parkp81
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Hello everyone,
A family member, just purchased a house that has a water softener, from the previous owner. I tried following instructions in the manual I found online and it seems like something is not set correctly.
I measured the tanks height and width, and according to a chart I found online it says it is 48,000 grain capacity. 10" x 54" 1.50 cu. ft. ( 48,000 grains )
I saw a salt setting on the back of the meter and it appears to be set at 12.
I looked at the city water department website to see what the hardness was and it says it is around 14-19. The water source the house gets is a blend from ground and imported water.
Link to water quality report: https://www.cityoffullerton.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=23204
There are 4 people that live in the house, 2 adults and 2 children. So I set the number of people 4 and aligned it with the number 17 water hardness. I set the gallons wheel towards 0 afterwards, so it would regenerate that night. It appears to have regenerated successfully overnight, and the gallons wheel is now back at the white dot.
I tested the water hardness the next evening, with water hardness test strips and it shows "red", very hard water. So something appears to be set incorrectly, and I am not sure what else it could be?
A family member, just purchased a house that has a water softener, from the previous owner. I tried following instructions in the manual I found online and it seems like something is not set correctly.
I measured the tanks height and width, and according to a chart I found online it says it is 48,000 grain capacity. 10" x 54" 1.50 cu. ft. ( 48,000 grains )
I saw a salt setting on the back of the meter and it appears to be set at 12.
I looked at the city water department website to see what the hardness was and it says it is around 14-19. The water source the house gets is a blend from ground and imported water.
Link to water quality report: https://www.cityoffullerton.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=23204
There are 4 people that live in the house, 2 adults and 2 children. So I set the number of people 4 and aligned it with the number 17 water hardness. I set the gallons wheel towards 0 afterwards, so it would regenerate that night. It appears to have regenerated successfully overnight, and the gallons wheel is now back at the white dot.
I tested the water hardness the next evening, with water hardness test strips and it shows "red", very hard water. So something appears to be set incorrectly, and I am not sure what else it could be?
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