Maintenance needs will be affected by the amount of iron in your water.
Always the case is to keep some salt higher than the water level. At the beginning you might just put in enough to do that, and as you get more confident things are working well, add more. If you fill high, you will need to fill less often.
What salt do you plan to use? I use pellets, and others like solar softener salt. Each is good.
Thanks. I believe my iron level is very low. No brown staining, maybe a VERY little bit around the inside of the toilets, although the rings are a bit more "blackish" and not too bad at all. I could post the number again, although I forget off the top of my head what a "high" iron content number is.
Asking about maintenance, the plumber mentioned that after a while some head units do need to be serviced with new parts. But overall he made it seem like I should just keep the salt at a reasonable level and wait a day or so for the water pressure to even out once the lever is flipped.
One thing that's weird to me is that our hot water isn't working. Its definitely turned on. My best guess is that will change once the water softener is turned on.
I was told that I could probably put 2 more bags of salt in the tank which I plan to do tomorrow. I did a bit of research and went with Diamond Crystal Bright and Soft pellets, as opposed to the solar.
One last question - the unit is plugged into an outlet on an adjoining wall, and I'd like to unplug it and re-plug into a power strip so that there isn't a cord stretching across the floor. Can I just unplug and plug back in, or are there any additional steps to prevent any problems from power loss?
I'll engage the top lever at around 4pm tomorrow and hold the regen button for 3 seconds, as instructed. Hopefully I'll have that sweet soft water after things settle in!