Mike T.
New Member
Thanks for the replies to my recent brine line connector question.
Here's my next question -
I have a 5.5yr old WS1 Clack valved water softener that I installed myself. From day-1 I noticed small amounts of resin washed out at every regeneration - maybe a 1/4 teaspoon max. Recently our soft water has gotten worse but I did notice an air leak (with air bubbles) in the clear brine tube when regenerating. I had the supposedly soft water tested and it was as hard as city water. I fixed the leak and did two manual regenerations last night. I thought I'd cured the problem. I got the water re-tested today and the guy said "you're 1/2 way there" (he didn't give me numbers).
We talked about possible reasons for this and I mentioned the small resin loss. He said that over 5.5 years a small resin loss could equal 1/2 of my 1 cu ft of original resin. Of course I agreed. That made sense. He then wondered why I was losing resin.
When I set the machine up originally I read in the instructions about the Drain Line Flow Control valve (it's a rubber washer with a hole in it if I remember right). I read that if the DLFC was too big it would allow the media to agitate too much and it could be sucked out the basket and down the drain.
He also said that over time some media grain size could be reduced (through agitation wear?) and this would make the pellets lighter and easier to wash out. He mentioned a total of $300 (Canadian) for replacing & bedding new media and that the $300 might be better spent on a new softener (he sells Ecowater which I didn't get good vibes on when researching softeners back 5.5 years ago).
I bought the Clack so I wouldn't be tied to places like Culligan and Ecowater. This unit of mine should be tunable by a Clack expert.
Any words of wisdom about WS1 resin loss and resin replacement?
Here's my next question -
I have a 5.5yr old WS1 Clack valved water softener that I installed myself. From day-1 I noticed small amounts of resin washed out at every regeneration - maybe a 1/4 teaspoon max. Recently our soft water has gotten worse but I did notice an air leak (with air bubbles) in the clear brine tube when regenerating. I had the supposedly soft water tested and it was as hard as city water. I fixed the leak and did two manual regenerations last night. I thought I'd cured the problem. I got the water re-tested today and the guy said "you're 1/2 way there" (he didn't give me numbers).
We talked about possible reasons for this and I mentioned the small resin loss. He said that over 5.5 years a small resin loss could equal 1/2 of my 1 cu ft of original resin. Of course I agreed. That made sense. He then wondered why I was losing resin.
When I set the machine up originally I read in the instructions about the Drain Line Flow Control valve (it's a rubber washer with a hole in it if I remember right). I read that if the DLFC was too big it would allow the media to agitate too much and it could be sucked out the basket and down the drain.
He also said that over time some media grain size could be reduced (through agitation wear?) and this would make the pellets lighter and easier to wash out. He mentioned a total of $300 (Canadian) for replacing & bedding new media and that the $300 might be better spent on a new softener (he sells Ecowater which I didn't get good vibes on when researching softeners back 5.5 years ago).
I bought the Clack so I wouldn't be tied to places like Culligan and Ecowater. This unit of mine should be tunable by a Clack expert.
Any words of wisdom about WS1 resin loss and resin replacement?