Water Softener Split tank
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Water Softener puts water into brine tank instead of drawing brin
Comments (1)I was able to get the entire softener disassembled and there is a piece called the "spacer stack assembly" that has a torn gasket. I will order a new part on Monday and hopefully that fixes it...See Morefloater valve brine tank water softener
Comments (3)In the US most contemporary industry standard control valves control the volume of water sent to the brine tank and the float assembly is simply a safety device to prevent brine tank overlow in case the control valve malfunctions. One exception is Kinetico who uses the float valve to set the volume of water in the brine tank. IMO that is a major design flaw in Kinetico's otherwise excellent control valve design because the float is always under water system pressure and more likely to fail which will overflow the brine tank and can result in considerable water damage to the surrounding area. If you can't get a US online seller to ship you a Fleck 2310 safety float then you can see the parts and details in the parts and details in this picture from a Fleck service manual....See MoreSoften only hot water tank? Aliceinwonderland advice....
Comments (19)A softener would absolutely take care of 1-1.5 ppm iron, provided a high salt dosage is used for regeneration, regens are done every four days or fewer and steps are taken to strip the iron from the resin. If you choose to regen with a low salt dosage, you would need ar larger softener, not a small one. Any "standard" resin will do - not DOW. Again, I just want to make it clear that this is a recommendation specific to your situation and water treatment goals and is not something I would normally recommend. If you do a hard water bypass you would do it AFTER the Fe/S removal and BEFORE the softener. If you don't install a separate Fe/S removal and you do a hard water bypass, you will continue to smell sulfur compounds and have iron staining....See MoreTwin Tank Water Softener, am I sizing it correctly?
Comments (6)Salt usage and capacity per cubic foot of resin isn't linear. In other words, it takes a lot more salt per cubic foot of resin to get that last bit of capacity. This is the chart I use. The complications with whole house carbon filters come from free chlorine vs chloramine. Free chlorine can be filtered out by a standard carbon filter, while chloramine needs a catalytic carbon filter. Chloramine is chlorine combined with ammonia which is replacing chlorine as a disinfectant. Byproducts of disinfection with chlorine include trihalomethanes which is what is driving the move to chloramine as a disinfectant. To make that point more clear, open up a bottle of bleach... is the smell overpowering and hurts your eyes, etc even in this relatively concentrated form? No. It's not until the chlorine combines with other molecules that it becomes chloramine and then you really smell it. Swimming pools smell strong because of chlorine mixed with organic materials in the water...(as in pee) not because of chlorine itself. I know that this will fall of deaf ears, but I think the residential water filtering industry has gone off the deep end. I have no problem with a basic carbon filter to clean up taste and smell of drinking water, not to mention cleaning up some VOC's and such. I think it's a bit much when people are worried about showering in water with small amounts of free chlorine. In terms of actual risk, I think that removing all of the residual disinfectant prior to a resin bed is probably more of a health risk than showering or bathing in water with some free chlorine. Many people raise the issue of bacteria growing in filters / resin beds / even water pitchers after all of the disinfectant has been removed by a carbon filter. Most of us have spent time in a swimming pool - and Olympic swimmers spend a lot of time in swimming pool. Other than a possible link between absorbing chlorine from the water and being gay, I haven't seen any serious health effects for Olympic swimmers and divers (ok, I am kidding). Put in your water softener. Put a cartridge carbon filter / KDF 55 filter on your drinking water. If you need to loop in a whole house carbon filter later you can - but I don't think you will need to. Just a tip, If this is a DIY job, I've been happy with units I've purchased online from ABC Water. I have no connection to them other than being a satisfied customer. They can put together any system you want. They sell them cheaper through Amazon than on their own website....See MoreJake The Wonderdog
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