Re: H2O Man
jed1177 wrote:I took your advise and visited my local ECOWATER Dealer. I asked about the 2510SE and, like you, he highly recommended it and also mentioned that is what they routinely install for their rental units.
Althought the 2510SE is great, he recommended the ESD2500 at either 30,000 grn or 40,000grn as a slightly better unit (said it runs more efficiently).
Help me out here from someone who obviously knows, which one should I buy?
He is not educating you about softeners. He is selling you a softener; a 30K or 40K.
You should know that the K of capacity is adjustable. It is dictated by the volume and type of resin in the tank and then the salt dose used in lbs. Ask him the physical size of the softener in cubic feet (of resin) and then the salt dose in lbs and what the salt efficiency will be based on the K of capacity your water and family size requires.
Then ask him for the continuous service flow rate (SFR) in gpm. Make sure it is the continuous flow rate and not the peak flow rate. The peak flow rate is only good for a few minutes of that gpm flow rate.
The importance is that every time your household draws/uses more gpm than those rated gpm figures, the softener can not remove all the hardness in your water; guaranteed.
All resin manufacturers will tell you the same thing and you can find the SFR for whatever brand of resin is in your softener on their web site by finding the specific resin's spec sheet. Or go
here.
BTW, what is the difference between the 2510 SE and their ESD2500; Fleck does not make the 2500 any more... but maybe that was a typo on your part so, assuming it is an ESD2510, is it mechanical metered demand regenerated or a day timer clock control instead of electronic metered demand regenerated?
