How Your System Works - Kinetico AquaKinetic Q237 Manual Del Usuario

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AquaKinetic Softener Owners Manual
How Your Water System Works
Hard water contains calcium and magnesium. Your AquaKinetic water softener
contains resin beads, which hold sodium ions. When hard water passes through
the resin beads (Fig. 1) inside an AquaKinetic water softener, the beads attract
and hold the calcium and magnesium ions in exchange for sodium. After this ion
exchange process, the water leaving your Kinetico water system is soft.
Once the resin bed is loaded with calcium and magnesium ions, it must be
cleansed (or regenerated) so that it can continue to soften water. The salt in your
salt storage tank mixes with water to wash the resin beads. The brine solution
loosens the hardness minerals which have built up on the resin beads; then the
system backwashes and flushes the hardness minerals and salt solution away.
Once this is complete, the resin beads hold sodium ions. The system is again
ready to exchange the sodium ions for more calcium and magnesium ions.
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