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In today’s Internet market there are hundreds of Water
Treatment companies selling water softeners at discounted
prices through there websites. Some companies give you the
details on the water softeners and some don't. Be careful
before making a purchase before you know exactly what you
are getting some companies leave important options out to
keep there prices down and to look more competitive.
Here is a list of options that are very important and
should be considered before making a purchase.
1. Plastic or stainless steel bypass valve. This is needed
to put the softener in bypass if there is a problem with
it. If you do not have a bypass valve then you will have
no water to the house until the water softener is repaired.
2. Safety float inside the salt tank. A safety float is
an emergency float; its function is to make sure that the
salt tank cannot overflow salt water all over your floor
if the injectors on the softener valve get plugged up.
Without the safety float you could have a mess on your
hands not to mention possible damage to the floor.
3. Brine well inside the salt tank. A brine well isolates
the air check valve on the safety float from the rock salt
or potassium chloride a substitute for rock salt that is
environmentally friendly and healthy for humans from clogging
up the air check valve and the softener valve.
4. Grid plate AKA salt platform. A grid plate is at the
bottom of the salt tank its purpose is to help the salt
or potassium chloride from bridging up hardening over the
top of the water. When this happens the water can’t
dissolve the salt so when the softener regenerates the
resin beads will not get charged and your water will be
hard.
Craig Phillips
President
www.qualitywatertreatment.com
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