UnderEstimated
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Hello...new to the forum and glad to see such a wealth of information! Back in July, my wife and I purchased a brand new home and she wanted a water softener installed right away. Unfortunately, I travel quite a bit for work and I was unable to be a large part of the "homework and researching" part, as well as the decision making process for our water softener. My wife had heard from a co-worker that Nuvia had installed a system in their house and they loved it. Well, that's what we ended up getting installed along with their RO system for our drinking water. The system also didn't come with any detailed manuals or paper work, so I'm left to research with limited resources. And it seems that not many people use this system, although it looks similar to several systems on the market. And by the sounds of it, I'm sure we overpaid for the unit and install.
I have a few questions about our system and I'll provide the details that I know at the bottom of the post.
Here's what I know and I can provide additional details, if necessary once I get home this evening:
Thanks in advance for all the assistance! I greatly appreciate it!
I have a few questions about our system and I'll provide the details that I know at the bottom of the post.
- How can I tell if our water softener is sized correctly for our home?
- How full should I keep our brine tank? (Plumber/installer told my wife to make sure it's always at least half-full with salt, although I've read some stating the opposite).
- How much water should be sitting in the brine tank?
- Is there a way to program this unit?
- Plumber recommended salt pellets over solar salt, is there a reason why? (Originally he filled with solar salt, but strongly recommended the Diamond Bright & Soft pellets. Not sure if it's related or not, but my wife said shortly after adding the pellets, white, salty spots started to appear in the sink and shower, but wipe away easily).
- Is there any harm in regenerating too often?
Here's what I know and I can provide additional details, if necessary once I get home this evening:
- My wife and I are the only people living in our 1260sq. home (2.5 bath)
- Water tests show our hardness at 319ppm
- The unit regens about every 12 days once it hits 200 gal. remaining
- After regen, it shows about ~1460 gal. available
- We've gone through about 100lb. of salt since July 2013
Thanks in advance for all the assistance! I greatly appreciate it!
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