I measured it at my house at 12-13 grains per gallon. This is considered very hard by the USGS standards. Hardwater has a serious impact on appliances. I believe my numbers from a high quality titration test (via my sister with a PhD in Chemistry) more than some third hand numbers. Your strawman arguments are really inconsequential. I am not sure what your motivation is to try to discredit water softeners. Many people prefer softwater. BTW, the scale on hardwater is not limitied to 1-15, it can be higher than that. Softwater has 0 grains per gallon. I assume you have mistake hardness for pH. They are not the same thing ;-) LOL.
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
Soft water, such as has been produced by a water softening system,
tank lifetimes can be reduced by 50 percent or more (Weingarten and Weingarten 1992).
For example, the A.O. Smith water heater manual acknowledges “artificially softened water is exceedingly corrosive because the process substitutes sodium ions for magnesium and calcium ions.
The use of water softener may decrease life of water heater tank.”
An assessment of homeowners’ insurance claims resulting from water heater failures conducted by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS ) found that water heater failures are one of the top five “water loss” claims, or claims in which monetary compensation is sought as a result of
water damage to furniture, equipment, or the home itself.
Of the 700 water-heater-related water loss claims analyzed, 69 percent were due to leaks in the water heater or to the tank bursting.
The water heater failures cost an average of $4,444 per incident after the deductible was paid
The Battelle study found that for electric storage water heaters, regular flushing to prevent sediment buildup maintains efficiency for the lifetime of the equipment. For gas storage water heaters, cleaning the tank of sediment buildup was not found to restore full efficiency since the burner surface at
the bottom of the tank cannot be completely cleaned.
although Biker1 says he has hard water (12), the water company says it not very hard at all (a 9 on scale of 1-15).
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