Hi all—new member here looking for advice from this great group. I’d like some help with optimal settings for my softener, and to solve a problem I’m having. I have a Logix 762 controller with a 268 valve. It replaced an old 460i controller on a 168. Resin tank is a Park 12” x 48”, could be 15-20 years old. We are on a well.
Just two of us in the house, averaging about 130 gallons/day. Lab test shows our water has 19 grains hardness and a trace of iron. Programming on this unit is straightforward. My settings:
Hardness: 20 grains
Salt: 9 lbs/cu. ft.
Capacity: 59 kg
DO: 14 days
After a regeneration, it indicates we have a capacity of 2850 gallons. Without guests, we don’t reach this volume, so the 14 day override kicks in. However, a couple of times a year we have a house full of relatives and water use is heavy. Last week we ran out of soft water before the 14 day override. The display showed a remaining capacity of 450 gallons. What do you think is going on? Could I not really have the full capacity of that large resin tank? Could the resin be degraded with age and use?
Before I replaced the old controller, which was dying and could only be used with a manual regeneration, I monitored the hardness of our water daily. It started out at zero hardness after a regeneration, and we could usually go about 17 days before our water got hard.
One thing I’ve noticed about our new unit: it doesn’t bring hardness down to zero at a regeneration like the old one did—usually 1 grain, or maybe a half grain. Any thoughts on this?
So to avoid this “crowd problem” in the future, I’ve lowered the capacity in the settings from 59kg to 42 kg. This yields a gallon capacity of about 1900 gallons. I would appreciate your thoughts on my setup. I’m confused about how the unit adjusts the salt dosing when I do this. What happens? How to improve it…..can I lower salt level? Should I replace resin? Also, ditttohead (and others), can you please comment more on extending days override, which you have written about?
Thanks.
Just two of us in the house, averaging about 130 gallons/day. Lab test shows our water has 19 grains hardness and a trace of iron. Programming on this unit is straightforward. My settings:
Hardness: 20 grains
Salt: 9 lbs/cu. ft.
Capacity: 59 kg
DO: 14 days
After a regeneration, it indicates we have a capacity of 2850 gallons. Without guests, we don’t reach this volume, so the 14 day override kicks in. However, a couple of times a year we have a house full of relatives and water use is heavy. Last week we ran out of soft water before the 14 day override. The display showed a remaining capacity of 450 gallons. What do you think is going on? Could I not really have the full capacity of that large resin tank? Could the resin be degraded with age and use?
Before I replaced the old controller, which was dying and could only be used with a manual regeneration, I monitored the hardness of our water daily. It started out at zero hardness after a regeneration, and we could usually go about 17 days before our water got hard.
One thing I’ve noticed about our new unit: it doesn’t bring hardness down to zero at a regeneration like the old one did—usually 1 grain, or maybe a half grain. Any thoughts on this?
So to avoid this “crowd problem” in the future, I’ve lowered the capacity in the settings from 59kg to 42 kg. This yields a gallon capacity of about 1900 gallons. I would appreciate your thoughts on my setup. I’m confused about how the unit adjusts the salt dosing when I do this. What happens? How to improve it…..can I lower salt level? Should I replace resin? Also, ditttohead (and others), can you please comment more on extending days override, which you have written about?
Thanks.