Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Hard water and water ionizers do NOT get on

If your water supply is hard - meaning it has high calcium content - here's a good strategy to protect your ionizer. 

You see, AlkaWay ionizers have excellent protection for their ionizer cell through patented DARC - Double Acting Reverse Cleanse, which alternately bathes all faces of the ionizer plates in acid then alkaline water. But when high alkaline and calcium water leaves the cell, problems can occur. 

To check yours, take a look at the end of your spout. Does it have calcium accretion? If so, you may be shortening your lifespan. (Sorry, your Ionizer's not your lifespan!)

So what to do? Well, there is a simple answer. If you have set your ionizer on alkaline level 3, then set it on the same level of acid water for a week. This reverses all the plumbing and water flow post-ionizer cell, so all those built-up pipes will get acid water flowing through the instead of alkaline, and the acid water will reduce built-up accretion. The only small downside is that you will have to collect your alkaline drinking water from the acid hose during this period.

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