Water Softeners and Air Filtration Systems - Water filter / Softner question?

I have a Rain Soft Iron-Sulphur filter, model F8-1054G-P and a Water Conditioner, model AM 32 D-8.

Can I replace my filter and softner with a single unit?

Does a unit like the GE GXSF 39E or the WaterBoss 51PSB do the same thing as both my filter and water conditioner?

The short answer is probably no. 'Sulfur' goes right through a softener and if there's too much iron, it too will go right through a softener, or at least most of it will until it all does. What you're asking about is a combination filter/softener and really, they usually don't work right for long. But from just a model number and/or brand name... I wouldn't know what the things are.

Gary
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Doug Aleshire, Super Moderator 2

Gary;

Thank you for responding. Now at least I am pointed in the right direction.

I was going to ask this question myself. We just installed a demand hot water heater, and need to put in a sediment filter and softener. I thought it would be nice if we could combine the two and filter the water for other things besides sediment. The only product I've found so far that looks possible is at www.lifesourcewater.com. But they are not listed in the NSF database, so I don't know how good the quality is. Does anyone have experience with their products?

Thanks.

The equipment, a Fleck 5600 time clock carbon filter with prefilter is over priced and it's never a good idea to remove chlorine on a 'whole' house basis. Doing so can lead to bacteria caused odor. That web site is full of marketing designed to releive the unsuspecting from their money.

Sediment is is not a problem for demand type water heaters and actually unless you can see sediment in the water, it's never a problem. Now if sediment includes hard water scale, that's not sediment and can be prevented only by a water softener. And most softeners should not have a prefilter unless the water is visibly dirty, and then a disposable cartridge filter is probably the wrong choice; a backwashed filter would be more appropriate.

Gary
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