Can someone tell me if there is such a substance, and if so what is it?

(I have an old softener that I think may benefit!)

Thanks

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:53:36 +0100, Peter Hemmings
wrote:

Can someone tell me if there is such a substance, and if so what is it?

(I have an old softener that I think may benefit!)

Thanks


I have heard of a couple of options from softener suppliers:

- Flush some citric acid solution through the resin chambers to
dissolve crud etc. that has come in from the water supply.

- Replace the resin material in the chambers. Apparently this is
possible, but may not be economic if the control valve is in its
twilight years. At that point it could be throwing more money at the
issue than is warranted.





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Peter Hemmings wrote:
Can someone tell me if there is such a substance,

From my (limited) experience, I understood that there is some substance
which can 're-activate' the resin, but it would only be required if the
resin had been exposed to iron fouling from rusty pipes or tanks. The
iron had a greater affinity for the resin than sodium or chlorine. The
resin should otherwise last indefinitely.

You can remove some bacterial fouling by putting a small amount of
chlorine bleach in the salt tank and regenerating.

Peter Hemmings wrote:

Can someone tell me if there is such a substance, and if so what is it?

(I have an old softener that I think may benefit!)

Thanks
Salt?

Aidan wrote:

iron had a greater affinity for the resin than sodium or chlorine.

Should have said; " a greater affinity for the resin than sodium or
calcium ions".

I had assumed it was being normally regenerated with salt.