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Old 02-26-2022, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
On the other side, there are multiple salt based water softeners, and despite what others say I actually test the water and we get NO sodium from our system. We have a Sears (no idea if these are still available) water softener and Sears whole house filter, great water. I have seen combo units at HD and Lowe's. You will need a suitable way to drain the backflush from these units.
Softeners work by replacing most of the calcium and magnesium ions in the raw water with either Sodium or Potassium ion from the salt used to regenerate the ion exchange resin. Are you using potassium chloride salt to regenerate your softener?