New well Water treatment. Softener with tankless RO.

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gdw_23

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Thinking about a water softener and a tankless RO system. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well test results.
Nitrate and Nitrite as N <0.071mg/L
pH 7.57
Arsenic (As)-Total 0.0040mg/L
Barium (Ba)-Total 0.0244mg/L
Boron (B)-Total 0.151mg/L
Calcium (Ca)-Total 81.3mg/L
Copper (Cu)-Total 0.0032mg/L
Iron (Fe)-Total 0.50mg/L
Magnesium (Mg)-Total 99.2mg/L
Manganese (Mn)-Total 0.0185mg/L
Potassium (K)-Total 5.29mg/L
Sodium (Na)-Total 48.2mg/L
Uranium (U)-Total 0.00622mg/L
Zinc (Zn)-Total <0.020mg/L
TDS (Calculated from 713mg/L
EC)
Sulfate 231mg/L
Nitrite-N <0.050mg/L
Nitrate-N <0.050mg/L
Hardness (as CaCO3) 611mg/L
Hardness-grains/USgal 35.8
Hardness-grains/IMPgal 42.9
Fluoride 0.35mg/L
Conductivity 1100
Chloride 33.2 mg/L

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I ran the numbers and something is not right IMO. The hardness ions don't add up. I could be wrong or just missing something. Anyway, need to know the amount of people in the family, size of home.
 

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I ran the numbers and something is not right IMO. The hardness ions don't add up. I could be wrong or just missing something. Anyway, need to know the amount of people in the family, size of home.

5 bedroom home, family of 4
 

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Use this site to size your unit. http://www.quality***xx water treatment.com/water_softener_sizing.htm
Use 1 for the iron.

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That web site misapplies equipment. They sell a Fleck 6700 (the Prosoft series) on larger than a 12" dia tank (a 2.0 cuft softener) which is against what Fleck says the control valve should be used on.

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Number of bathrooms and age of children? Any large jetted tubs or multiple shower heads and/or body sprays?

3 Full Bathrooms, 1 powder room,
Ensuite shower has 4 shower heads.

Children are 10 and 12.

Well produces lots of water and is pumped by a variable drive grundfos consistent pressure pump.
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Four shower heads plus all other water being used at the same time should come up to 15-18 gpm peak demand and the softener should have a constant SFR of 15 0r 18 gpm. That means a 2.5 or 3.0 cuft.

For the K of capacity and salt dose settings click the Click Here link in my signature and do the math by hand.
 

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Four shower heads plus all other water being used at the same time should come up to 15-18 gpm peak demand and the softener should have a constant SFR of 15 0r 18 gpm. That means a 2.5 or 3.0 cuft.

For the K of capacity and salt dose settings click the Click Here link in my signature and do the math by hand.

Hello Gary,
I was also looking for some insight on the RO unit. Have you used a tankless RO before or do you believe I am better off with a storage system?
 
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