Water Softener

[Miss Daisy]

Dear All,
I‘m hoping someone can help please?

We had a water softener installed in our home. (We live in an extremely high limescale area.)

Does anyone know if it is ok to use this softened water in the water tank in the motorhome, or should we fill with un-softened? We have a hose pipe for the garden which is straight off the mains before the softened water.

Thank you all in advance

 

[David and Sally]

It will probably be fine. Only thought is does the softener put any salt or other chemicals into the water? If not, then fine.

 

[Holly's mum]

We also installed a water softener at home and we use this water to fill up the motorhome tank before we head off on a trip. It is fine to use

 

[Miss Daisy]

I ought to have mentioned the water softener does use salt, however it is not a fantastic amount.

 

[Holly's mum]

I ought to have mentioned the water softener does use salt, however it is not a fantastic amount.

Not a problem, so does ours

I would add that we don't drink water straight out of the tank.

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[Miss Daisy]

That would be brilliant, if we are able to use the softened water…..

 

[Two on Tour]

Not a problem, so does ours

I would add that we don't drink water straight out of the tank.

We do sort of now, but via a water filter to a dedicated tap for drinking.

 

[Soycd]

I use pure water which we get from a pump at a local outlet. The company is called SpotlessWater. It's the same stuff window cleaners use. We are in a very hard water area so I like to avoid the mains supply when possible. Obviously when we are over the channel we can't fill up. We don't use it for drinking water only for washing/shower etc.

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[TOAD on Tour]

I ought to have mentioned the water softener does use salt, however it is not a fantastic amount.

Another who also uses water via our softener for the van and like others, we just don’t drink it.

 

[Howard B]

We fill with softened water. Don't drink from the onboard tank, but no issues with drinking from the tap at home.
There is no salt in softened water

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[MichaelT]

I ought to have mentioned the water softener does use salt, however it is not a fantastic amount.

The salt is to clean the chamber out, it does not soften the water. We always fill the MH with soft water, we have 2 outside taps one hard for garden, one soft for car washing etc. We don't drink the water from the MH tank but soft water is OK to drink it just tastes a bit different. We use soft water in kettle, coffee machine and for cooking.

 

[Zains Pops]

Should be ok, but remember if your running with a full water tanks its heavy stuff 1 litre weighs 1kg so your weight capacity could be affected. Also once you've used your first tank its pot luck regarding water hardness from the on, so overall it will not be a big difference, except of course you never travel further than one tank load from home

Softened water is not normally recommended for drinking, although it isn't going to kill you especially if consumed only now and again

 

[Sue and Rick]

The salt is used to create a brine which is used to regenerate the ion exchange resin within the softener.

Here you go

How Does A Water Softener Work? | EcoWater Systems

What is an ion-exchange water softener? How do they work? Read this article to find out more.

www.ecowater-softeners.co.uk

I am assuming that’s what you have.

 

[Miss Daisy]

The salt is used to create a brine which is used to regenerate the ion exchange resin within the softener.

Thank you for this explanation Sue and Rick

 

[Miss Daisy]

Should be ok, but remember if your running with a full water tanks its heavy stuff 1 litre weighs 1kg so your weight capacity could be affected. Also once you've used your first tank its pot luck regarding water hardness from the on, so overall it will not be a big difference, except of course you never travel further than one tank load from home

Softened water is not normally recommended for drinking, although it isn't going to kill you especially if consumed only now and again

Thank you for this information Zains Pops