kaisersoze
New Member
Hello,
I just finished installing my new water softener with the Fleck 7000SXT valve and 32k grain capacity. During manual regeneration I noticed an extremely loud noise from the drain adapter elbow during the BW cycle of regeneration! The BD cycle was much quieter and the volume was around what I had expected. Is the BW cycle supposed to be loud? I can't imagine sleeping through the noise at 2AM!
My specs:
Fleck 7000SXT 32k grain
9x48 mineral tank
1 cubic ft resin
BLFC 0.25 GPM
DLFC 2 GPM
Injector #0
3/8" brine tubing
Drain line 3/4" PVC
I followed the dealer's programming guide, I hope you can double check my settings (in particular the regeneration cycle steps):
DF Gal
VT St2b
CT Fd
C 24
H 20
RS SF
SF 15
DO 14
RT 2 AM
BW 10
BD 60
BW 5
RR 10
BF 20
FM t1.2
The factory default BF is 12 minutes, but the dealer recommended 20 minutes. The BF of 12 minutes with a BLFC 0.25GPM equates to 3 gal * 3 = 9 lbs salt for my 1 cubic foot of resin. BF of 20 minutes would equal 15 lbs of salt for 1 cubic foot resin. Seems that 9lbs is more salt efficient without sacrificing much in water efficiency (based on http://www.watertreatmentguide.com/achieving_brine_efficiency_in_softening.htm)
Any thoughts regarding the noise or programming settings? Thanks, I appreciate your thoughts!
I just finished installing my new water softener with the Fleck 7000SXT valve and 32k grain capacity. During manual regeneration I noticed an extremely loud noise from the drain adapter elbow during the BW cycle of regeneration! The BD cycle was much quieter and the volume was around what I had expected. Is the BW cycle supposed to be loud? I can't imagine sleeping through the noise at 2AM!
My specs:
Fleck 7000SXT 32k grain
9x48 mineral tank
1 cubic ft resin
BLFC 0.25 GPM
DLFC 2 GPM
Injector #0
3/8" brine tubing
Drain line 3/4" PVC
I followed the dealer's programming guide, I hope you can double check my settings (in particular the regeneration cycle steps):
DF Gal
VT St2b
CT Fd
C 24
H 20
RS SF
SF 15
DO 14
RT 2 AM
BW 10
BD 60
BW 5
RR 10
BF 20
FM t1.2
The factory default BF is 12 minutes, but the dealer recommended 20 minutes. The BF of 12 minutes with a BLFC 0.25GPM equates to 3 gal * 3 = 9 lbs salt for my 1 cubic foot of resin. BF of 20 minutes would equal 15 lbs of salt for 1 cubic foot resin. Seems that 9lbs is more salt efficient without sacrificing much in water efficiency (based on http://www.watertreatmentguide.com/achieving_brine_efficiency_in_softening.htm)
Any thoughts regarding the noise or programming settings? Thanks, I appreciate your thoughts!