duker733
New Member
Hello, first post here. Great to find this forum to discuss this stuff.
Trying to keep this as short as possible, while supplying as much info as possible. I am on well water and when I moved in here a year ago there was a water softener installed some years ago. It seemed to be working ok, but it looks kind of old so I purchased a new one.
For a really great deal (basically free) I got a brand new GE Pro Elite softener with an Autotrol 268/716 valve on it.
Install was simple as I just swapped it into place of the older one. I ran it about 30 minutes in backwash mode to clean out the resin. Then ran it through all of the cycles to make sure it was drawing from the brine tank, which it is.
Programming the valve was a little confusing, but I think I got it about right.
I had no info on the size of the unit when I bought it, hence the good deal, but researching and measuring the resin tank dimensions, which are: 12" wide x 48" high, it looks to hold about 1.75 -2.00 cu ft of resin. So I've got it set in the valve programming for 2.00 cu ft.
My problem is, it seems to be functioning fine as I've ran it through about 4 or 5 regenerations and it's drawing all the brine from the brine tank and rinsing and refilling the brine tank, but I have no soft water whatsoever.
My water tests out at around 10 gpg of hardness.
I've dumped 4 bags of salt in the brine tank, checked all brine connections, even pulled the injector valve and screen out to make sure it was clean and not clogged, but after 4 or 5 regens, still no soft water.
I think I may have had the salt dosage set a little low. I started first regeneration on 10lbs cu ft and lowered it to around 8lbs cu ft for the last few regenerations.
Thinking that may be too low I cranked it up to 18 lbs cu ft, (max setting) and ran one more regeneration on it tonight. What's weird is that after the last two regenerations the check salt light has been on after it finishes. There is lots of brine and salt in the tank?? I've stirred up the salt and made sure there is no bridge or blockage and still have no soft water.
I even pulled the valve off the tank last night and checked the riser tube and made sure the o-ring was in place. I cannot for the life of me figure out why there is no soft water?? I also made sure there was resin in the tank, it's orange in color, but other than that I don't know what kind it is?
So in follow up here's my settings with no soft water being produced
1.75 - 2.00 cu ft of resin in 12"x48" size tank
Autotrol 268/716 valve programmed for 2.00 cu ft of resin
Salt dosage, as of last regen 16 lbs cu ft
No soft water
Any help or ideas would be appreciated, thanks. Sorry for the long first post.
Trying to keep this as short as possible, while supplying as much info as possible. I am on well water and when I moved in here a year ago there was a water softener installed some years ago. It seemed to be working ok, but it looks kind of old so I purchased a new one.
For a really great deal (basically free) I got a brand new GE Pro Elite softener with an Autotrol 268/716 valve on it.
Install was simple as I just swapped it into place of the older one. I ran it about 30 minutes in backwash mode to clean out the resin. Then ran it through all of the cycles to make sure it was drawing from the brine tank, which it is.
Programming the valve was a little confusing, but I think I got it about right.
I had no info on the size of the unit when I bought it, hence the good deal, but researching and measuring the resin tank dimensions, which are: 12" wide x 48" high, it looks to hold about 1.75 -2.00 cu ft of resin. So I've got it set in the valve programming for 2.00 cu ft.
My problem is, it seems to be functioning fine as I've ran it through about 4 or 5 regenerations and it's drawing all the brine from the brine tank and rinsing and refilling the brine tank, but I have no soft water whatsoever.
My water tests out at around 10 gpg of hardness.
I've dumped 4 bags of salt in the brine tank, checked all brine connections, even pulled the injector valve and screen out to make sure it was clean and not clogged, but after 4 or 5 regens, still no soft water.
I think I may have had the salt dosage set a little low. I started first regeneration on 10lbs cu ft and lowered it to around 8lbs cu ft for the last few regenerations.
Thinking that may be too low I cranked it up to 18 lbs cu ft, (max setting) and ran one more regeneration on it tonight. What's weird is that after the last two regenerations the check salt light has been on after it finishes. There is lots of brine and salt in the tank?? I've stirred up the salt and made sure there is no bridge or blockage and still have no soft water.
I even pulled the valve off the tank last night and checked the riser tube and made sure the o-ring was in place. I cannot for the life of me figure out why there is no soft water?? I also made sure there was resin in the tank, it's orange in color, but other than that I don't know what kind it is?
So in follow up here's my settings with no soft water being produced
1.75 - 2.00 cu ft of resin in 12"x48" size tank
Autotrol 268/716 valve programmed for 2.00 cu ft of resin
Salt dosage, as of last regen 16 lbs cu ft
No soft water
Any help or ideas would be appreciated, thanks. Sorry for the long first post.