a little background. Moved into house 2 years ago. Morton water softener. Well and septic. Existing whole-house filter, but it wasn't mounted correctly so I had a plumber fix. After 1 year of perfectly clean filters I figured the original shut-off valve to the filter was bypassing the filter. Bring plumber back to remove old, stuck shut-offf and install new shut-off valves. Filter now seems to be working.
Softener was working fine up to that point. After that work (maybe 2-3 days later) we notice our water has a brown tint to it. Knowing we have pretty hard water (I just tested at around 80) i figured it was either iron or the system still "flushing" from being shut-off to install new shut-off valves. In the past, after some other plunbing work, we've seen dark water after turning the water back on, but it has cleared up quickly. After the water is getting darker my wife says she doesn't think the softener is running. I manually regenerate and the water almost instantly gets better. So I changed the regeneration time to 7pm and check it every night. I let it go 2 nights without running and then manually regenerate. Been following this schedule for 1 week. Water has been good and it's hasnt automatically regenerated in 1 week.
4 people in house. 2 teenage girls who take long showers.
It's a system that will regenerate only when needed (vs. on a set schedule).
So, either it's not running because I'm manually regenerating too often or just the auto regenerate function is not working. I haven't been brave enough to just let it go without running to see how long it goes and monitor the water. Wife is concerned about clothes, health, etc.
How often would you expect this to regenerate? I've always had it set for 2am and it's in the basement, so I don't know how often it's nornally runs. I do go through about 3-4 40lb bags per month when it was working.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Softener was working fine up to that point. After that work (maybe 2-3 days later) we notice our water has a brown tint to it. Knowing we have pretty hard water (I just tested at around 80) i figured it was either iron or the system still "flushing" from being shut-off to install new shut-off valves. In the past, after some other plunbing work, we've seen dark water after turning the water back on, but it has cleared up quickly. After the water is getting darker my wife says she doesn't think the softener is running. I manually regenerate and the water almost instantly gets better. So I changed the regeneration time to 7pm and check it every night. I let it go 2 nights without running and then manually regenerate. Been following this schedule for 1 week. Water has been good and it's hasnt automatically regenerated in 1 week.
4 people in house. 2 teenage girls who take long showers.
It's a system that will regenerate only when needed (vs. on a set schedule).
So, either it's not running because I'm manually regenerating too often or just the auto regenerate function is not working. I haven't been brave enough to just let it go without running to see how long it goes and monitor the water. Wife is concerned about clothes, health, etc.
How often would you expect this to regenerate? I've always had it set for 2am and it's in the basement, so I don't know how often it's nornally runs. I do go through about 3-4 40lb bags per month when it was working.
Any ideas would be appreciated.