dklawson
New Member
I'm in the process of shopping for a new water softener system for my home. If some of the forum regulars could give some advice on sizing, I would greatly appreciate it!
I tried using Gary Slusser's sizing calculator (thanks for leaving your site up, Gary!), which returned the following numbers:
For that resin capacity, I think what I need is either a single tank 120,000 grain (4.0 cuft) or a dual tank 80,000 grain (5.0 cuft). Is this correct? And if so, which would be more appropriate in my case? (single vs dual)
Gary's page also mentions that if your iron level is 2.0 ppm or more (mine is 2.3), that I should consider running it at 3-4 day regeneration cycles, upgrading to SST-60 resin, and adding a turbulator distributor tube. Should I add these upgrades? If so, does this affect the resin tank size and salt dose that I need?
Hardness: 344 mg/L (20.2 gpg)
Iron: 2.3 mg/L
Household: 5 people
Bathrooms: 2.5
Iron: 2.3 mg/L
Household: 5 people
Bathrooms: 2.5
I tried using Gary Slusser's sizing calculator (thanks for leaving your site up, Gary!), which returned the following numbers:
Daily grain capacity needed: 8796
Total grain capacity needed: 70,368
Minimum cubic foot size: 4 cuft
If I understand this correctly, this means that I'll need a resin tank that holds 4.0 cuft of resin, and that a salt dose of 20 lbs (5 lbs salt / 4 cuft resin) will be the most efficient at 3640 grains / lb salt. Total grain capacity needed: 70,368
Minimum cubic foot size: 4 cuft
For that resin capacity, I think what I need is either a single tank 120,000 grain (4.0 cuft) or a dual tank 80,000 grain (5.0 cuft). Is this correct? And if so, which would be more appropriate in my case? (single vs dual)
Gary's page also mentions that if your iron level is 2.0 ppm or more (mine is 2.3), that I should consider running it at 3-4 day regeneration cycles, upgrading to SST-60 resin, and adding a turbulator distributor tube. Should I add these upgrades? If so, does this affect the resin tank size and salt dose that I need?