FINESTFOG water softening units
A FINESTFOG water softening unit is compact, ready-to-go and needs no electricity. Mains water flows through a column filled with cationic exchange resin. Magnesium (Mg²+) and calcium (Ca²+) ions are replaced by their equivalent in sodium ions (Na+). The softened water will contain proportionately more salt and scarcely any magnesium and calcium, both of which cause problems, such as lime scale, associated with hard water. The exchange resin is automatically regenerated as required using a brine solution made with salt from the salt container. In humidifier systems, softening the water with sodium ions stops lime scale blocking the nozzles. In reverse osmosis systems, water softening conditions the water upstream of the reverse osmosis unit.
All FINESTFOG water softening units incorporate two resin columns, with only one in operation at any one time. This ensures uninterrupted operation, for instance, while one column is being regenerated. Regeneration is activated only when the efficacy of a resin column declines due to the load of undesirable ions. This approach reduces the amount of salt used and the volume of effluent. An optional electronic salt volume indicator can be fitted to warn that the regenerating salt needs replenishing.
