Initial Setup
Configuration = Softener
Grain Capacity = 45
Lbs of salt per regen = 15.5
Backwash Duration = Longer
Gallons Capacity = Auto
Brine Refill = post
Regenerant Flow = dn
Regeneration Initiation = Normal
Installer Setup
Hardness = 50
Calendar Override = off
Time of regen 2:00am
I am on city water, have 2 adults and 2 children in the house.
The water company I bought it from went out of business unfortunately.
The drain line looks to be 1/2 " ID running to floor drain with no kinks.
It does look to be a 1.5 cu foot resin tank.
The unit is made by Watts
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Your softener is way too small. To get anything close to good salt efficiency you would have to regenerate it like every night or every other night.
Four people with 50 gpg of hardness uses 12,000 grains of capacity per day.
For 45K, you need to set the salt dose at 22.5 lbs. That would get you a regeneration every 900 gals or once every 3 days.
24K would be every other night at 9 lbs per regeneration or 18 lbs in 4 days compared to 22.5 every 3 days.
You do not have a P number board so your control uses the salt efficiency settings (K and lbs) to establish the length of time the backwashes and rinse etc. run for. You have the lbs and K of capacity screwed up.
You should set the calendar override to the number of days between regenerations. And the Regeneration Initiation = Normal to Normal and On 0. That means if you run the gallons to 0, it will do a regeneration immediately after the water stops being used for 10 minutes. In about 1.25 to 1.5 hrs it will be done. You get hard water during the regeneration but, that's better than running out of the reserve capacity before the next scheduled regeneration.
Since it has not been programmed correctly, you must do two manual regenerations with no water use during or between them, at 23 lbs each AFTER reprogramming the control for the K of capacity and day override you should be using; and the 23 lbs of salt.
You can do the first one at like 9 PM, when done at 10:15-10:30 PM, push the Regen button in and let go, Regen Today will flash on the display, and go to bed.
In the morning, set the lbs to what you should be using and enjoy.
If you still have salty water, let us know.