I need to replace my softener (because Culligan's lifetime warranty wasn't - but that's a separate tirade).
I have very hard well water.
Hardness: 45 gpg
Iron: 0.1 mg/L
TDS: 1297 mg/L
pH: 7.3
Alkalinity: 190 mg/L
My old softener reduced the hardness to 10 gpg. But now I think that Culligan undersized it from their comment that based on the old softener their recommended replacement is their standard or base model. (Old model was a Culligan Mark 100 with 0.86 cu/ft of media)
I have 2 Questions:
1) With my extreme hardness is reduction to anything less than 10 gpg a realistic goal for a salt based softener?
2) With the goals of a) not destroying my appliances, b) getting at least a little suds in my shower, and perhaps the 'dream' of c) preventing additional white crusting ... what should my worst case hardness goal be ... perhaps 7.5 gpg?
TIA.
I have very hard well water.
Hardness: 45 gpg
Iron: 0.1 mg/L
TDS: 1297 mg/L
pH: 7.3
Alkalinity: 190 mg/L
My old softener reduced the hardness to 10 gpg. But now I think that Culligan undersized it from their comment that based on the old softener their recommended replacement is their standard or base model. (Old model was a Culligan Mark 100 with 0.86 cu/ft of media)
I have 2 Questions:
1) With my extreme hardness is reduction to anything less than 10 gpg a realistic goal for a salt based softener?
2) With the goals of a) not destroying my appliances, b) getting at least a little suds in my shower, and perhaps the 'dream' of c) preventing additional white crusting ... what should my worst case hardness goal be ... perhaps 7.5 gpg?
TIA.