Combimate, what to treat?
 

I thought it was time to give our plumbing a treat, and eBay was kind
enough to furnish me with nice new combimate for thirty quid the other
day! (a full on water softener may come along in a while when I get
round to building a utility room!)

Hence I now need to decide which outlets are going to benefit most from
the phosphate dosing...

Treat the cold feed to the combi thence all the hot outlets obviously.

I was planning on not treating the cold feed to the kitchen sink (and
water filter) - but then again are there any known health/taste issues
etc with drinking dosed water? The loss of scale in the kettle would be
nice.

I was planning to feed the remaining cold taps and loo cisterns etc in
the rest of the house as well, but is there any benefit in doing so, or
is it just going to cost more in silophos balls?

What about the (hardly used) outside tap?


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John.

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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:34:04 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

I thought it was time to give our plumbing a treat, and eBay was kind
enough to furnish me with nice new combimate for thirty quid the other
day! (a full on water softener may come along in a while when I get
round to building a utility room!)

Hence I now need to decide which outlets are going to benefit most from
the phosphate dosing...

Treat the cold feed to the combi thence all the hot outlets obviously.

You could put in a second combi so that you can compare results......


I was planning on not treating the cold feed to the kitchen sink (and
water filter) - but then again are there any known health/taste issues
etc with drinking dosed water? The loss of scale in the kettle would be
nice.

One of my relatives has one.

The treated water does taste a little funny.....


I was planning to feed the remaining cold taps and loo cisterns etc in
the rest of the house as well, but is there any benefit in doing so, or
is it just going to cost more in silophos balls?

I use softened water in the loo cisterns and it does eliminate the
scaling deposit issues. Perhaps the combimate would have a similar
effect - not sure.



What about the (hardly used) outside tap?


Not really worth it.

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Newbie question... what's a CombiMate ?

I was planning to feed the remaining cold taps and loo cisterns etc in
the rest of the house as well, but is there any benefit in doing so, or
is it just going to cost more in silophos balls?

Well, toilets use a lot of water, and hence phosphate. Personally, I would
dose them though. My toilet only stays clean for a week or so due to
scaling.

What about the (hardly used) outside tap?

Definitely not.

Christian.

On 24 Aug 2005 02:05:18 -0700, "icornish" wrote:

Newbie question... what's a CombiMate ?


It's a phosphate dosing device. It will treat water in such a way as
to prevent or reduce scale, but not such that it is softened and a
saving on detergent and shampoo etc. made.


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Andy Hall wrote:

You could put in a second combi so that you can compare results......

;-)

One of my relatives has one.

The treated water does taste a little funny.....

OK will stick to scaley water for the kitchen cold tap and water filter...

I use softened water in the loo cisterns and it does eliminate the
scaling deposit issues. Perhaps the combimate would have a similar
effect - not sure.

Might as well try it and see...

What about the (hardly used) outside tap?

Not really worth it.

The question was more directed at is there any explicit reason to not
dose it, given that it will require extra plumbing to separate the feed
from the rest of the pipework. (the tap onlt gets used for car or
pressure washing - very rare that the garden gets watered!)

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John.

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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:45:50 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:

You could put in a second combi so that you can compare results......

;-)

One of my relatives has one.

The treated water does taste a little funny.....

OK will stick to scaley water for the kitchen cold tap and water filter...

I use softened water in the loo cisterns and it does eliminate the
scaling deposit issues. Perhaps the combimate would have a similar
effect - not sure.

Might as well try it and see...

What about the (hardly used) outside tap?

Not really worth it.

The question was more directed at is there any explicit reason to not
dose it, given that it will require extra plumbing to separate the feed
from the rest of the pipework. (the tap onlt gets used for car or
pressure washing - very rare that the garden gets watered!)

Right. OK, if that's the application, the game is different. There
won't be much water used but not really benefits either, so I'd leave
it the way it is.

I have a 22mm cold supply outlet run directly from the incoming main
for one outside tap used for garden purposes, then two additional taps
(hot and cold) after the softener for exterior washing applications.
It's certainly worth using softened water in a pressure washer and for
window cleaning etc.




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