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Originally Posted by TMan59
Has anyone used a de-ionizing system to rinse the coach and minimize water spots.
They have 100 gallon and 300 gallon systems to choose from.
Anyone with exp with any de-ionizing systems feed back would be greatly appreciated!
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TMan59,
Well yes, I've used it for years. One of the first things here that no one has told you about is, you have to know your water, and it's chemical makeup, before anyone can tell you how long the RESIN will last. The system works, no matter what kind of water you have. What determines it's length of service before the resin needs to be changed is, how hard your water is.
There are some that will tell you theirs has lasted for multiple washes of their RVs and is still putting out spotless water. But, what they're not telling you is, they live where their hometown water is very close to soft water, right from the spigot. In areas where water is HARD, the resin has to work multiple times harder to effeciently make deionized, SPOTLESS water.
For instance, here in Lake Havasu City AZ, our water is phenomenally hard, you have to practically break it up with a hammer as it flows from the spigot. But, on the other side, people in certain places in Oregon, have water that pretty darn soft, without any treatment.
What this all means is, two people, washing the same size coach, using the same exact CR Spotless system, one using excessively hard water and one using soft (NOT MACHINE SOFTENED WATER EITHER) water, the one using the softer water will automatically get many more washes of their RV, than the one using the much harder water due to the fact that the resin does not have to work nearly as hard to convert the softer water to spotless water than the one using much harder water.
The company, CR Spotless, knows all this. So much so that, they've created an exchange program for its resin and/or resin cartridges that entices folks who especially have hard water in their home town, to purchase new resin cartridges and, they (CR Spotless) will pick up the return shipping of your old resin cartridges in exchange, for a great price.
What one has to consider in a situation like this is, you take a brand new set of cartridges, and divide the amount of completely spotless, drip dry washings that you'll get, and that will tell you how much each washing is going to cost you vs, say, having your rig completely washed and dried by a professional detail company, each time it needs it. I can garanty that using the CR Spotless system will be cheaper, EACH AND EVERY TIME.
One of CR Spotless's programs has you return the used cartridges and one has you just purchasing resin to replace what's in your cartridges. You can look all this up in their website.
At present, here in Lake Havasu, with our rock-hard water, and using the CR-120 (larger system), I achieve oh, around 6-8 washings before I start seeing water spots when drying. But, before that number 6, 7 or 8th washing, I can wash that 36' coach in dead 100 degree heat and, walk away from it and there's not one single spot, on the glass, the paint, my highly polished wheels, nothing. But, when the resin is used up and no longer performing as it is designed, man, I gotta IMMEDIATELY dry that coach or I'm gonna fight getting those spots off.
The smartest thing to do for anyone who's considering a CR Spotless water system, is to call them directly. They're nice folks, based in El Cajon CA. I've dealt with them many times and, it's always been a pleasure. Hope this info helps some.
Scott
CR Spotless
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