I have high iron content well water run through a water softener; should I use bottled water for the sanitation stage as well as production?
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Assuming you're referring to homebrewing; the directions state to use regular tap water for StarSan dilution. Iron and softner contents should not be a problem for sanitation as the acid will sanitize anything present in the water. To be on the safe side, just drain as much excess sanitizer off equiptment (do not rise) before use.
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I also have hard water, and had no issues with either. It's going to taste different, for sure, but the only stage that would change the flavor is production. So if you do a small batch and it tastes a bit off, from then on I would use bottled water. Would likely be easier to use gallons of water though, since opening a bunch of 16.5 oz bottles would be pretty wasteful.
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If referencing brewing. The water softener likely removes some of the iron content, but does significantly reduce the hardness. The removal of hardness would increase the effectiveness of Star San likely. However, I doubt that the iron or hardness concentrations are high enough to have a significant impact. Production ... ? Comes to taste.
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Instructions for the iron suggest tap water or a mix of 50/50 tap and distilled. There is no discussion of water types. I would definitely us the 50/50 with your hard water. Be sure to release the steam when you shut it off. Even though I have very good water, I still raise iron above my head hoping water will drain out of iron and hose.
1077671
I have used it with softened well water and filtered well water and the latter works better although the former works.
1556672
I am not qualify to answer that question, I live in the country side of FL and we have well water. My coffee maker calls for filtered water and I used for that.
205130
I have a softener and a reverse osmosis system so I use water from the RO system for the iron. I used the same filtered water for Rowenta that the new one replaced and never had any problems or had to clean it the 10 years we owned it. If I were going to use bottled water I would use distilled. It's cheaper and purer than spring water.
2122159
Tap water, but make sure you empty the iron each time when you are finished.
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No, tap water is fine. Distilled takes out some chemicals. If you have very hard water, you may want to use filtered water. I use tap water.
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I have high iron as well as iron bacteria. The bacteria produce a biofilm that, with time, will cog any fixtures that have fine holes (like a shower head). This filter will become overburdened by the biofilm and the water coming through will have a weaker flow, so I have to change them out about every three months instead of six. Thankfully, it keeps the shower head from being ruined. Before I started using this filter, the iron bacteria would ruin a shower head every year with quite a few months of diminishing water pressure. I know this was not your question, but will perhaps inform others looking in to water pressure issues related to this filter. I have high iron as well as iron bacteria. The bacteria produce a biofilm that, with time, will cog any fixtures that have fine holes (like a shower head). This filter will become overburdened by the biofilm and the water coming through will have a weaker flow, so I have to change them out about every three months instead of six. Thankfully, it keeps the shower head from being ruined. Before I started using this filter, the iron bacteria would ruin a shower head every year with quite a few months of diminishing water pressure. I know this was not your question, but will perhaps inform... » Read More I have high iron as well as iron bacteria. The bacteria produce a biofilm that, with time, will cog any fixtures that have fine holes (like a shower head). This filter will become overburdened by the biofilm and the water coming through will have a weaker flow, so I have to change them out about every three months instead of six. Thankfully, it keeps the shower head from being ruined. Before I started using this filter, the iron bacteria would ruin a shower head every year with quite a few months of diminishing water pressure. I know this was not your question, but will perhaps inform others looking in to water pressure issues related to this filter. « Show Less
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The iron comes out but it clogs the filters pretty quickly. We have lots of iron in our well water.
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We use county tap water and/or reverse osmosis water. It has a filter. I assumed it's purpose is to filter impurities. If you are using well water with a high iron content, that may reduce the life of the filter.
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I use Mortons rust out, because my well has a high iron content, but depending on your water condition, you can probably any good water softener salt. unit does a great job, and uses very little salt
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The website says plain tap water and every tap water has different mineral contents so I imagine well water would be fine. If you want to be 100% certain I would contact the manufacturer.
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Hi Mary, personally I am on city water and use my filter for final polishing and not primary filtering. I would suggest you have your well water analyzed then contact Aquasana's technical support and forward them your lab results and let them tell you if their filter system is capable of purifying your water to potable standards. Please be absolutely aware of chemical toxins and biological pathogens that your lab will be able to identify. On a final note depending on you geographical location, we need to also be concerned about radiological contamination. To some extent there is a filter that is capable of addressing that problem too. If need be, ask me about it and I will look it up for you. Hope this response is of some use.
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The book says to use tap water, unless your water is very hard. It also says not to use water that has been processed through a home water-softening system, since they contain minerals.
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I use tap water because I am confident of the water in my area. I don't see any reason why we can't use bottled water. It is probably better.
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I would place it before the water softener. The water softener is probably a lot more expensive than this filter, so I would clean out the minerals, iron, etc, before running the water through my softener. I've had this system for 3 months now, and so far it is working great at removing odors & the red iron that stains.
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i have been using tap water with not problems. I'm sure it would be better to use distilled water in any iron however, as any tap water is going to have some minerals that build up on heating elements.