Does anyone know why the price of potassium choloride is approx $18/40
lb bag? I bought it 6 months ago and it was about $8/40 lb bag.

tia,
chris

First of all what are you doing with that chemical

"Chris" wrote in message
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Does anyone know why the price of potassium choloride is approx $18/40
lb bag? I bought it 6 months ago and it was about $8/40 lb bag.

tia,
chris

"Old and Grunpy" t. wrote in message
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First of all what are you doing with that chemical

Some people use potassium choloride because water softeners put a small
amount of salt in the water. If you're on a low-sodium diet it's supposed to
be helpful.

You can use either but salt is cheaper.

To OP: Maybe the price of fuel? Seems to be making everything go up. My
suggestion is to shop around and for the best deal and buy the store out.

When I get my salt at Costco I get $400 lbs at a time.

olddog

"Chris" wrote in message
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Does anyone know why the price of potassium choloride is approx $18/40
lb bag? I bought it 6 months ago and it was about $8/40 lb bag.

tia,
chris

If you're using potassium chloride because of the sodium in the water you
could get a reverse osmosis water filter to remove the salt from the
drinking/cooking water. It's got to be cheaper in the long run. If you're
using soft water through a water filter you don't have to change the filters
as often.

I put in an RO system and it wasn't that difficult. Costco sells them.

olddog

"olddog" wrote in message
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"Old and Grunpy" t. wrote in message
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First of all what are you doing with that chemical

Some people use potassium choloride because water softeners put a small
amount of salt in the water. If you're on a low-sodium diet it's supposed
to be helpful.

You can use either but salt is cheaper.

To OP: Maybe the price of fuel? Seems to be making everything go up. My
suggestion is to shop around and for the best deal and buy the store out.

When I get my salt at Costco I get $400 lbs at a time.

olddog
* 400 lbs * eh..you know what I meant.

olddog

Chris wrote:

Does anyone know why the price of potassium choloride is approx $18/40
lb bag? I bought it 6 months ago and it was about $8/40 lb bag.

tia,
chris

It's used in making fertilizers and the demand (especially China) has
been growing.

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"Old and Grunpy" t. wrote in message
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First of all what are you doing with that chemical

Some people use potassium choloride because water softeners put a small
amount of salt in the water. If you're on a low-sodium diet it's supposed
to be helpful.

You can use either but salt is cheaper.

To OP: Maybe the price of fuel? Seems to be making everything go up. My
suggestion is to shop around and for the best deal and buy the store out.

When I get my salt at Costco I get $400 lbs at a time.

olddog

How many years does 400 lbs. service your softener?

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"olddog" wrote in message
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"Old and Grunpy" t. wrote in message
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First of all what are you doing with that chemical

Some people use potassium choloride because water softeners put a small
amount of salt in the water. If you're on a low-sodium diet it's supposed
to be helpful.

You can use either but salt is cheaper.

To OP: Maybe the price of fuel? Seems to be making everything go up. My
suggestion is to shop around and for the best deal and buy the store out.

When I get my salt at Costco I get $400 lbs at a time.

olddog

How many years does 400 lbs. service your softener?


I'm not really sure. Over a year and under 2 years. I just checked it and it
needs salt.

I wasn't getting it serviced like it should be and the o rings were leaking
causing it to use more salt. So I'm not positive how much I use. A lot
depends on how much water you use and if you use soft water to fill your
pool, water your yard, wash your car etc...

I filled it about 4 or 5 months ago and it needs about 75lbs now.

Costco is the place to get salt here. They sell it in 40lb bags and at the
same price the grocery stores here sell 25lb bags.

"Chris" wrote in message
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On Oct 11, 4:12 pm, "Old and Grunpy" t. wrote:
First of all what are you doing with that chemical

I've been using it in my water softener. I live in a town home and
don't have a separate line for my backyard so the softened water is
used to water my plants. From what I've heard I can only use
potassium chloride since using salt would kill my plants.

My wife has been using softener water, salt re-generation, for the past 14
years with no problems with her flower garden or veggie garden. The amount
of residual salt from a softener is less than normal water content. Check
with your water supply company for normal saline content.

"Chris" wrote in message
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On Oct 11, 4:12 pm, "Old and Grunpy" t. wrote:
First of all what are you doing with that chemical

I've been using it in my water softener. I live in a town home and
don't have a separate line for my backyard so the softened water is
used to water my plants. From what I've heard I can only use
potassium chloride since using salt would kill my plants.

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If you dumped the backwash it would but the amount of salt actually in the
water is infinitesimal. The salt is used in the regeneration, not the
normal flow mode.

"Chris" wrote in message
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On Oct 11, 4:12 pm, "Old and Grunpy" t. wrote:
First of all what are you doing with that chemical

I've been using it in my water softener. I live in a town home and
don't have a separate line for my backyard so the softened water is
used to water my plants. From what I've heard I can only use
potassium chloride since using salt would kill my plants.

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i've never heard of that but you should be able to bypass your system
anyway.

olddog

On Oct 13, 9:44 am, "retired53" [email protected] wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message

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On Oct 11, 4:12 pm, "Old and Grunpy" t. wrote:

First of all what are you doing with that chemical

I've been using it in my water softener. I live in a town home and
don't have a separate line for my backyard so the softened water is
used to water my plants. From what I've heard I can only use
potassium chloride since using salt would kill my plants.

================================================

i've never heard of that but you should be able to bypass your system
anyway.

olddog

You can't use water softened with salt on orchids.

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On Oct 13, 9:44 am, "retired53" [email protected] wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message

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On Oct 11, 4:12 pm, "Old and Grunpy" t. wrote:

First of all what are you doing with that chemical

I've been using it in my water softener. I live in a town home and
don't have a separate line for my backyard so the softened water is
used to water my plants. From what I've heard I can only use
potassium chloride since using salt would kill my plants.

================================================

i've never heard of that but you should be able to bypass your system
anyway.

olddog

You can't use water softened with salt on orchids.

Probably best to put the system on bypass when watering any plants due to
the cost of salt and the fact there is some salt in the water.

I've been watering my indoor plants with soft water without any problems
except my African violet died. I thought it was from improper watering but
it could of been the soften water.

olddog