Best economical for me to get rid of the rust &amp; calcium in our pipes? My home of 26 yrs is in a very rual area &amp; I haven't died yet from drinking the water. We have a well &amp; a pressure tank which provides the needed water pressure for the house. When...
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I think a reverse osmosis system would do the trick. Not going to be cheap though. After using this culligan ilter for a few days in my shop I realized that is what I need. It gets the sediment out but not the dissolved solids and sulfur. My wife won't even wash her hands with it. My dogs love to drink it so it can't be that bad. But an RO systemnwould work.
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Had mine about 6 months, use it twice a day. Works great. One small spot of rust appeared after a month or so, where sides meet base inside pot. Now I empty it after use...it dries out quickly with residual heat. Rust spot remains but has not grown in size. No calcium built up either, perhaps because I empty it after each use. I do recommend the kettle.
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Our original set of 4 is still going strong after ~ 15 mos. We use several gallons of water per day. We have only filtered tap water through them. Our water has a pretty strong chlorine smell and taste along with a low level of rust. I have cleaned them twice with a plastic scouring pad. I'm ordering a second set of 4 just to have them on hand. 3000 gallons at 3 gallons per day. 1000 days or ~ 3 years per set. ~$40 per year in water filter costs.
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You should replace with newly treated water. If your close to five years start to consume / use the older water so you don't waste it.
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I'd stick with distilled water. Distilled water is best. Pipe water has too many contaminants that might collect in your tank.
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I haven't had mine for a year as yet, but I ALWAYS use filtered/bottled water. I think this will help alleviate the rust issue.
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I am 73 and I very good health thank you. No water passes though the pressure regulator valve. This is why California is going broke with many of these useless regulations. You would have to drink 50 gallons of water a day to get any where near any amount of lead. If this makes you feel good, then avoid by all means. Yes it is all about you feeling good not the actual reality. Do bother answer this because you really don' tT
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I've had mine for 2.5 years and haven't had an issue with rust. I believe it's possible to leave water in the pot 24/7, but I empty mine every two days and let it "breathe" for a few hours
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I've been using for a few months and love it. It hasn't rusted. I always use purified water.
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just water. if you want to clean out the inside from calcium build up just pour a little white vinegar inside let sit then rinse out.
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I have just used the sink "Side Sprayer" for this so fare. Has stopped passing water at times. This has worked so far. So I have not scrubbed them yet. Or have needed too. Working great. No complaints. Have looked into mineral supplements. and they are still comparable. and more convenient then purchasing mineral water. I used to have mine delivered. In the 5 gallons. Spring water.
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I have well water which contains calcium. So far I haven't had an issue with it plugging up. The best thing is to clean it often. You can use vinegar to clean. I use 2 Tablespoons of vinegar also in my dishwasher every time I run, that way there is no build up and spots.
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Dr. Paul Bragg would say adding anything to your water is a bad idea.Also he would say that these "minerals" are inorganic minerals......basically just microscopic pieces of rock that clog up your body.He would recommend pure steam distilled water with nothing added.You can make your own decision but I've been following his advice with this one and I feel great!
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The TDS of my tap water is 430ppm; all those minerals would surely shorten the lifespan and effectiveness of this unit. Hence I use RO water [I have a unit which I normally use for my aquariums] which has a TDS of below 10ppm. You can buy distilled water although not sure how costly that is in the longrun.
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I'm not an expert in this subject by any means so take the answer with a grain of salt (no pun intended). An RO system should remove calcium as it does other bound molecules (there is very little free calcium floating in water). If you have water with very high concentrations of Ca, you may have to change the filters more often. Pretreating the water with a descaling filter might help with this but you would have another filter to change so it might be just as easy to change the filters on your RO more frequently. Good luck. Hope this helped
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Whirl Out does do some cleanout of minerals, but I'm not sure exactly what, except that it cleans pretty well. The best product I've found so far is called "Oh Yuk Jetted Tub System Cleaner." It has been taking care of our bacterial iron that had been accumulating in the pipes. It dissolves a lot of it, and WhirlOut does too, but not quite as good. I have found using warm to hot water in both the cleaning and the rinse helps. The problem is, for me, that I'm not sure what harsh chemicals I can use or not use in the jacuzzi tub. If I could use anything, I would pick Iron Out. It might sound funny or silly, but for very small corroded items, Efferdent (for cleaning dentures) does an excellent job. I was looking for something to clean a partial, and one of the reviews for Efferdent was a guy who uses it to clean the minerals, calcium, etc, from his toilet. I tried Efferent in the toilet and it actually did a fairly decent job. With hot water, I think it could have done better. Hope these suggestions help. Ingrid
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I used it all last year and did not have a problem. but my water is filtered, I think if you have too much calcification in your water it will be a problem. I am on well water. Bottom line it depends on your water quality.