Steve B"
>>>We are looking at one of these for our new house with reverse osmosis
>>>under
>>>the sink filters. The water hardness there is like near 12. Anyone have
>>>one of these spendy things? Like it? Hate it?
> BTW, the SNWA site posts the water hardness.*
> *The SNWA water hardness is about 313 parts per million (ppm) or 18.3
> grains per gallon.
> Size your system for 20 GPG, based I the calculator (the site I
> posted).
> What kind of boat?
A 14' to 16' aluminum V hull with a 20 Merc or 15 Evinrude to fish the small
lakes up in Utah. An old fart boat.
Steve
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> under the sink filters. The water hardness there is like near 12. Anyone
> have one of these spendy things? Like it? Hate it?
> They don't matter a lot to me. I can shower in any old water, but the
> wife insists it makes a big difference in bathing, dishwashing, and
> clothes washing.
> (I made her a deal. She gets this, I get a boat, so it ain't so bad.)
> Steve