Has anyone used the DI vessel filled with salt as softener? Will it work ? I live in a very hard water area and have a couple of spare DI vessels .
Thanks
Yes it would work if done correctly.
But the vessel needs filling with softener resin, not salt. You back wash it with a brine (salt) solution to regenerate the softener resin when it’s exhausted (unlike di resin).
You would also need a small filter housing, preferably clear, with the tube down it to dissolve the salt in. Don’t send it through your RO whatever you do as it’ll ruin the membrane.
You’d just be making your own manual water softener & it would involve switching some hoses around. Speak to June at Gaps Water.