ditttohead
Water systems designer, R&D
It appears you are not understanding the way a softener works.
The brine/slow rinse cycle is two cycles.
The brine draw "sucks" the brine water out of the salt tank and down through the resin bed. This is done very slowly. Usual amount of time is about 15-20 minutes. When the water in the salt tank runs out, the system continues to push water through the venturi injection system which is called "Slow rinse". The salt is pushed through the resin with raw water which slowly displaces the salty water. This process usually takes 3-4 times the original drawing time to fully displace the salty water.
1: Backwash loosens the bed, ejects worn/broken resin beads dust, silt, dirt etc, that is collected during service.
2: Brine/Slow rinse draws the brine water in (brine) and then slowly rinses the excess salty water out of the resin slowly (slow rinse)
3: 2nd backwash is common but is not that important except in downflow brine systems with low salting... don't worry about this cycle for your application)
4: Rapid Rinse packs the bed down and ensures clean soft water when the system comes back online
5: Timed brine refill refills the salt tank with a predetermined amount of water for the next regeneration.
You were tasting salt at 60 minutes which means you injector size is smaller than usual but... increase the brine/slow rinse cycle accordingly so that the water is completely non salty at the end. I am guessing 90-120 minutes would be fine.
The brine/slow rinse cycle is two cycles.
The brine draw "sucks" the brine water out of the salt tank and down through the resin bed. This is done very slowly. Usual amount of time is about 15-20 minutes. When the water in the salt tank runs out, the system continues to push water through the venturi injection system which is called "Slow rinse". The salt is pushed through the resin with raw water which slowly displaces the salty water. This process usually takes 3-4 times the original drawing time to fully displace the salty water.
1: Backwash loosens the bed, ejects worn/broken resin beads dust, silt, dirt etc, that is collected during service.
2: Brine/Slow rinse draws the brine water in (brine) and then slowly rinses the excess salty water out of the resin slowly (slow rinse)
3: 2nd backwash is common but is not that important except in downflow brine systems with low salting... don't worry about this cycle for your application)
4: Rapid Rinse packs the bed down and ensures clean soft water when the system comes back online
5: Timed brine refill refills the salt tank with a predetermined amount of water for the next regeneration.
You were tasting salt at 60 minutes which means you injector size is smaller than usual but... increase the brine/slow rinse cycle accordingly so that the water is completely non salty at the end. I am guessing 90-120 minutes would be fine.