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silverfox

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soft/hard water
« on: July 31, 2004, 05:08:58 am »
Does anyone no the tds readings that make it a hard or sort water area? i have a reading here of 350(deff hard water!) but 30 miles up the road a friends reading is about 130 is that a soft water reading?? at what reading does is change from soft to hard?! thanks!!  :)

Philip Hanson

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Re: soft/hard water
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2004, 01:46:39 pm »
Broadly speaking,

0 - 100 TDS is soft
100 - 200 is moderatley hard
more than 200 is hard

but 130 is still a pretty low reading, I'd be pleased with that.  We have a 380 reading here in bristol!  Healthy bones and teeth though.

-Philip
Editor, Professional Window Cleaner Magazine

"The irony of the information age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion"
John Lawton

silverfox

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Re: soft/hard water
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2004, 04:01:29 pm »
thanks!!..explains his false teeth and brittle bones!! ;)