programing a fleck 5600 sxt 24K grain

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I've purchased and installed this softener but need help with the programing. I'm on city water rated at 8 for hardness, 2 people in the household and no other outside water demands. Can someone recommend the settings? Greatly appreciated.
 

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If you Google "Fleck 5600 Manual" you'll find several sources for information, including setup instructions.
 

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Control Settings

I see I missed what control he has... anyway, the manual will only show example data.

Just to clarify, I have the manual and can see how to setup the controller. My question is more around what to set all the parameters to in order to optimize efficiency (timing of cycles, setting reserve, etc.)

Here are the spec's I could find for my application:
Fleck 5600SXT electronic metered
24,000 grains capacity (0.75 cubic feet) 7" x 44" resin tank.
Hardness: 158-170mg/L or 10 grains per gallon.
TDS: 204 mg/L
Resin: Standard 7% (Dow)
Rated flow rate is 12 gpm at 15 psi drop.
City water from 2 city wells.
The official 'water report' from West Jordan Utah, where I live does not list the PH level, nor does it list iron/manganese content: http://www.sjc.utah.gov/pdf/waterqualityreport2011.pdf

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You might want to set it up like this:
Capacity (C): 24.0 x 1000
Water Hardness (H): 8
Safety Factor (SF): 10%
Day Override (DO): 14 days
Backwash (BW) Default or around 8 min
Brine Draw (BD) Default or around 50 min
Rapid Rinse (RR) Default or around 10 min
Brine Fill (BF) Depends on what BLFC you have but should be salted at 5 lbs
 

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Love2, a .75 cuft uses an 8"x 44" tank and has a constant SFR of 6.75 gpm. That fits very few houses or families.

You can not get 24K with 5 lbs of salt, If you did, that would be a salt efficiency of 4800 grains per lb. That won't be happening.

It takes 15 lbs to get 30K out of 1 cuft and that is an efficiency of 2000 grains/lb. It will take 12 lbs to get 24K out of 3/4 cuft with the same efficiency.
 
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