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Old 06-25-2016, 08:00 PM
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Either sodium chloride or potassium chloride is fine - either will work fine as a brine solution for "regenerating" the resin tank. Either will result in the water hardness being driven down to 0 grains per gallon. Typically, the amount used per regeneration is a bit less with sodium chloride. If the used brine solution is dumped in a flower bed or near grass, potassium chloride would be a better choice. Potassium chloride is about 5x the cost of sodium chloride.

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Originally Posted by mmorisi View Post
We have a Pegasus water filtration system for the house but we aren't sure what we need to add to it? Is it potassium? We just don't want to add the wrong stuff or have it go without and possibly hurt the system! Thank you in advance for the help!

-Merribeth & Keith