Mrmichaeljmoore
Member
I just wanted to run my softerner settings by everyone on the forum...I haven't looked at them in a while and wanted to make sure everything is in line....
Plus, I was recently trying to calculate how much salt I was using, and therefore calculate how much it was costing me for salt on an annual basis.
So, here are my softener settings.
Softener unit:
Autotrol 255 valve with a 762 processor
1.5 cubic feet of C-249 ion exchange resin
Settings:
Hardness set at: 20
Salt: 18 lbs/ft3
Capacity: 48 KG
Regeneration calendar override: Every 8 days
To try to gauge how much salt I was using, I recently made sure the brine tank had no salt showing on top of the grid.
So, I added one 50# bag of salt to the brine tank. After two (2) regenerations spanning about 2 weeks, there was no salt remaining on top of the grid.
So, based on the calculation that the calendar override regeneration occurs every 8 days (I never reach the capacity before the calendar override kicks in): 365 days in year/8 = approximately 45 regernerations per year.
If I get 2 regenerations per 50# bag, that means I would use approximately 23 50# bags of salt.
23 bags @ $6.00 per 50# bag = $138.00.
Does my math make sense? And do the numbers for the softener settings seem appropriate for my water hardness and softener?
And I have checked hardness using my Hach 5b kit lately....I consistenly measure at 0 gpg hard. So the softener is softening. Just wanted to make sure it is being as efficient as possible.
thanks for the help.
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Plus, I was recently trying to calculate how much salt I was using, and therefore calculate how much it was costing me for salt on an annual basis.
So, here are my softener settings.
Softener unit:
Autotrol 255 valve with a 762 processor
1.5 cubic feet of C-249 ion exchange resin
Settings:
Hardness set at: 20
Salt: 18 lbs/ft3
Capacity: 48 KG
Regeneration calendar override: Every 8 days
To try to gauge how much salt I was using, I recently made sure the brine tank had no salt showing on top of the grid.
So, I added one 50# bag of salt to the brine tank. After two (2) regenerations spanning about 2 weeks, there was no salt remaining on top of the grid.
So, based on the calculation that the calendar override regeneration occurs every 8 days (I never reach the capacity before the calendar override kicks in): 365 days in year/8 = approximately 45 regernerations per year.
If I get 2 regenerations per 50# bag, that means I would use approximately 23 50# bags of salt.
23 bags @ $6.00 per 50# bag = $138.00.
Does my math make sense? And do the numbers for the softener settings seem appropriate for my water hardness and softener?
And I have checked hardness using my Hach 5b kit lately....I consistenly measure at 0 gpg hard. So the softener is softening. Just wanted to make sure it is being as efficient as possible.
thanks for the help.
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