Recent content by Wheaties82

I'm not sure I am at the point of needing to change the resin out, but I appreciate the perspective and experience from another newbie. I did my Hach test today and the solution turned blue after 7 drops... So my hardness is 14 which is a big difference from the assumed 40. I thought it was...

I received the water hardness testing kit today, per your suggestion I diluted the raw water with distilled water and after seven drops the solution turned blue/transparent. So if I double that then H=14 correct?

Reach Yes I do have service manual. I did the string measurement and you are right, the tank is 10x54 Resin media has spent ~5 years attached to city water with chlorine and ~ 8 years attached to a private well, no chlorine. There were a few variables that your settings indicated that were...

Reach Sorry, forgot to enter the media tank dimensions earlier, 54" is right, but my tank is measuring 8-10" at bottom... it is in an awkward position so it isn't easy to get a tape on it...so maybe it is 12? I am not sure what the 'standard' dimensions are, is there even an 8x54? Can you...

Reach - thanks for the input. I suspect it has been in this state (the RC ----) for a few weeks. I have ordered the Hach kit, I didn't use that before, just the Home Depot test strips. To try and get it going in the interim, waiting for the kit to arrive, is there a way to make config changes...

I am looking for some assistance in making sure my water softener is programmed correctly - I suspect it is not. Something has changed recently, I am determining this by the main 'default' display of the screen. In the past it used to show the time alternated by a remaining capacity number...