robshobs
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I installed my new water softener this past week. The system came from the internet vendor pre-programmed. I had a question about a few of the settings. Let me provide some information about my installation.
First question about the settings is the Unit Capacity. The unit came programmed for 50,000 grains. I asked the vendor and they said they only program two-thirds of the total capacity because regenerating the full capacity take too much salt. It seems to me it should be 80,000 grains and the Safety Factor, set to 20%, would prevent this from occuring. Isn't setting the capacity to 50K double-dipping? It seems the system will regenerate when 40K of capacity is used if set at 50K (50K - (50K * 20%) = 40K). For 80K setting, it would regenerate at 64K. So how should the Unit Capacity be set?
Next question, according to the Fleck manuals, the brine fills at 1 gpm and the unit is set to fill for 10 minutes. At 3 lbs of salt per gallon (per the Fleck manual), I am inferring the system will use a 30lb salt dose to regenerate. This seems high. If the full 80K is regenerated, I think the salt dose should be 23lbs and for 50K, 13lbs. Is my math correct? Based upon the answer to my first question, what should the salt dose be?
I appreciate any insights I can get.
Rob
- 8 people @ 60 gallons/person/day = 10,080 grains/day
- Water hardness: 21 grains/gal
- Fleck 9000 with SXT Timer
- 2.5 cuft of Dowex HCR-S/S per tank
- 160,000 grain capacity (80,000 per tank)
First question about the settings is the Unit Capacity. The unit came programmed for 50,000 grains. I asked the vendor and they said they only program two-thirds of the total capacity because regenerating the full capacity take too much salt. It seems to me it should be 80,000 grains and the Safety Factor, set to 20%, would prevent this from occuring. Isn't setting the capacity to 50K double-dipping? It seems the system will regenerate when 40K of capacity is used if set at 50K (50K - (50K * 20%) = 40K). For 80K setting, it would regenerate at 64K. So how should the Unit Capacity be set?
Next question, according to the Fleck manuals, the brine fills at 1 gpm and the unit is set to fill for 10 minutes. At 3 lbs of salt per gallon (per the Fleck manual), I am inferring the system will use a 30lb salt dose to regenerate. This seems high. If the full 80K is regenerated, I think the salt dose should be 23lbs and for 50K, 13lbs. Is my math correct? Based upon the answer to my first question, what should the salt dose be?
I appreciate any insights I can get.
Rob