Posted by SJC on September 9, 2006, 8:49 pm
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Our local rock is limestone and the water is quite hard but I assume I
>>>>could use a softener of some kind.
>>>
>>> At the flow rates you are talking about you will go broke trying to soften
that
>>> much water.
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Scott
>>> Ypsilanti, Michigan
>>
>> We have hard water here and I just got a 2um cartridge filter from Lowes
>>for about $5 that filters the water for the hot water heater. Shows right on
>>the box that it extends the life of hot water heaters. I have to replace a $
>>filter every 6 months and it works great.
> Yes, but you don't run very much water through that hot water heater compared
to
> what the OP would run through his ground-source heat pump. That is a lot of
> water, and such a filter would need replacing in less that a week, I would
> guess.
> Robert Scott
> Ypsilanti, Michigan
They make larger filters for the whole house. I just wanted to suggest a
possible
alternative to water softening. It might not work in his application, only he
knows
the water flow parameters for that.
Posted by Solar Flare on September 11, 2006, 3:05 am
Your water cannot be very hard if a $ filter removes the hardness for
six months. I know of wells with over 130 grains of hardness. The
sheer weight of the minerals removed in one hour would weigh more than
your cartridge.
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:22:55 -0400, "Alan C37"
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Our local rock is limestone and the water is quite hard but I
>>>>> assume I
>>>>>could use a softener of some kind.
>>>>
>>>> At the flow rates you are talking about you will go broke trying
>>>> to soften that
>>>> much water.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Robert Scott
>>>> Ypsilanti, Michigan
>>>
>>> We have hard water here and I just got a 2um cartridge filter
>>> from Lowes
>>>for about $5 that filters the water for the hot water heater.
>>>Shows right on
>>>the box that it extends the life of hot water heaters. I have to
>>>replace a $
>>>filter every 6 months and it works great.
>>
>> Yes, but you don't run very much water through that hot water
>> heater compared to
>> what the OP would run through his ground-source heat pump. That is
>> a lot of
>> water, and such a filter would need replacing in less that a week,
>> I would
>> guess.
>>
>>
>> Robert Scott
>> Ypsilanti, Michigan
> They make larger filters for the whole house. I just wanted to
> suggest a possible
> alternative to water softening. It might not work in his
> application, only he knows
> the water flow parameters for that.
>
Posted by Alan C37 on September 16, 2006, 3:26 pm
Pleas ignore this. I may have posting problems so am just testing.
Probably the wrong place. Sorry if so.
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>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Our local rock is limestone and the water is quite hard but I assume I
>>>>could use a softener of some kind.
>>>
>>> At the flow rates you are talking about you will go broke trying to soften