Rick Receveur
New Member
I've inherited a Northstar NSC25ED - 25,000 grain capacity - last year with my home purchase. It was installed in 2010.
I'm pretty sure that the resin has outlived its useful capacity because test strips show the water is still hard @3 GPG vs 7 GPG untreated. According to our water company, our water varies from 7-20 GPG. The previous homeowner had it set to 30, probably because it wasn't getting the job done on lower settings.
I'm leaning toward buying another Northstar unit online and installing it myself - it should be a drop in replacement.
We have 5 people and 4 bathrooms and go through a lot of water, so I'm trying to figure out the correct capacity for a household this size.
Also I've heard that Northstars are throw away units - although this was from someone trying to sell me a different brand.
Any advice or feedback on capacity or brands ? I'd like to get something well built that's going to last.
Rick
Tampa, FL
I'm pretty sure that the resin has outlived its useful capacity because test strips show the water is still hard @3 GPG vs 7 GPG untreated. According to our water company, our water varies from 7-20 GPG. The previous homeowner had it set to 30, probably because it wasn't getting the job done on lower settings.
I'm leaning toward buying another Northstar unit online and installing it myself - it should be a drop in replacement.
We have 5 people and 4 bathrooms and go through a lot of water, so I'm trying to figure out the correct capacity for a household this size.
Also I've heard that Northstars are throw away units - although this was from someone trying to sell me a different brand.
Any advice or feedback on capacity or brands ? I'd like to get something well built that's going to last.
Rick
Tampa, FL