[C-N-C]

Hiya guy's....hope ya okay
Got my softner beads today........
Anyway guy's,i'v never used these before 
So iv put my softner beads into my old di bottle & ran water through it....& guess what the first bit of water coming from vessel rose from 525(tap water) to 900ppm..EH!!!
i have left running for 5 minutes & it has dropped to 600ppm......
My tap water is only 525 @ the minute & coming from softner vessel is 600ppm.....
Is this normal guy's???
I dont expect the softner to drop ppm,as i'v bought it to protect the membrains a lil bit,as you can see i live in a hard water area,but on the other hand i didnt expect it to rise the ppm?
Is this right fella's 
Or does it just need a good flush with tap water???
Couldnt belive it guy's...
Just been back out,left it running for 15 mins now & ppm is 525 going in & 630ppm coming out...cannot get my head round this guy's
I have got another thread,but i thought this is a diffrent problem & the other thread might not get noticed
Any help much appreciated lad's
Kindest regards
Justin
www.clean-n-clear windows.co.uk

[C-N-C]

Hiya there guy's
Here's the thread leadin up to gettin these beads......if anyones intrested

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=103832.0
Kindest regards
Justin

[Nathanael Jones]

softener beads will do this,.. you need de-ionisation beads to purify water!

[mci services]

softener beads will do this,.. you need de-ionisation beads to purify water!

yes he knows that he needs to run through the ro then di he is just wondering why the softing resin rises the tds

[Nathanael Jones]

Its normal,.. the tds rises but the impurities are swapped for ones that won't damage the membrane so its fine.

[mci services]

cheers nat there you go cnc i had no idea and was waiting an answer patiently

[C-N-C]

softener beads will do this,.. you need de-ionisation beads to purify water!

Hiya fella's
Thank you guy's....stu is right nath mate.....
But ya straightened that 1 out for me anyway man

Thank you for ya help man....
so if my water going into ro is now 70ppm higher than normal........(because of softner beads)
 ro coming out @ 12 normaly ,its now going to be 82 ish,because of the extra ppm?

Sorry for all the Q's man,but i think if thats the case,wont i be just better not useing softening beads as ill end up spending more on resin to polish water off?

Thank you man & kind regards
Justin

[Nathanael Jones]

nope,.. the softener actually makes the RO run more efficiently so the TDS out should be similar to before.

[C-N-C]

nope,.. the softener actually makes the RO run more efficiently so the TDS out should be similar to before.

Hiya mate
That sounds great to me nathan man......
i was thinking alsong them lines.... ...LOL..i didnt have a clue bud...
Thank you for ya time m8,verry much appreciated dude...
Take care & kind regards nath
Justin

[C-N-C]

Yep!!!!
Ye right nathen mate....set it all up now.....
tap-softner-prefilters-ro-tank
Unbeliveable man.......
Even set my draintap etc for my new 40/40 so its now 1ltr tank 2ltrs waste & its dropped the tds to 9ppm from 525+
Thank you so much fella......
Verry much appreciate it man.....
Kindest regards
Justin

[Sunshine/Cleaning]

Why use a softener if it only helps the TDS drop by 3PPM?

[C-N-C]

Hiya bud
To protect my membrains man....my water is realy hard....nealy 600ppm
so this softens the water a bit b4 membrains....stops membrain from getting clogged with limescale etc,wich is a big problem were i live,we need a new kettle every few weeks
Ya might wanna think about 1 for yaself stu mate???
Kindest regards
Justin

[Tom White]

A TDS of nearly 600 must be like mud!

[C-N-C]

A TDS of nearly 600 must be like mud!

Yeah,ya right mate....
Just think we drink this stuff dude.........PHEW!!!!
Should c the limescale round out taps etc
Missus cleans them,within a couple of months...theres a hard ring of  limescale round the end of fawcet(not sure if thats spelt right )
Yep mate,its bad..wot's it doing to our insides dude???

Kind regards dude
Justin

[Window Washers]

A TDS of nearly 600 must be like mud!

I am thinking that you should call the water board as your tds so I am told should never be above 500 out of the tap...

[C-N-C]

I dont know about that Window Washers mate
might get my neighbours onto it tho...LOL

But ya right man.......i tell my family & they just sick ov hearing same old water s*it from me...no one listens man....

It is a disgrace tho man...come on.....they killing us fella
I'v seen a few guys on here latley with 500+ppm from tap,who use to be 300+
Big conspiricey going on if ya ask me man...with water boards trying to damage our systems
it does say,however 500+ on the back ov a handheld tds meter i have,is contaminated water
Take care man
Justin