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I've run into another application with extreme TDS. 2100 to be exact. They currently have a 2cf softener to treat 117 hardness. They also have 6ppm iron. I'm treating the iron with cl injection/retention. The existing treated water is a surprising 5gpg the evening before regen. They don't want...

try placing the carbon tank in bypass and see if it still occurs. are you certain you don't have a bad foot valve?

excellent writeup

sounds like a plan. a qualified water treatment professional would be preferred over a plumber for installation, but you can likely get by asking a few questions on here regarding proper programming. A coliform test is usually required by the bank, so your probably alright, but for like $30 for...

your hardness isn't bad l. I know Gary recommended a 1 CF, and by his calculations that's correct. but for a home that size with 5 residents, I'd go with a 1.5 CF 48000 grain. the 2510 is an excellent valve, but a 5600 metered unit will work fine. your TDS is a little high. you may want to...

the cage (seal and spacer stack) and piston are replaced simultaneously.

your TDS is high. mainly consisting of sodium and chloride. NaCl interferes with a plants process of making chlorophyll. I would imagine different plants like different pH's.

just an update. he's decided to sell the house as is. it's his mother in laws house and she passed.

no report. my own testing (hach) have me those numbers. he has tds reading for the last 4 yrs. he's hovering between 5500 and 6800 depending on time of year

my first thought was to get new water..lol. for yrs the county dpw has left an uncovered salt pile next door. they've had a lawyer working on it for 6 yrs to no avail.

I have a customer with 140+ GPG, 7 ppm Fe and 6800 tds. I'm a little apprehensive about taking the job. he doesn't want the cost of an RO. He wants Cl injection and softener. it's my belief that the softener will be in constant regeneration from the sodium added by the high tds and unable to...

This must be a whole house unit? I think the max pressure should be no more than 150. I remember seeing the curve somewhere of psi/rejection flattening on a graph. not much is gained past 140-150. ^^Bannerman explains a lot.

POU RO systems are usually rated to around 90 psi.

the RO storage tank should have around 6 psi (no more than 8 psi). the more air in the bladder, the less room for water. Try bypassing the softener and see if your main faucet pressure returns. If you provide more information, such as how much water you use daily and iron, hardness and tds raw...

if the aqua sensor is bypassed the unit should give you another option for regen trigger in the programming menu. simply unplug it from the control board