I am looking for some advise on a water softener. I have a price quote for
two water softener models. One has a mechanical meter with a $700 cost and the other has a digital meter which costs $800. Both are very efficient, but the digital meter is even a bit more efficient. I am told that with two of us in the househould, it would take between 5 - 10 years to pay off the $100 difference. I would get the digitala version except that I am told that if it ever stopped working, it would cost around $150 to replace. Mechanical meters are considerably cheaper to fix if they stop working. So my question is how reliable have digital meters traditionally been? I am trying to acertain whether the digial meters is worth the extra mone or staying with the tried and true mechancal meters is simple and safe.
Tim
two water softener models. One has a mechanical meter with a $700 cost and the other has a digital meter which costs $800. Both are very efficient, but the digital meter is even a bit more efficient. I am told that with two of us in the househould, it would take between 5 - 10 years to pay off the $100 difference. I would get the digitala version except that I am told that if it ever stopped working, it would cost around $150 to replace. Mechanical meters are considerably cheaper to fix if they stop working. So my question is how reliable have digital meters traditionally been? I am trying to acertain whether the digial meters is worth the extra mone or staying with the tried and true mechancal meters is simple and safe.
Tim