drp37
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Hi, I have a water softener (Clack control valve). It's setup as a filter. As a newbie, I don't know the difference between a filter setup vs softener setup. Can someone please explain. Thanks in advance.
Would the filter valve normally not have the demand measuring turbine?A Clack water softener valve is nearly identical to the filter valve. The softener has a brine piston, brine assembly, and an injector as well as it will usually have a different electronic board. Filter valves typically have 2 cycles, backwash and fast rinse, a softener will have 5 or more cycles.
Filters don't use salt. Some can have a solution tank that you draw from during regeneration, but there would not be a fill cycle. Filters usually regenerate on a fixed schedule.I notice that in the filter setup setting there is no option to set the hardness in grains or grains capacity. How does the system know how much salt to use and "soften" the water?
A fill cycle puts water in the brine tank, often in preparation for the next regeneration. For every gallon filled, 3 pounds of salt dissolve into the water. Then next regeneration sucks the brine out of the brine tank to flow over the resin to regenerate the resin.Hmmm...I'm a little confused...what does a fill cycle actually do? I have a brine tank that I put salt in and it does deplete over time.
Looking at my filter settings, it is programmed to backwash, brine, rise and fill. What am I missing?
I don't know the Clack setup. I suggest that you post all of your settings.I have the specs for my well water as it has been tested. I'm just struggling to understand why it is set up as a filter when I know my water is hard and needs softening. The water does soften under the filter setting, but under that setting, there is no need to entire hardness or capacity.
This is awkward, but...
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