Wally107
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Wally, When I read your post earlier you memtioned about not changing the BLFC from the .125 you currently have in it to a .5. Now I don't see it. What happened?
Sorry mialynette, I probably should have carried this over from my other thread. I was emailing back and forth with Wayne at Pentair...here's my question(s) and his replys (in italics):
Question: Brand new 7000SXT. Came equipped with .125gpm BLFC. Any problem
changing it to .5 or 1.0 BLFC (to shorten BF and therefore overall regen time)?
Yes, the refill rate is based on injector size due to this unit refills the
brine tank with soft water back through the injector orifice size. Your unit is
giving you treated water after rapid rinse, not refill. Nor does it need to be
back in service before you have treated water. You have until the next regen to
have that brine tank refilled.
Ref the .125gpm BLFC: I should NOT change it, since it is correlated (my word)
to the injector...i.e. change one, change both (prob more work than it's worth.
Correct?
No, but the injector size is critical to the performance of the system.
To be honest, I'm still a little fuzzy on whether there's a correlation between the BLFC and the injector. But regardless, Wayne's point is...the .125gpm is fine. I just figure 8 minutes per gallon instead of 2 minutes. IOW...8 minutes to dissolve 3 lbs of salt, instead of 2. And as he points out, the system begins flowing soft water after the rapid rinse, so who cares how long the brine fill takes? As long as I do the math right, it's same same.