Water softener feeds

[CHARL13]

Hi there

I've been trying to wrap my head around a particular problem and decided it's time to ask some experts.

I've just bought a water softener which came with a 22mm connection kit. All of the piping in my house is 15mm. I don't seem to be able to buy 15mm inlet connectors for the back of the softener so I guess I'm left with 1 option. Using a 15mm to 22mm adaptor.

My question is, will there be any adverse effects by up converting from 15mm to 22mm on the softener? I'm assuming that there will be a pressure drop but I don't know if this will be a problem or if there is any other side effects.

Thanks in advance.

 

[denso13]

Should be fine, pressure will be the same on 15mm pipe, just the flow rate will be lower.

 

[CHARL13]

Excellent thanks Denso. Looking at It the bypass kit comes with a 15mm reducer anyway so it's entirely possible to go from 15mm to 22mm using the manufacturers supplied fittings.

 

[CBF]

the hoses supplied won't be 22mm internal