Hi,
I'm trying to get the straight facts on pro's/con's between paying for an on-demand regeneration system or stick with my timer based system.
Scenario: 5 year old system with timer based regeneration. Every 3rd day. Company one comes in and says, you are wasting way too many chemicals (soft water and hard minerals) and overkill (spending more on operational costs). You should buy our $400+ on-demand system per tank.
Company two comes in and states, on-demand causes issues in that the system could "stick" and you end up paying more for repairs and problems. On-demand benefits is primarily for massive swings in consumption. For houses where 90% of the time the consumption is the same (except for vacation), it's better to stay with timer system.
I recognize that I need to do a comparison in use between purchasing volume of salt, hard metal remover per year versus capital cost to get the on-demand system. To do properly I need to get the water tested prior to any filtration to see what consumption would be.
However I'm concerned with the other aspect on "sticking" which I don't understand. Is that a significant risk / potential cost and what can I do to mitigate it? any other issues to be aware of?
thanks in advance.
I'm trying to get the straight facts on pro's/con's between paying for an on-demand regeneration system or stick with my timer based system.
Scenario: 5 year old system with timer based regeneration. Every 3rd day. Company one comes in and says, you are wasting way too many chemicals (soft water and hard minerals) and overkill (spending more on operational costs). You should buy our $400+ on-demand system per tank.
Company two comes in and states, on-demand causes issues in that the system could "stick" and you end up paying more for repairs and problems. On-demand benefits is primarily for massive swings in consumption. For houses where 90% of the time the consumption is the same (except for vacation), it's better to stay with timer system.
I recognize that I need to do a comparison in use between purchasing volume of salt, hard metal remover per year versus capital cost to get the on-demand system. To do properly I need to get the water tested prior to any filtration to see what consumption would be.
However I'm concerned with the other aspect on "sticking" which I don't understand. Is that a significant risk / potential cost and what can I do to mitigate it? any other issues to be aware of?
thanks in advance.