Water Softener
Weichwassermeister
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GSX 5, GSX 10, GSX 10-I
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B Basic
information
Content
1 | Laws, directives, standards ...................................................
2 | Water, scaling, softening .....................................................
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Ion exchange .......................................................................
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1 | Laws, directives, standards
In the interest of good health, rules cannot be ignored when it comes to
the processing of drinking water (raw water). This operation manual
takes the applicable German guidelines into account and provides all the
information you need to safely operate your water treatment system.
Among other things, the regulations stipulate that
only approved companies are permitted to make major modifications
to water treatment facilities,
and that at regular intervals tests, inspections and maintenance are to
be performed on the devices installed.
2 | Water, scaling, softening
The waterworks provide us with pure drinking water (raw water) which
is suitable for human consumption. However, in case of the more fre-
quent use of the water in washing machines, heating systems, water
heaters, industrial systems, etc., problems might occur if “hard” water is
present.
Hard water is generated if water containing carbon dioxide* flows
through layers of calcium. It dissolves the calcium until the so-called cal-
cium/carbon dioxide equilibrium has been reached.
If this equilibrium is destroyed (e.g. by heating
CO
2
escapes) more
calcium (CaCO
3
) is precipitated (scale).
