Water Softener Material of Construction
Water Softener Material of Construction
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I have heard a few diffenrent opinions about the subject. We had a Carbon steel with epoxy coating tank with PVC internals and outlet piping. New construction is 304 SS tank - we have just had a failure within less than one year.
We use a sodium chloride brine solution to regenrate the beds. There is no condensate recovery. The water is ambient temperature. The vendor had assured us that chloride stress cracking was not an issue.
Any opinions?
We use a sodium chloride brine solution to regenrate the beds. There is no condensate recovery. The water is ambient temperature. The vendor had assured us that chloride stress cracking was not an issue.
Any opinions?





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I've seen lots of rubber-lined CS for tanks like this.
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Your choices are epoxy or PVC lined CS or FRP (some say GRP). Rubber lined CS is a good choice but not the most economical.
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cub3bead has made some good suggestions. I would add that you can get by with just a steel tank without tank lining since the brining step only occurs for a short period of time.