Vinegar softener?

[Leo Maximus]

Warning ! By attacking the limestone with vinegar you release CO2 and it is extremely serious for the planet!

[Gregconstruct]

Oops, I completely zapped that ...

[davio]

Nice CO² info, and salt (not table salt ) what does a softener release? in the air and in the water ...

These softeners really intrigue me, is this really "The Solution"

Indy, to your knowledge it's not bad; I don't have your knowledge or maybe I'm a little paranoid.

[davio]

To check , the ddass recommends not drinking softened water and connecting the softener to hot water only ...

[Gregconstruct]

If I remember correctly, but I'm not more sure than that, softeners increase the salinity of the water.
Which is not ideal for the kidneys (I'm sure).

[delnoram]

You will find part of the answers to your questions here

[davio]

Thank you very much, I really liked this link.

the plumber presents a vinegar system (white! yes it is good to specify) as a cure in a single dose in high doses.

The dosing by dosatron style pump (set at 1 / 1.5%) with light dosing appeals to me even more.

On softeners it seems to me that my lantern is lighting up more and more. It is indeed ...... Except for the appliances but not for our children and our wallet.

[Leo Maximus]

Nice CO² info, and salt (not table salt ) what does a softener release? in the air and in the water ...

These softeners really intrigue me, is this really "The Solution"

Indy, to your knowledge it's not bad; I don't have your knowledge or maybe I'm a little paranoid.

I was obviously kidding. Champagne is also full of CO2 so when we blow up the cork we release full of CO2, it's a danger for the planet .

For vinegar it is better to use it boiling, it is much more effective for descaling.

[davio]

So more efficient on hot water ... good for heating equipment.

For co2, we will say that it is positive pollution (champagne included)

[dirk pitt]

I would like to highlight a characteristic rarely mentioned of salt and resin softeners: they consume a lot of water during the regeneration phases.
in the link mentioned above, the example shows that the softener consumes 135 liters of water (which go directly to the sewer) every 7 days !!
I don't know about you, but it hurts my heart. and I'm not even talking about the electricity consumed.

Another point: for electric water heaters, I wait for A + B to prove to me that limestone consumes more electricity.
partial thermal insulation of the resistance caused by limescale idle the transmission of heat from it to water but where do you want the heat to go elsewhere than in water.