Water Softener (Ionics IQ Series) Overview

This is a high level overview of water softeners. Before I purchased this one, I knew hardly anything about them. The info on the web seemed geared toward people who knew what they were doing or were doing a soft of sales pitch. Hopefully this video makes things clearer for you.

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[joejeep03]

NOOOO, not to code. There must be an Air Gap at least 1.5"s between the end of the discharge line and the drain line it will empty into; otherwise a malfunction, or backed up sewer could give you that nice "Shit and Toilet Paper" taste with bits included. Bare minimum have the discharge line go into a washer drain, at least if a house sewer line stoppage happened pressurized poopy water won't be forced directly into your drinking water.

[travisgrindal]

@joejeep03 What if I put an in-line check-valve in the drain line?

[joejeep03]

@travisgrindal hey dude, you kind of did an overkill on the drain. here's what you do- get a 1/2"mip x barbed 90 degree fitting and use that to screw into the discharge outlet, also buy a roll of 1/2" polybutylene, but it's just flexible black tubing used mainly in irrigation systems. once you have the parts put teflon on the threads, screw in the mipxbarbed fitting, run your black tubing to a floor drain, washer drain, or whatever, and put it in there. technically there should be an airgap,

[joejeep03]

How much did u pay for that? the company i used to contract for sold them for around 10k with 3yrs of soaps. it's the cadillac of water softeners, notice how the head unit is brass, not plastic? that thing will out live you. all it needs is serviced when the internal O-rings or things need changed, easy. You got the best.

[travisgrindal]

@joejeep03 Good to know!! I got it used off of craigslist. I think I paid $170. Then I spend another $100 on parts to install it.

[travisgrindal]

@joejeep03 The problem I had is that there wasn't a floor drain in the storage room where the main water line comes into the house. That drain in the wall was the only one available. There is a floor drain in another part of the basement but there are no adjoining walls.

[joejeep03]

@travisgrindal yea, that's 1/100th what everyone else pays. that was a steal.

[joejeep03]

@joejeep03 but you can get by without it if you do not directly connect the discharge to the drain. like how your washer drain is, if the main sewer backs up the discharge will run out of the pipe, it looked like you made a solid connection to your sewer; this would force sewage that cannot escape right into ur system. Or, u could leave it like it is and just install a check valve somewhere, but make sure you install it the right direction.

[joejeep03]

LOL, you almost got it right. I used to contract for a General Ionics dealer. You line up the number of hardness your water is to your number of people in the house and that sets the unit's capacity. Keep the Line from the unit plugged into the meter behind the unit's head cover.