KimbaWLion
New Member
Hello there peoples,
I originally had a US Filter water softener that really gave me grief and the company disappeared and I ended up with an Ionics 1030B ( 30000 Grain I believe ) which has served me rather faithfully since then.
I had it serviced around 2 years ago when the timer stopped working and the local guy covering for Ionics ( Now Puronics ) fixed for about $190 in total service call.
At the moment I am running on bypass my bypass valve is mounted vertically instead of horizontally too since the Valve on the Ionics is vertically attached, I have not seen that too often.
At the moment water keeps going over the KCL in the Brine tank and I a getting Crusting of KCL on the outside of the plastic Brine Tank itself. The salt level never has not gone down in ages either and the salt is fairly loose.
I am getting tired of bailing water out the tank to get around the salt level and it seems to regenerate fine. The salt has not gone down in a while I have NOT tested it I am getting crusting around fixtures and
my toilets get discolored now where they were not before.
The last time I checked my hardness it was around 13 grains. My mother who just had her water tested using the same Phila. Suburban water also 13 grains with everything else pretty normal.
I am just not happy, not sure what do to etc. Do I fix this unit? Do I get a new one? I was looking at an 8 year old Kinetico Model 60 with NEW tanks that is around $500. I was looking at a USWater Systems Unit Fusion Model that is 53000 grain, vortech for backwash, 1.5cu/ft flow with a 1" inch inlet, that lets me cover my 3 person family and any extras. comes with 10% Cross linked Resin etc. etc. that is around $1163 shipped to my door complete. I was toying either either a carbon tank or just installing a large carbon pre-filter this time around too.
I really do not know what do, repair, cheap out with get the used Kinetico or buy a new as US Water Systems has been around for a bit and the price for their "fusion" system is really hard to beat ( nice stainless steel tank like my Ionics too ) its really easy to program and use too.
I know you guys get this question a lot but for an engineer I am over thinking this way too much so I'll the experts here. Thanks in advance for the advice!
I originally had a US Filter water softener that really gave me grief and the company disappeared and I ended up with an Ionics 1030B ( 30000 Grain I believe ) which has served me rather faithfully since then.
I had it serviced around 2 years ago when the timer stopped working and the local guy covering for Ionics ( Now Puronics ) fixed for about $190 in total service call.
At the moment I am running on bypass my bypass valve is mounted vertically instead of horizontally too since the Valve on the Ionics is vertically attached, I have not seen that too often.
At the moment water keeps going over the KCL in the Brine tank and I a getting Crusting of KCL on the outside of the plastic Brine Tank itself. The salt level never has not gone down in ages either and the salt is fairly loose.
I am getting tired of bailing water out the tank to get around the salt level and it seems to regenerate fine. The salt has not gone down in a while I have NOT tested it I am getting crusting around fixtures and
my toilets get discolored now where they were not before.
The last time I checked my hardness it was around 13 grains. My mother who just had her water tested using the same Phila. Suburban water also 13 grains with everything else pretty normal.
I am just not happy, not sure what do to etc. Do I fix this unit? Do I get a new one? I was looking at an 8 year old Kinetico Model 60 with NEW tanks that is around $500. I was looking at a USWater Systems Unit Fusion Model that is 53000 grain, vortech for backwash, 1.5cu/ft flow with a 1" inch inlet, that lets me cover my 3 person family and any extras. comes with 10% Cross linked Resin etc. etc. that is around $1163 shipped to my door complete. I was toying either either a carbon tank or just installing a large carbon pre-filter this time around too.
I really do not know what do, repair, cheap out with get the used Kinetico or buy a new as US Water Systems has been around for a bit and the price for their "fusion" system is really hard to beat ( nice stainless steel tank like my Ionics too ) its really easy to program and use too.
I know you guys get this question a lot but for an engineer I am over thinking this way too much so I'll the experts here. Thanks in advance for the advice!