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Thank you, very informative. If you don't mind I have one question on maximizing salt efficiency. IF; I had city water with a hardness of 20 grains and I were to use 100 gallons/day a 32,000 grain capacity softener (1 cu/ft.) would ideally remove 2000 grains/day. After 8 days the resin...

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Plan to replace my current softener with a Fleck 5810SXT and would appreciate comments on a couple items. City water; 15 grains; no iron, 0.6Clorine; code requires 1" plumbing. 2 person household, 90 day average soft water consumption is 75 gallons per day. 1. Is 10% resin a good option. 2. I...

Two people in the house, average 75 gallons/day total inside home. The tank is 8x44. I rebuilt the valve about 2 years ago, the screen and internals had a dark brown coating on everything. Made me think the valve was older and perhaps the unit had been iron fouled. When you say high quality...

I own 8 year old Fleck 5600SXT 24,000 that seems to be dying. I purchased it 'new' but have some doubts as to the integrity of the vendor. I think he might be one of those guys who 'refurbishes' old machines and sells them as new, either way after 8 years he is nowhere to be found. The capacity...