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Originally Posted by Gat0r
Actually if anyone knows about water Gat0r does.I was a engineer for Honeywell and in my experience of testing clean rooms I found the easy way to get clean water is a softener (larger resin tank the better) and then a RO unit with a faucet on sink for drinking water.With a carbon filter on the leaving side.Reverse osmosis removes almost everything from the water so you have to add some mineral back to it so it does not remove it from you.It's all about the ion's.I think this was practical science in my day. Discussion needed
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I've been working with water quality for 40 years in the aquarium industry, fish corals and invertebrates demand a much higher level of water purity than we do.
Water softeners do not clean the water they thru an ion exchange soften the water. The results are
soft dirty water so to speak.
there are many myths about water softeners, read
this , it is my opinion that there is no a need for one, many have spent a lot $$ for them here for little benefit.
As far as reverse osmosis or RO water, this can't practical to be used in a whole house water filtration system, they are typically installed for drinking water at the sink. They do strip the water of most minerals than we do if fact need, I know people have them then add ice cubes form the fridge which are plain water not have gone thru the RO
the carbon filter after the softener is correct, however there is carbon and then there is high quality carbon.
Less expensive filers use granular carbon, to tell what you have if you shake it or turn it end to end and you hear carbon moving around it's granular.
Meaning it's loose packed, the problem with these is water finds a path of least resistance in so doing it creates channels bypassing the carbon reducing its effectiveness. I see many installations of water softeners using this type also resulting in dirty soft water.
Carbonaceous substances are the raw materials used to make activated carbon, and the most common are:
Wood (hardwood and softwood)
Peat
Coal (lignite, sub-bituminous and bituminous)
Palm shell
Coconut shell.
My carbon filter is not granular it is solid bloc preventing bypass or channeling.
Importantly it is made from coconut shell, Coconut shell carbons are generally harder, more pure, more active (greater surface area) and have a microporous internal structure.
Coconut shell activated carbon has the greatest density, highest hardness, lowest ash and highest activity level in the activated carbon family tree.
Gator not saying you're incorrect just amplifying with my opinion.
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