What type of salt should I buy for my softener?
The type of salt best suited to a particular softener will vary in accord with softener design. Usually, cabinet-style self-contained softeners require salt that is low in water-insoluble matter, while side-by-side units with separate salt holding tanks are easier to clean and therefore allow more flexibility in choosing a salt product. Usually, however, we recommend Diamond Crystal® Pellets with Softener Care™ Additive which are of a high salt purity.
I'm finding some little black specks in my solar salt. Will it hurt my softener?
No, solar salt is a natural product made by evaporating seawater. It is harvested much like an agricultural crop and consequently may contain minute inclusions such as earth, small pebbles, and other naturally occurring materials.
Since these inclusions are of a different density than the brine in the bottom of the salt keeper, they are generally left behind in the salt keeper. Lighter density materials, should they accompany the salt brine during regenerations, are usually flushed from the resin during the rinse cycle which follows regeneration.
Yes. The Morton iron removal salt is salt with citric acid added. Solar salt is sea salt from recent times, and pellets are made from mined salt.Can you mix the two?
Solar crystals is a slight premium vs salt pellets in the stores that I see. Maybe that has been a recent change.My experience in servicing softeners for many years is that mixing various types of salt causes problems, especially if the person is keeping the tank full of salt, which I suggest not to do. Solar crystal salt causes the fewest problems if any and always costs the least.
Just in case you have a salt water swimming pool ;-) I also use Potassium Chloride in my water softener because it is easier on my wife's skin. Pricey, but worth it.
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