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Ice Machine - Use soft, or untreated water?
I have just got an ice making machine (Whirlpool K20)
Now, I am unsure if I should use water directly from the mains, water from my water softener (the type that uses salt) or filtered water in the unit. I live in quite a hard water area (Orpington, Kent) Using soft water will obviously stop the machine getting scaled up, however, I didn't think it was good to drink soft water (we don't) using filtered water will remove any nasties in the water, but I don't think it will stop the scale using soft, filtered, or filtered soft water would be impractical, as it would mean I would have to re-plumb things! (Although, if soft, then filtered is the way to go, I could get another filter for the ice machine I suppose.) Thanks for any advice! Sparks... |
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Sparks wrote:
using soft, filtered, or filtered soft water would be impractical, as it would mean I would have to re-plumb things! (Although, if soft, then filtered is the way to go, I could get another filter for the ice machine I suppose.) Surely you don't drink _that_ much ice/water do you? I would connect it to the soft water myself and carry on drinking the hard/filtered water if particularly concerned. If you check on tinternet WRT salt consumption and softened water etc general belif seems to be there is much more salt in milk than in softened water anyway, so health concern shouldn't be an issue particularly. (however for compliance I will be having a filtered hard water supply on a 3 way kitchen tap, but wouldn't be worried about supping the soft stuff apart from possible tase changes etc.) -- http://gymratz.co.uk - Best Gym Equipment & Bodybuilding Supplements UK. http://trade-price-supplements.co.uk - TRADE PRICED SUPPLEMENTS for ALL! http://fitness-equipment-uk.com - UK's No.1 Fitness Equipment Suppliers. http://gymratz.co.uk/hot-seat.htm - Live web-cam! (sometimes) |
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