With the ever increasing popularity of tankless water heaters in the United States, owners of these great products are finding out that in very hard water areas (where water hardness level is above 11 grains per gallon) precautions need to take place in order to protect their investment. A calcium buildup, a direct result of hard water, will buildup in the heat exchanger over time. This will decrease efficiency, restrict water flow and damage the tankless model itself.
With 85% of the USA being hard water hard areas, it is likely your tankless water heater will experience lime scale formation in the heat exchanger. When this happens, an error code is deployed and the unit will shut down. Remedying this requires an expensive service call to have a technician flush out the tubes.
Your only other options to prevent this are expensive filters that require maintenance or installing a water softener. Water softeners are expensive and require continuous maintenance and heavy bags of salt to operate. They pollute our precious fresh water with salt discharge and waste thousands of gallons of water per year.
ScaleBlaster can protect your tankless water heater, as well as remove scale for your entire household: pipes, sinks, faucets, and shower heads. You will experience "softer, silkier" feeling water while protecting appliance such as your dishwasher and washing machine too.
