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Old 05-20-2006, 09:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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SOFT water vs hard water and the RODI

I am working on setting up my Rodi unit and I am trying to figure out where I want to tap into my home water line. I can go in before the water goes through the water softner or after. Which is best?


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Old 05-21-2006, 12:56 AM   #2 (permalink)
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how does your water softener work?
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Old 05-21-2006, 07:43 AM   #3 (permalink)
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little gremlins/orks in the pipe-work with wooden mallets that hammer the water as it goes past them.
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Old 05-21-2006, 07:47 AM   #4 (permalink)
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someone forgot to ask the rep when they bought the unit didn't they???

i dont know what effect ether have on the membrane, so fat lot of good im too you...lol
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I am working on setting up my Rodi unit and I am trying to figure out where I want to tap into my home water line. I can go in before the water goes through the water softner or after. Which is best?


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usually when people have bad/hard water, the water is sent through the softener first, then through the RO unit.

the RO unit will remove the stuff that makes the water "hard" but it will shorten the life of your membrane, so if you can put a softener in front of the RO unit
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Man, that Rob, always makes so much sense of things!
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And you know, if someone had made me guess I would have said to run the RODI ahead of the softener so you didn't have to remove the salt from the softened water. Good thing no one did ask me to guess, I hate to be wrong!
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Thanks Rob. I will tap in after the softner.
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