Hello,
Thank you so much to the experts on this forum answering newbie's questions as they have taught me more than any other resource so far.
I have recently installed a new Fleck 9100SXT Twin Tank "96k" grain system in my home set up with well water. It has been operating for the past 4 months providing me with very soft water. A bit salty but soft (I'm the only one who notices). I have a family of 5: 2 adults, 2 toddlers, and 1 infant. However, I have the following issues that I was hoping you experts can help me fix:
1.) Loss of resin in drain. My water softener drains into my sump pump. I have noticed resin beads accumulating in my yard where my sump pump drains out. I shined a flashlight on my tanks as suggested by "BannerMan" in another thread and I noticed both tanks have a resin level that is only about half way up the tank. When I ordered my system, I did not elect to order a "Upper Basket". I am thinking it was a mistake. Why am I losing so much resin? My DLFC is stated to be 2.4 gallons per minute. My well supplies water to my house via a 3/4" copper pipe. I used 1" PEX tubing to route that through a whole house water filter and then to a stainless bypass valve on the water softener. Is this too much flow blowing out my resin?
2.) Regens happen during the day instead of 2:00am and cause a noticeable loss of water pressure. Would rather deal with a little hard water than be taking a shower and the flow slows to a trickle!
3.) Excessive salt consumption. I used my water suppliers settings and I am consuming way too much salt. I think my Brine Flow is too high based on my calculations, again thank you "BannerMan" for helping somebody in another thread.
Advertised capacity: 96k total grains, Twin 48grain, 1.5cu ft3 tanks
Stated capacity in the manual: 30,000 grains
Current Programmed Settings:
DF GAL
VT dF1b
CT FI
NT ---2
TS U1
C 24 (Should this be 36 like BannerMan said in another thread? Or 30 to match my manual's capacity?)
H 28 (I have a hardness of about 27 grains per gallon per my water test below)
BW 10
BD 50
RR 6
BF 9
FM P0.7
BLFC 1.5 gpm
DLFC 2.4 gpm
Here are my back of the envelop calculations:
If my system is taking 9 minutes to fill the brine, and my BLFC is 1.5gpm, that is 13.5 gal per brine fill. 3lbs per salt per 1 gal of brine = 40.5lbs salt per regeneration. That is a huge amount of salt that I am using. Should I reduce my BF down to 3, which would give me around 13.5 lbs of salt per regen?
Here is my water testing results just for added info:
Total hardness: 457 mg/ml
Calcium hardness: 278 mg/ml
Magnesium hardness: 179 mg/ml
TDS: 588 mg/ml
Chloride: 108 mg/ml
Sulfate 20.3 mg/ml
Nitrate: 6.050 mg/ml
Nitrite: ND
Arsenic: < 0.003 mg/ml
Iron: < 0.025 mg/ml
Lead: < 0.003 mg/ml
VOC: ND
Coliform Bacteria: ND
Please let me know if you guys have any suggestions.
Thank you
Thank you so much to the experts on this forum answering newbie's questions as they have taught me more than any other resource so far.
I have recently installed a new Fleck 9100SXT Twin Tank "96k" grain system in my home set up with well water. It has been operating for the past 4 months providing me with very soft water. A bit salty but soft (I'm the only one who notices). I have a family of 5: 2 adults, 2 toddlers, and 1 infant. However, I have the following issues that I was hoping you experts can help me fix:
1.) Loss of resin in drain. My water softener drains into my sump pump. I have noticed resin beads accumulating in my yard where my sump pump drains out. I shined a flashlight on my tanks as suggested by "BannerMan" in another thread and I noticed both tanks have a resin level that is only about half way up the tank. When I ordered my system, I did not elect to order a "Upper Basket". I am thinking it was a mistake. Why am I losing so much resin? My DLFC is stated to be 2.4 gallons per minute. My well supplies water to my house via a 3/4" copper pipe. I used 1" PEX tubing to route that through a whole house water filter and then to a stainless bypass valve on the water softener. Is this too much flow blowing out my resin?
2.) Regens happen during the day instead of 2:00am and cause a noticeable loss of water pressure. Would rather deal with a little hard water than be taking a shower and the flow slows to a trickle!
3.) Excessive salt consumption. I used my water suppliers settings and I am consuming way too much salt. I think my Brine Flow is too high based on my calculations, again thank you "BannerMan" for helping somebody in another thread.
Advertised capacity: 96k total grains, Twin 48grain, 1.5cu ft3 tanks
Stated capacity in the manual: 30,000 grains
Current Programmed Settings:
DF GAL
VT dF1b
CT FI
NT ---2
TS U1
C 24 (Should this be 36 like BannerMan said in another thread? Or 30 to match my manual's capacity?)
H 28 (I have a hardness of about 27 grains per gallon per my water test below)
BW 10
BD 50
RR 6
BF 9
FM P0.7
BLFC 1.5 gpm
DLFC 2.4 gpm
Here are my back of the envelop calculations:
If my system is taking 9 minutes to fill the brine, and my BLFC is 1.5gpm, that is 13.5 gal per brine fill. 3lbs per salt per 1 gal of brine = 40.5lbs salt per regeneration. That is a huge amount of salt that I am using. Should I reduce my BF down to 3, which would give me around 13.5 lbs of salt per regen?
Here is my water testing results just for added info:
Total hardness: 457 mg/ml
Calcium hardness: 278 mg/ml
Magnesium hardness: 179 mg/ml
TDS: 588 mg/ml
Chloride: 108 mg/ml
Sulfate 20.3 mg/ml
Nitrate: 6.050 mg/ml
Nitrite: ND
Arsenic: < 0.003 mg/ml
Iron: < 0.025 mg/ml
Lead: < 0.003 mg/ml
VOC: ND
Coliform Bacteria: ND
Please let me know if you guys have any suggestions.
Thank you
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