I'm installing the plumbing for an EKO 40. I insulated and buried two 500 gallon propane tanks for thermal storage last winter.
Should I go to the effort of revitalizing my old water softener (or buying a new one) just to fill the 1000 gallons with soft water?
My water hardness is 17 ppm CaCO3 (I think that's what the Culligan man measured; in any case, he said we have quite hard water.)
I separated my boiler loop from my thermal storage tank loop with a brazed plate heat exchanger. My concern with the hard water is calcium deposits on the inside surfaces of the brazed plate heat exchanger and on the inside of the tubes in my water to air heat exchanger (for forced air/duct work system).
My concern with soft water is that it seems like the salty water might corrode things worse (just guessing.)
Any advice/experience?
Should I go to the effort of revitalizing my old water softener (or buying a new one) just to fill the 1000 gallons with soft water?
My water hardness is 17 ppm CaCO3 (I think that's what the Culligan man measured; in any case, he said we have quite hard water.)
I separated my boiler loop from my thermal storage tank loop with a brazed plate heat exchanger. My concern with the hard water is calcium deposits on the inside surfaces of the brazed plate heat exchanger and on the inside of the tubes in my water to air heat exchanger (for forced air/duct work system).
My concern with soft water is that it seems like the salty water might corrode things worse (just guessing.)
Any advice/experience?