Because i was renewing things in my home, after the electricity, it was time to do the water installation.
I decided to place a TwinTec XL2 water softener. I’m dreaming about a clear glass shower wall, a clean kettle without scale, drinking Perrier from my kitchen tap, clothes that feel softer, using less soap in my washing machine, equipment (like washing machine, kettle,..) which uses less energy and no more skin irritations.
The TwinTec XL2 removes all calcium and magnesium elements from the water. The advantage of a TwinTec XL2 above a AquaCell water softener is that it has a much higher water throughput and a separate salt resevoir.
Here you see an animation of a water softener and a movie how it works (in Dutch).
Some people place magnets on their water pipe, althought the effect of that has never been proved, it will never remove the elements from the water but only release it and after some time it will get mixed with the water again.
Here is a link to the TwinTec XL1 (I don’t see any information online about the TwinTech XL2 yet).
I will post some photos about my installation.
In Nederland you destroy mineralized water but in Russia demineralized water destroy you :)
I have now used it over 10 years, About 2.000.000 liters of water (2.000 m3) have flow through it.
I moved it a few times to another room, I disconnected it a few times (for more than a month), had some very intensive days (over 15.000 liters a day), the salt compartment sometimes had been empty for more than 1 month.. And it is still working and actually in excellent condition.
Sooner or later I’ll have to refresh/refill the inside (resin), but that’s not needed so far cause it’s working still great!