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Hello Everyone, I have to make various corrections to my 2 inch kitchen drain line. I have no clue how it passed inspection when my kitchen was remodeled 17 years ago. Anyway, since I have to replace a sanitary tee with a combo wye(horizontal to horizontal connection), I was wondering what other...

The softener is all setup and in operation. The first regen run was a mess. It turned out that the drain line from the sink that runs through the area was clogged. I had to snake it out. Good thing it's in the garage. All is running well and testing well. Thank you for all of your help.

A PRV is required in my town as the pressure can exceed 90PSI at times. I can try a larger PRV, but ultimately it's looking like a pump is in my future.

Sorry I didn't get back to you. Life in the way:) The 12GPM is roughly what I measured as my flow. It's actually 10-12GPM. To clarify, I set my PRV to about 70PSI. If I set it to 60PSI, it shouldn't make a difference in pressure at my fixtures, but it most definitely does. Things like my kitchen...

Thanks, but I'm still confused about the salt dose setting. For a 2ft3 unit and using an 8lb salt dose per cubic foot, do I enter 8 or 16 in the settings when my capacity is set to 48,000?

So I installed the 2ft3 unit and will start firing it up this weekend. I'm still confused what to set salt dose to on the Clack. Assuming each person will consume 60 gallons soft water per day, that will be 180 gallons/day X 28 gpg = 5,040 gr/day estimated softening load. Clack WS1 Softener...

I notice a difference just using the kitchen sink or laundry sink or shower. Just one running.

I'm curious what effect this would have because I can see and feel the difference between 70 and 60 psi from any outlet in my house. The pressure is compensating for the flow, even though the flow is 10-12 GPM.

Ok more results. I hope this clarifies some issues. Obviously I take a hit with water filtration and softening, but that isn't going to change much. PRV fully Opened with Filters and Softener engaged Static Pressure 79 PSI Toilet 9-11 PSI Laundry Sink 4-12 PSI Both 19-26 PSI Filters and...

I will open up the prv all the way and post the results. Thank you gentlemen.

Yes I measuring the guage from the water heater drain valve.

Here are more detailed pressure drop numbers. Note I can bypass everything except the PRV. Pressure drops on system with filter and water softener bypassed Toilet 6-11 psi Laundry Sink 5 - 11psi Both 12 - 14psi Pressure drops via water softener only Toilet 10 - 12 psi Laundry Sink 10 -12psi...

I have a little pressure drop from my softener. I'm testing it in bypass and have gauges before and after. I had one filter that had a large pressure drop, so I removed it.

Yes I can see them. I removed the Caleffi cartridge and it was clean, but I rinsed it anyway and nothing changed. I was looking at charts for Zurn and Watts prvs. I will say the Zurn 70XL one inch has very low pressure drop numbers compared to the others under smaller demand. Many reviews...

How much less of a drop can I expect with a one inch? So one inch prv reduced to 3/4 at the fittings. Man this would be the third PRV I'd be purchasing in the past 12 years. I have a Watts N45BM1 that the Caleffi replaced. I thought it was shot, but I don't think that was the case and it was...

well keep in mind my CTO Filter sucks 1-2 The CTO Filter is 1-2 psi drop so it's a bit closer to normal rating. I will pull and inspect. This doesn't sound as bad now. Now whether there is a discernible difference in real world usage is another story. Is it fair to assume that 5.4 psi drop at...

Please re read my post above. I made some edits that will answer your questions. I have all the goodies for the Big Blues, thanks for the tip.

What do you mean by cartridge filter? You mean like a Big Blue? I have a bunch of stuff. Water softener and 2 20 inch big Blues. I have pressure gauges before and after the Big Blue Filters. Since I assume you meant water filters, I just removed my KDF Filter which I suspected would have an...

PRV: Set to 70 PSI Psi 70 Static Drops to 48 psi with flush My water heater, expansion tank and prv are all less than 2 years old. Not sure what the pressure on the expansion tank is. I'll have to check. I also have another expansion tank on the line which is 10 years old I think. Not sure if...

OK so connect pressure guage to the drain valve, open the valve, look at the pressure and then flush and monitor reading while toilet is filling correct? I just so happen to have a toilet right near to the water heater.