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I need help to learn how to program the above water softener unit. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Answer: We are not familiar with thiswater softener brand, but in trying to interpret the model number, it might use a Fleck 9100 Econominder, SE or SXT control, in 30,000 grain (1 ft3 per tank) capacity. Instructions for programming this unit are available on our site at https://www.caitechnologies.com/water-softeners/equipment-installation.htm – hope this helps!
My local water and sewer rates recently went way up. I’m not an environmentalist but being a good steward of natural resources is important and saving money really gets my attention. I’d like to calculate the cost of operation for my old softener and see if it makes sense for me to upgrade. It’s has a 460i Autotrol controller and a 255 valve. The resin cylinder is 9″ in diameter and 48″ tall ( I assume it’s filled correctly with resin). The Autotrol is set at 35 grains hardness and the salt dial is set on 12 (4.5 lbs / regeneration). We use 6-8 thousand gallons of water per month. If I only knew how often it was regenerating and how much water it uses per cycle, I could easily determine a close estimate.
Answer: The amount of water your softener is using really depends on the water pressure and pipe diameter are using, but let’s assume a commonly used value of 70 gallons. Based on your tank size, your softener capacity might be 40,000 grains, and using your value we would estimate that you softener is regenerating about every 4 to 5 days, or approximately 7 times per month. On this valve, a setting of 12 means 12 pounds would be used per each regeneration (not the 4.5 pounds you noted), and 12 pounds is a good setting for this sized unit. This would mean that you would use 12 pounds of salt x 7 times per month = ~ 84 pounds (or two 40 pound bags per month). In addition, you would use about 500 gallons of water per month. You can always consider upgrading to a proportional brining system like our model WS2FM – this would result in between 10% and 20% savings of salt and water per month.
I have a Kenmore conditioner about 10 years old, It’s a round plastic tank. About the bottom third of it contains rock hard salts. I’ve been trying to breakup by running hot water in it and using a metal pole to crush the salt. This will take forever. Any other ideas? Is there anything I can add to dissolve the salts quicker that isn’t harmful?
Answer: Try a power washer – this generally speeds things up – but be careful not to direct the spray onto plastic components, as the high pressure may break them.
Hi, I bought a 48K sized W3LM-HC about three months ago. It seems to be working quite well with 12lbs of salt per cuft. Initially I didn’t seem to have the brine tank connected well. That seems resolves as the amount of water before and after regeneration stays the same. It is about 4″ above the salt platform. Is that a normal level? Also, we have gone through about 6 bags of Morton salt and there is quite a bit of ‘impurities’ on the platform. Should that be cleaned out periodically?
Answer: Your level is normal – the actual level depends on the salt dosage setting. Three pounds of salt dissolve into a gallon of water. For example, if you are brining at a typical setting of 9 pounds per ft3, and have a 48,000 water softener (1.5 ft3), then you would have 9 pounds x 1.5 ft3 = 12 pounds of salt, divided by 3 pounds per gallon = 4 gallons. So, actual volume will vary depending of what you salt dosage is set to.
Any sediment that you find in your brine tank is most likely coming from you inlet water supply – not the Morton salt – yes, you should clean it out. But you also might want to install a 5-micron cartridge based pre-filter in advance of the softener to prevent this from occurring in the future. Some commercial quality cartridge filters are available on our site.
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