Do water softeners really work?
rockybird
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What to do with water softener problem
Comments (2)Since your softener was working at one point with results you were happy with, let's take a couple of easy steps. Initially, you want to manually regen, wait 24 hours, then regen again. Then redo your hardness test. You need to wait the 24 hours because it takes that long to get your brine to adequate strength again. If your resin is okay, this will help, provided your softener is going through the correct regen steps. You will want to watch it through one regen if you can - bring a good book. It should backwash first to fluff up the resin bed and remove broken resin beads and debris. Second, brine should enter the tank to regenerate the resin. Third, a slow rinse. This will essentially push the brine out without mixing with it over-much. Fourth a fast rinse to remove the remaining brine. Then back to service. Last refilling the brine tank....See MoreKinetico Water Softener - Math Doesn't Work?
Comments (6)homerguy, Since you didn't include the model of Kinetico or it's volume of resin for each tank nor the 40k softener you quote I can't check your math but I'll offer the following... In order to make an accurate comparison you need to consider at what salt dose each softener is regenerating and what volume of resin is being regenerated?. For example, 1 cubit foot of resin will soften: 20,000 grains with 6 lbs of salt 24,000 grains with 8 lbs of salt 27,000 grains with 10 lbs of salt 30,000 grains with 15 lbs of salt Another consideration of efficiency is that a twin resin tank softener will regenerate very close to the complete exhaustion of the resin's hardness removal capability while a single resin tank softener will regenerate early and usually lose the calculated reserve that has been set aside which wastes salt and water and over time will add up. Twin resin tank softeners make brine with softened water AND regenerate with softened water while some single resin tank softeners make brine with softened water but none that I know regenerate with softened water. Regenerating with soft water = longer resin life and reduces operating cost long term... efficiency related if you consider service life and repair cost....See MorePlease advise! Water softener quit working :-(
Comments (6)Living on a well and getting the water quality you like and water that is safe is more complicated, more work, and more costly than living on a water system... no question about it. You have high hardness and a softener is required to deal with that. You have high iron and that requires another piece of hardware. All that costs money but $3500 is... well, ridiculous. It's not like you're in the middle of nowhere. Keep calling around until someone you call recognizes the words Fleck or Autotrol or Clack. Come back with the specifics a dealer recommends....See MoreMy water softener is not working?
Comments (4)Sounds like you have a problem during the brining stage of generation. During that stage, the brine in the salt tank is sucked into the resin tank to regenerate the resin. If the brine isn't sucked into the resin tank then the resin isn't regenerated and the service water will not be softened. The problem may be in the brine pickup, brine pickup air-check valve, float assembly, brine line and it's fittings, or in the control valve (the big thing on top of the resin tank that runs the softener). Without knowing your water conditions and the brand and/or model of your softener it's difficult to be more specific. If your softener is still under warranty then call the dealer....See Morerockybird
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