Pelican PSE2000 owner manual PSE1800-2000Rev M, If you have never had a water softener

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What to Expect with your New Salt Free Water Softener/Conditioner

If you have never had a water softener:

Immediately after the installation you will experience naturally soft water. All detergents will work better with treated water and you will be able to reduce the amount you use. However, there are mineral deposits and scale coating the inside of your pipes and fixtures. Over the first few weeks, this scale will dissolve, detach itself from the pipes, and come out of your faucets. This de-scaling process is temporary and will steadily diminish. During these first weeks, you will notice:

Reduced softness of the water. This will be particularly evident when using hot water. The water can pick up more than ten grains of mineral content per gallon between the NS3/NS6 NaturSoft system and the faucet as it travels through the water heater and the plumbing.

Mineral silt in the water. Since the existing limestone scale is softened and dissolved as part of the NS3/NS6 NaturSoft effect, it will detach in small chunks ranging in size from very fine silt to pieces larger than a grain of sand. The larger pieces may be big enough to build up in the aerator screens of your fixture. Considerable silt-like accumulations may be visible on the shower heads, so clean them weekly for the first four weeks. Higher flow rates will shear off more of the existing scale than will lower flow rates. De-scaling activity will be most obvious in bathtubs, which have high flow and hot water. You may see milky water with sand-like grit, and possible sediment or iron in the bath tub.

The water line supplying fixtures which experience the most use will be cleaned the quickest and will be the first to return to providing you the full benefits you experienced immediately following installation; rarely used fixtures will take longer.

If you had a traditional water softener:

A traditional water softener turns dissolved mineral hardness (calcium bicarbonate) into dissolved sodium bicarbonate. The NS3/NS6 NaturSoft technology maintains the healthy mineral content of the water without adding the bicarbonate. You will notice:

The water does not feel as soft. The absence of the calcium and the presence of sodium bicarbonate makes the water feel slick and slimy. If you miss the slick feeling, add some baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to your bath.

The water spots are more visible. A water softener replaces calcium with sodium. The water spotting that a traditional water softener leaves behind is a salt haze that wipes off very easily and is far less noticeable than spots caused by minerals. The NS3/NS6 NaturSoft treatment results in reduced spotting compared to untreated water, but more visible spots than produced by traditional, chemically treated softened water. The NS3/NS6 NaturSoft mineral spots are much easier to clean than spots from untreated water.

Soap curd forms with certain products. Oil-based soaps like Ivory will react with calcium minerals to form a sticky film. Detergent-based cleaners like shampoos, shower gels, dish soaps, and laundry detergents will react very slightly or not at all. All detergent will work better with treated water, but you will notice very little improvement when using regular bar soap or oil-based products since the minerals are largely still able to react with the fats in the soap to form the curd.

There is some mineral silt in the bathtub. Depending on the water chemistry of your water supply, you may still have some scale deposits in your plumbing system.

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