stockman20
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Alternative to Super Iron Out - horrific smell with softener
Hello all,
Does anyone have any ideas for alternative products to periodically clean iron from softener resin? I am done with Super Iron Out. I noticed that my softener was set to regen one night (about 8 days ago) so I mixed in a half a cup of SIO in 2 gallons of water and poured it into the salt tank. The next morning the cold water had a terrible smell to it. It smells like sulfer/rotten egg and is definitely gaseous, as the odor disappears from a glass of water if you let it sit for a couple minutes. Eight days and 3 manual regenerations later the smell is still there. I have no idea if it will ever go away. Amazingly the hot water has no odor. Hot and cold water still tests 0GPG hardness.
I bypassed the softener to smell the cold raw water - normal slight "earthy" smell, but nothing like what's coming out of the softener.
I had this same problem with my old, undersized GE cabnet softener (I have posted about this before), but always thought it was because it wasn't cleaning itself out propertly during regen. I was shocked find out I'm having the same problem with my brand new softener. So I'm done with SIO.
Any ideas for alternative products?
Thanks all,
Hello all,
Does anyone have any ideas for alternative products to periodically clean iron from softener resin? I am done with Super Iron Out. I noticed that my softener was set to regen one night (about 8 days ago) so I mixed in a half a cup of SIO in 2 gallons of water and poured it into the salt tank. The next morning the cold water had a terrible smell to it. It smells like sulfer/rotten egg and is definitely gaseous, as the odor disappears from a glass of water if you let it sit for a couple minutes. Eight days and 3 manual regenerations later the smell is still there. I have no idea if it will ever go away. Amazingly the hot water has no odor. Hot and cold water still tests 0GPG hardness.
I bypassed the softener to smell the cold raw water - normal slight "earthy" smell, but nothing like what's coming out of the softener.
I had this same problem with my old, undersized GE cabnet softener (I have posted about this before), but always thought it was because it wasn't cleaning itself out propertly during regen. I was shocked find out I'm having the same problem with my brand new softener. So I'm done with SIO.
Any ideas for alternative products?
Thanks all,
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