shaker281
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Hello and thanks in advance for responses. I have a 12 year old 32000 grain system with a 5600 metered system. I am on city well water with a high degree of hardness. For the first 8-9 years it handled about 1000 gallons before requiring recharge. Then I started running out of soft water before the next regen and lowered to setting over time to around 850 gallons. It appeared to be using the proper amount of salt per cycle and did not have excess water in the brine tank ever. And the flow on discharge appeared normal.
So, I ordered some high efficiency resin and replaced the resin bed. That went fine, and it seemed to improve somewhat. I put in 1.25 cu. ft. resin and it was the same appx. level as originally, if not a little higher. I might have used more like 1.5 cu. ft., I do not fully recall. But, it is not overfull. Now , two years later, I feel like the efficiency has dropped off again. Still I am seeing nothing obviously wrong with the regen cycle or salt uptake. I ran some Iron Out through for good measure, but no apparent change.
I built this system from parts originally (bought online from a reputable company, as a complete kit) and set it up for 28 grains of hardness and adjusted the salt valve from 18 lbs to 9 lbs on installation. I am now at 725 gallons for regen and that seems inefficient to me. I did replace the salt tube intake screen when I replaced the resin bed two years ago. The old one appeared to have disintegrated. Could that have ended up somewhere it shouldn't?
How do I check the brine draw on this model valve?
My thoughts are that:
1. My water hardness has increased substantially?
2. I bought poor quality resin?
3. The ecominder is no longer accurate and I am really using more water than the system is registering (Water usage appears to be average for a family of two)?
4. The Fleck valve needs rebuilding, though it appears to be functional and cycling?
Or nothing is wrong at all?
I did raise the salt setting from 9 to 12 to see if it helped and it did not seem to matter. So, I put it back to 9 lbs. What can I check to see if anything is amiss? Since it is using about 40-60 lbs a month of salt, can I assume that injector and safety float are likely working correctly? The float does not appear to be stuck. Since I get good drain line flow while cycling, I am assuming that is not the issue. I am currently set for around 725 gallons to assure that we do not run out of soft water on days of heavy usage.
How much water should be in the brine tank between regeneration for 9 lbs? For 12 lbs?
Thanks, Steve
So, I ordered some high efficiency resin and replaced the resin bed. That went fine, and it seemed to improve somewhat. I put in 1.25 cu. ft. resin and it was the same appx. level as originally, if not a little higher. I might have used more like 1.5 cu. ft., I do not fully recall. But, it is not overfull. Now , two years later, I feel like the efficiency has dropped off again. Still I am seeing nothing obviously wrong with the regen cycle or salt uptake. I ran some Iron Out through for good measure, but no apparent change.
I built this system from parts originally (bought online from a reputable company, as a complete kit) and set it up for 28 grains of hardness and adjusted the salt valve from 18 lbs to 9 lbs on installation. I am now at 725 gallons for regen and that seems inefficient to me. I did replace the salt tube intake screen when I replaced the resin bed two years ago. The old one appeared to have disintegrated. Could that have ended up somewhere it shouldn't?
How do I check the brine draw on this model valve?
My thoughts are that:
1. My water hardness has increased substantially?
2. I bought poor quality resin?
3. The ecominder is no longer accurate and I am really using more water than the system is registering (Water usage appears to be average for a family of two)?
4. The Fleck valve needs rebuilding, though it appears to be functional and cycling?
Or nothing is wrong at all?
I did raise the salt setting from 9 to 12 to see if it helped and it did not seem to matter. So, I put it back to 9 lbs. What can I check to see if anything is amiss? Since it is using about 40-60 lbs a month of salt, can I assume that injector and safety float are likely working correctly? The float does not appear to be stuck. Since I get good drain line flow while cycling, I am assuming that is not the issue. I am currently set for around 725 gallons to assure that we do not run out of soft water on days of heavy usage.
How much water should be in the brine tank between regeneration for 9 lbs? For 12 lbs?
Thanks, Steve
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