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| The Miele owners manual for the Futura Crystal says that if your tap water hardness is above (4 gr/gal [US]), the water should be softened.
My water seems to be about 3 gr/gal. I'm thinking of getting a crystal and it has a water softener. What happens if I soften it anyway to less that 3 gr/gal ? Does it do something good ?
Larry |
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| Please feel free to tell me that this is gilding the lilly. |
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| I have a Miele Optima, (6 years now). We have water sooooo hard it comes out of the faucet in "Chunks"!--but----- I have a "whole house water softner" on the hot side only, (Miele is connected to the Hot water). Dishes always come out great and I have never used the water softner built into the Miele. The whole house softner is Rayne, (Similar to Culligan), they change the tank , once/month and I do nuttin, cept "Fork out the cash for it , about $23/month. Soooo, way I look at it, Gary |
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| Well, if I were quoting Shakespeare, I would say it is *painting* the lily. |
Here is a link that might be useful: The Life and Death of King John
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- Posted by rococogurl (My Page) on Thu, Jul 19, 12 at 7:24
| Short story is yes, if it's too soft the glassware can be filmed or etched. It happened for a while here with the whole-house softener. It's from a combo of too-soft water, detergent and heat. You don't want either the streaky filming or white etching ruins glassware and cannot be rectified. I called Miele and they guided me through deactivating the softener. |
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| Your glassware will definitely become irreversibly etched over time, if the incoming water is too soft. Ask me how I know . . . |
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| Was it acid also ? The reason I ask is 3 grains which is not very hard. But our is also acid. My wife checks the water for the fish. |
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