2oldman
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Clay L wrote:The one you were looking at sells real water softeners. LOL... yeah. Thanks.
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Les Curren
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2oldman wrote:Les Curren wrote: The doctors tell myself and my wife that we have to much sodium in our diet and need to cut back. You're planning on drinking a lot of softened water then?
Yes, I drink between one and two quarts a day and my wife drinks about the same.
The humidity on the Colorado River in Arizona is between 2-10% if you don't drink a lot of water you will dehydrate.
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I guess my point is.. can you drink hard water or bottled water?
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orgelmo
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Quote:what makes the water "soft" is the removal of Calcium and other minerals, not the addition of salt. the minerals stick to the coating on the pellets, the brine solution removes them from the pellets and is washed away.
There is no salt left in the softner, it is just used to regenerate, clean the pellets, that is why it gets rinsed out. I also do not want too much salt in my diet.
The pellets are what softens the water, not the salt
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orgelmo wrote:Quote:what makes the water "soft" is the removal of Calcium and other minerals, not the addition of salt. the minerals stick to the coating on the pellets, the brine solution removes them from the pellets and is washed away.
There is no salt left in the softner, it is just used to regenerate, clean the pellets, that is why it gets rinsed out. I also do not want too much salt in my diet.
The pellets are what softens the water, not the salt
However, in an ion exchange softener (like those that use resin and salt for regeneration), the Calcium and Magnesium that is removed is replaced by Sodium (Na) ions. so while there is NO salt in the water, there are sodium ions, and that is why those on a low sodium diet (often mistakenly stated as a low salt diet) may be instructed by their doctor to not drink water from this type of softener.
Or, for those who want to restrict there sodium intake, the simple solution is to use Potasium Chloride rather than Sodium Chloride for the brine solution. Then there are Potasium ions in the water instead of Sodium ions.
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Hey,
Been following these forums for a bit and thought would share what I think.
Water King seems to be a standard water softener. As this site on water softening discusses, they can help remove the hard ions from your site. It goes a bit more into the specifics of how it works and all that.
Where you want to be careful is in 'magnetic' water softeners. IMO, those are usually not so good and many not work.
Hope that helps.
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RVforlife1 wrote:Hey,
Been following these forums for a bit and thought would share what I think.
Water King seems to be a standard water softener. As this site on water softening discusses, they can help remove the hard ions from your site. It goes a bit more into the specifics of how it works and all that.
Where you want to be careful is in 'magnetic' water softeners. IMO, those are usually not so good and many not work.
Hope that helps.
Cheers!
Water King Water King is legitimate and sells ion exchange water softeners.
The one the OP is asking about is Water King USA Water King USA
It is the one that claims to ionize the water with an RF frequency rather like the ones that use a magnet to do the same.
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Les Curren
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I'm not sure where the confusion came from about the name of the product I am asking about, but it is not WATER KING it is WATER KING USA. They use two different methods to soften water. In effect the first uses salt the other uses electricity. I'm only intrested in the Water King USA which uses Electricity.If you have an opinion about the electric method please share it with us. Pro or con.
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Hi All.
Here is a Link to what we have been using for some time now. It works very well for our needs on the road. We also have a real Water Softner that I installed in our house. As I use to install all types of Water Systems, Softners and RO Systems too. The price is right, and it is easy to use and to re-generate when needed. It uses just regular Table Salt. I bought the larger one. It also comes with a Free Water Sample Kit. Once your use to Soft Water, you'll never want to use Hard water ever again. Good Luck. Happy Travels. Dan & Jill
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