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PostPosted: 22:10 - 24 May 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rob W wrote:
A Carbtune Pro

could of had mine cheap. ive no use for it any more.
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PostPosted: 18:34 - 28 May 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chocolonely for the wench.
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PostPosted: 10:33 - 29 May 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
£60 worth of water softener resin beads.

My fairly old water softener was only letting through a trickle and was diagnosed with contaminated or clumped resin. It was either £700 for a new unit or £450 for an engineer to swap the resin.

A bit of online searching later I felt it was worth giving it a go myself. The process was really simple. Wet vac to clear out the salt chamber, then unscrew the pressure vessel, empty the old resin, add the new and put it all back together. I flushed all the valves and pick ups and it's working great again.
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PostPosted: 12:08 - 29 May 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
Serendipity wrote:
£60 worth of water softener resin beads.

My fairly old water softener was only letting through a trickle and was diagnosed with contaminated or clumped resin. It was either £700 for a new unit or £450 for an engineer to swap the resin.

A bit of online searching later I felt it was worth giving it a go myself. The process was really simple. Wet vac to clear out the salt chamber, then unscrew the pressure vessel, empty the old resin, add the new and put it all back together. I flushed all the valves and pick ups and it's working great again.

How much for the resin?
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Serendipity
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PostPosted: 14:17 - 29 May 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
panrider_uk wrote:
How much for the resin?


I was wrong. I said £60, but it was actually £65 for 16 litres of Purolite C100E.

I'm not 100% that's be best resin for my device, but it definitely works.

Oh and I also spent £12.95 for a funnel designed to fit the 2.5" neck of the pressure vessel. Definitely made it easier to get the resin in without making a mess.

The resin looks like a mix of sand and small fish eggs. Apparently it's super slippery if you spill it on a hard floor, due to it being made up of tiny beads. I did the work in the garden just in case.
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PostPosted: 09:30 - 31 May 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
LS241 IC.
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PostPosted: 21:00 - 31 May 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
some Welsh gin.
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PostPosted: 20:47 - 01 Jun 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
some flavoured gin.
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 02 Jun 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
a zx9r streetfighter, seems like a worthy backup hack.
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PostPosted: 14:31 - 03 Jun 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
virus wrote:
a zx9r streetfighter, seems like a worthy backup hack.


Let's have a look then!
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PostPosted: 19:58 - 03 Jun 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
A100man wrote:
virus wrote:
a zx9r streetfighter, seems like a worthy backup hack.


Let's have a look then!


No pics yet, will take a couple when I pick it up, possibly next weekend.
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stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 03 Jun 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
virus wrote:
a zx9r streetfighter, seems like a worthy backup hack.

Aren’t they reputed to run badly with all the ram air ducting taken away?
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