Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Water Softener

As I have been accused of being a weather whiner, I won't discuss the weather.  Instead, I'll discuss water.

We decided to add a water softener to our system to help prevent water heater failure and other hard water issues.  Water softeners for RVs are different from those for stick houses.  Most stick house softeners are of a large capacity and have electronic controls.  Those for RVs do not.  Ours also uses regular table salt instead of the rock or solar type salt used in homes and some RV softeners.

We bought the Mark 8000 from Flo Pur.  It has an 8000 grain capacity which means if the water is tested at 10 grain hardness, the softener can condition 800 gallons of water before recharging is needed.  It attaches to our water hook up with a garden hose.  I also added an adjustable water pressure gauge.  So far so good. 


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