Chucky5150
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Currently have an old old 10+ year old Culligan twin tank that came with the house. I don't have any numbers off of it, but it seems like the sales guy put a hell of a deal on the one old guy (at most there was 2 old guys) that lived here. It would seem to have stopped working while I am out of town and the wife isn't very pleased with the quality of the water right now.
Would like some help double checking my math.
Family of 4 + some cats and dogs.
Hardness = 120ish ppm - hard to get a good number from those test strips
Hardness = 7 grains per gallon
4 people in the House X 75 Gallons Water Consumption Per Person X 7 Grains Per Gallon = Equals 2,100 Grains to be removed
That looks to put me in the market for a 24,000 Grain Capacity unit.
Test strip results: We are on private well water in south part of Louisiana.
Hardeness = 120ish ppm
Total Chlorine = 0 ppm
Free Chlorine = 0 ppm
Bromine = 0 ppm
Total Alkalinity = 240+ ppm (hard to tell what color matches best)
Cyanuric Acid = 100 ppm
pH = 8.2 0r 9
I just ordered test strips for iron and other metals. After talking with the wife it sounds like there a noticeable amount of iron in the water. Also getting a TDS meter.
Now to the fun part, what unit do I get?
We don't just want the cheapest harbor freight unit online. At the same time we do not want to just be throwing money away on marketing PR. I was thinking of going with an upflow unit, until I started doing more reading here. This will be a DIY install and I want something that I can get parts for down the line and not cost an arm & leg (Looking at you Culligan). I do want to get something that is demand based as our water usage varies a lot with teenagers gone for weekends and I am working out of town for weeks at a time.
I started looking at the Genesis 2 Premier Upflow, however, I believe that is going to be off the list for reasons listed above. I've also been looking at the Fleck 5600 SXT On Demand, I know the 5600 has been around for awhile. My concern is if the 5600 is still around in 10+ years.
Still about 2 weeks out from being able to order anything. Just trying to get all my ducks in a row first.
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Thank you.
Currently have an old old 10+ year old Culligan twin tank that came with the house. I don't have any numbers off of it, but it seems like the sales guy put a hell of a deal on the one old guy (at most there was 2 old guys) that lived here. It would seem to have stopped working while I am out of town and the wife isn't very pleased with the quality of the water right now.
Would like some help double checking my math.
Family of 4 + some cats and dogs.
Hardness = 120ish ppm - hard to get a good number from those test strips
Hardness = 7 grains per gallon
4 people in the House X 75 Gallons Water Consumption Per Person X 7 Grains Per Gallon = Equals 2,100 Grains to be removed
That looks to put me in the market for a 24,000 Grain Capacity unit.
Test strip results: We are on private well water in south part of Louisiana.
Hardeness = 120ish ppm
Total Chlorine = 0 ppm
Free Chlorine = 0 ppm
Bromine = 0 ppm
Total Alkalinity = 240+ ppm (hard to tell what color matches best)
Cyanuric Acid = 100 ppm
pH = 8.2 0r 9
I just ordered test strips for iron and other metals. After talking with the wife it sounds like there a noticeable amount of iron in the water. Also getting a TDS meter.
Now to the fun part, what unit do I get?
We don't just want the cheapest harbor freight unit online. At the same time we do not want to just be throwing money away on marketing PR. I was thinking of going with an upflow unit, until I started doing more reading here. This will be a DIY install and I want something that I can get parts for down the line and not cost an arm & leg (Looking at you Culligan). I do want to get something that is demand based as our water usage varies a lot with teenagers gone for weekends and I am working out of town for weeks at a time.
I started looking at the Genesis 2 Premier Upflow, however, I believe that is going to be off the list for reasons listed above. I've also been looking at the Fleck 5600 SXT On Demand, I know the 5600 has been around for awhile. My concern is if the 5600 is still around in 10+ years.
Still about 2 weeks out from being able to order anything. Just trying to get all my ducks in a row first.
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Thank you.