Hi, We are looking to have a Kinetico AquaBlu Water Softener installed and was wondering if this is compatible with our existing copper boiler? Thank you.
Are Copper boilers compatible with water softeners ?
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Yes, you can use the Kinetico. If you think about it, most water pipes are copper and the softened water would be always be in the copper pipes without causing issues. When water heats up it creates more lime scale if the water is hard so if the water is softened then this is less of an issue!
It is aluminium heat exchangers you need to avoid.
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Actually I think you may have a point here, it is a copper cylinder (the large thing in a cupboard (about 3-4 feet high)with a hard foam covering).
I assume the boiler then is the wall mounted unit that controls everthing..sorry but plumbing is really not my thing ??
I assume the boiler then is the wall mounted unit that controls everthing..sorry but plumbing is really not my thing ??
You wont have any problems fitting a softner. Aluminium heat exchangers are more at risk when powerflushing if the wrong chemicals are used but not really an issue in domestic flushing, and more to the point you're not flushing it anyway!
If you have done a water hardness test and its over 300ppm then you are definately better off with a softner.
If you have done a water hardness test and its over 300ppm then you are definately better off with a softner.
your not to use softened water in heating systems with cast ally heat exchangers, and depending on who you speak to, where steel panel radiators are used. The thing to do is run an unsoftened supply to your filling loop or header tank.
as mickyg said, try your above argument when speaking to ideal about a leaking hex on an isar or icos & see how far you get with the warentee
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