rajivsab
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I decided to re-bed this 7 year old 1035 tank with a WS1 valve and have only reduced my water hardness from 34 to 30. What am I doing wrong?
Here are my system details:
Rebedding: 15 pounds of gravel washed to crystal clarity
Resin: 1 cu ft. Purolite C-100E (only used 2/3rd of 1 cu ft to maintain freeboard level and mimic old free space) I can go all the way to the top of the non-dome and fill the tank further)
Kept the old stand pipe but replaced the top basket.
Washed the tank with Iron Out
My Water hardness: 34 city water CA
Average gallons usage per week: 700 gallons
My WS1 Settings:
Capacity: 24k
Salt: 9.5 lbs
Regen: Auto, 14 Days
Worst part is I have a tiny system inline for my coffee machine which is hitting 1 grain of hardness. It runs off the washer line on 3/8” pipe and that tank capacity is a Clack 0613 with a sediment and carbon filter. Why is that working and this one not specially after the rebedding? Is it because it takes time? I am testing cold water in two faucets. Am I regenning incorrectly the new resin? Is the valve bad?
I inspected the white injector in the “E” down housing and it was clean. I also inspected the white injector for the brine tank. Clean and clear.
The only thing I can think of is either the new resin is not enough in quantity or the brine solution is not correcting the new resin. I regenned 15 minutes after pouring the 3 bags of salt. My 1st attempt at regen was using 6-month old suspended brine in crystallized salt which I subsequently replaced with three brand new bags. With the old salt, the system sputtered getting brine in but after that failed cycle with the fresh salt I consumed one entire bag in the regen cycle. The pic pencil line shows the water level before the first successful regen afyer the new salt. I am afraid I don’t have enough water for the next regen.
After all this hassle, My water hardness is down from 34 to 30. Maybe I will revert to buying the $390 48k grain system on Ali Express but I want to see this thru. Hate to throw it away !
Also this factoid: Looking at the Pentair specs for a 10x35 tank: 23.8" for non-dome area, 5.9" for top dome, 5.2" for bottom dome.
1 cu ft in a 10" diameter tank is 22" high so if I fill the bottom dome with gravel then it will leave 23.8-22+5.9=7.7" or 22% left for freeboard space. Is that enough as I've read the general recommendation is to leave 1/3 free?
I am at my wit’s end! Help! I love how knowledgeable everyone is on this forum. Hopefully you can help me.
Here are my system details:
Rebedding: 15 pounds of gravel washed to crystal clarity
Resin: 1 cu ft. Purolite C-100E (only used 2/3rd of 1 cu ft to maintain freeboard level and mimic old free space) I can go all the way to the top of the non-dome and fill the tank further)
Kept the old stand pipe but replaced the top basket.
Washed the tank with Iron Out
My Water hardness: 34 city water CA
Average gallons usage per week: 700 gallons
My WS1 Settings:
Capacity: 24k
Salt: 9.5 lbs
Regen: Auto, 14 Days
Worst part is I have a tiny system inline for my coffee machine which is hitting 1 grain of hardness. It runs off the washer line on 3/8” pipe and that tank capacity is a Clack 0613 with a sediment and carbon filter. Why is that working and this one not specially after the rebedding? Is it because it takes time? I am testing cold water in two faucets. Am I regenning incorrectly the new resin? Is the valve bad?
I inspected the white injector in the “E” down housing and it was clean. I also inspected the white injector for the brine tank. Clean and clear.
The only thing I can think of is either the new resin is not enough in quantity or the brine solution is not correcting the new resin. I regenned 15 minutes after pouring the 3 bags of salt. My 1st attempt at regen was using 6-month old suspended brine in crystallized salt which I subsequently replaced with three brand new bags. With the old salt, the system sputtered getting brine in but after that failed cycle with the fresh salt I consumed one entire bag in the regen cycle. The pic pencil line shows the water level before the first successful regen afyer the new salt. I am afraid I don’t have enough water for the next regen.
After all this hassle, My water hardness is down from 34 to 30. Maybe I will revert to buying the $390 48k grain system on Ali Express but I want to see this thru. Hate to throw it away !
Also this factoid: Looking at the Pentair specs for a 10x35 tank: 23.8" for non-dome area, 5.9" for top dome, 5.2" for bottom dome.
1 cu ft in a 10" diameter tank is 22" high so if I fill the bottom dome with gravel then it will leave 23.8-22+5.9=7.7" or 22% left for freeboard space. Is that enough as I've read the general recommendation is to leave 1/3 free?
I am at my wit’s end! Help! I love how knowledgeable everyone is on this forum. Hopefully you can help me.
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