WS1 or 7000sxt, which makes less noise?

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all things being equal (pressure, flow, DLFC, etc) which valve is quieter? I've seen a couple WS1s in action and the drive motor especially seems to be fairly loud, is the fleck any better?

 

[Mialynette2003]

Not sure but if the motor noise bothers you, what about the rushing water noise? You can always set the regen time to a time that you are not home or a time that it will not bother you.

 

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[ditttohead]

The Clack motor drive is noisy... it only runs for a few seconds. The 7000 motor drive is silent but you have to be very patient waiting for it to go between cycles.

The 5800 series is a high speed drive, probably the loudest and fastest drive on the market.

Water noise to the drain can be mitigated by going with larger pipe sizes. PVC is fairly good at insulating noise and 3/4" PVC is cheap and easy to work with. You could also lower the pressure to the house to minimize noise during regeneration. A setting of around 50 PSI will usually make the regeneration noise much lower.

 

[Old]

The Clack motor drive is noisy... it only runs for a few seconds. The 7000 motor drive is silent but you have to be very patient waiting for it to go between cycles.

The 5800 series is a high speed drive, probably the loudest and fastest drive on the market.

Water noise to the drain can be mitigated by going with larger pipe sizes. PVC is fairly good at insulating noise and 3/4" PVC is cheap and easy to work with. You could also lower the pressure to the house to minimize noise during regeneration. A setting of around 50 PSI will usually make the regeneration noise much lower.

Roughly how long does it take for the 7000 to advance between each cycle?
Thanks for the info

 

[ditttohead]

minute or so instead of seconds. For the most part it is not a big deal but as a field technician it is annoying. In all reality, the 7000 adds 2 minutes to a service call compared to the 5800 or Clack so it is not an acual issue, it is a perceived issue.

 

[Mialynette2003]

minute or so instead of seconds. For the most part it is not a big deal but as a field technician it is annoying. In all reality, the 7000 adds 2 minutes to a service call compared to the 5800 or Clack so it is not an acual issue, it is a perceived issue.

If you think that is slow, try working on the old EcoWater systems. I hated trying to cycle those and if it got out of sync, it double the time.

 

[ditttohead]

LOL, like the erie 2000 valves, how about the Bruner stager controller. You could eat lunch in the time that thing took to cycle. I never understood why a 600:1 gear reduction was necessary in the motor...