On Sep 9, 9:55 am, Phisherman wrote:
On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:37:57 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:


Soften the water going into the water heater. Don't soften the cold
water.

With respect, that is the single biggest mistake made when installing
a softener. If you soften only the cold water going to the water
heater then only the water heater sees soft water. you may improve the
length of the service life of the water heater but the rest of the
home sees HARD water and you've lost any benefit of soft water.

Installing a softener on only the cold service to a water heater is
done whne a proper installation would be more difficult and more
expensive but IT IS THE WRONG THING TO DO.

Every appliance, every pipe, every faucet, and every fixture that sees
cold water sees HARD water. Anywhere in the home that hot and cold are
mixed you have HARD water. If that's how you choose to install a
softener then save your money or just run it through a paper
shredder... same difference.

If you don't believe me, then get a hardness testing kit and test the
water coming out of any faucet when cold and hot are running, but be
prepared to be very unhappy.