Mihomeowner
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I have a Kinetcio water softener... "60" I believe is the model.
Was in the house I bought about 3 years ago. Has worked pretty well for the time we have been here, but recently I think it developed a "salt bridge". Our water was getting worse, and the toilet, sinks, shower, etc. started getting a rusty deposit on them. Anyway, I researched and figured it might have been a salt bridge, and it was. But just hitting the side of the brine tank didn't do it. It was a pretty solid mass of salt that was at the bottom of the tank, it required me to take out a bunch of salt and break up the big part with a crowbar.
Anyway, our water is slowly returning to normal, it seems. I manually regenerated a few times to help the process.
It got me thinking that I don't really know much about this system. I read the manual and couldn't figure out the question - I have a "3" on the grey disk at the top of the unit. What does that 3 mean? Also, how many gallons should pass though this to start the next cleansing?
Thanks!
Was in the house I bought about 3 years ago. Has worked pretty well for the time we have been here, but recently I think it developed a "salt bridge". Our water was getting worse, and the toilet, sinks, shower, etc. started getting a rusty deposit on them. Anyway, I researched and figured it might have been a salt bridge, and it was. But just hitting the side of the brine tank didn't do it. It was a pretty solid mass of salt that was at the bottom of the tank, it required me to take out a bunch of salt and break up the big part with a crowbar.
Anyway, our water is slowly returning to normal, it seems. I manually regenerated a few times to help the process.
It got me thinking that I don't really know much about this system. I read the manual and couldn't figure out the question - I have a "3" on the grey disk at the top of the unit. What does that 3 mean? Also, how many gallons should pass though this to start the next cleansing?
Thanks!