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  1. CRB

    Source for bio stick sanitizer

    I know exactly what you are talking about they are about 1" dia, 4" long and are plastic coated on the circumference but the ends are exposed. Typically placed in a basket under the water nozzles in the top of a well aerator tank. I'm looking to replace my sulfur removal system that currently...
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    Sulfur Filter Peroxide flush

    M, What exactly do they do? Maybe fill up the softener with a peroxide solution and then soak and rinse? Or do they rig up piping to circulate peroxide for a while through the filter? I'm pretty puzzled that your sulfur filter gets contaminated with iron since it also removes iron the same...
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    Well water sulfur and tannin problem

    Folks, New house and two new wells. Typical for my regi;on in Florida I could go shallow around 80' to get no sulfur but a lot of iron or 100+ and get sulfur but no iron. I went for the latter at about 150'. My well water is turning out to be a challenge. Hardness is 10 gr/gal, Sulfide is...
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    New Wells S Florida Sulfur Removal Questions

    Thanks for the reply, unfortunately all wells in my area are the 2 inch "suction type" that can't use the sulfur eliminator.
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    New Wells S Florida Sulfur Removal Questions

    Thanks much Charlie, great info.
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    New Wells S Florida Sulfur Removal Questions

    Wow, great info. Can you tell me your well depth and analysis? Thanks so much for taking time to respond. Chris
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    New Wells S Florida Sulfur Removal Questions

    Folks, You all helped me tremendously 7 years ago when I drilled an irrigation well and needed to learn about softeners. Now I have new house under construction and just drilled 2 new wells. In this area wells of practical depth are either iron containing or sulfur. Not usually both...
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    Water softener valve connection to start well pump?

    Folks, I have a well pump that has no tank. I need to add a softener to reduce scaling and very faint tan stains on my house near sprinkler heads. Water test results are 15 gr/gal hardness, pH 7.8, LSI .82. I'd like to soften with a Flex 5600 sxt. Is there a connection on the controller...
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Reach, Thanks so much for your patience with me. Now I get it... finally! I was making more complicated than it needed to be, sorry. I'm really getting a great education from you and Dittohead. So let me try one more time... in my 12 min Brine Fill cycle I put 3 gal of water (.25 gal/min X...
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Reach, So for each 3 lb of salt would that be 1.155 gal through the Brine Flow Control? Chris
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Thanks for the help Reach! I'm still getting mixed up on terminology. One other thing, I did a lot of research on brine saturation levels in water at about 75 deg F (typical ambient here in Florida this time of year. It looks like it's closer to 2.5 lb/gal. So the math now get's me to about...
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Bannerman, So when I try to change the lb of salt per cu ft in my Fleck 5000sxt am I correct that this is controlled by setting the minutes of Brine Draw in the regen parameters? So my Brine Line Flow Control valve is set to .25 gal/min. and with ~ 3 lb/gal of salt in saturated brine 12 min of...
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Dittohead, Very helpful and makes sense. Thanks so much! Chris
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Many thanks Dittohead, I'm trying to learn how these things work as they're pretty interesting to me. So I take it the venturi provides the motive force to suck the brine out of the tank and supply water is mixed with the brine and exhausted until the total Brine Draw/Slow Rinse cycle ends...
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Thanks again Reach, that makes sense.
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Reach, That's great info again. I thought it was just an orifice so I was having trouble figuring out how it would maintain flow since they normally require 3:1 pressure drop to maintain constant flow. I could see how that would work in Brine Fill mode with supply pressure but in vacuum mode...
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Reach, I've read and re-read the articles at the links you provided and find them extremely interesting and I'm starting to understand all of your comments and recommendations. So I can improve my salt efficiency by taking advantage of what is really excess capacity for my situation with only...
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Reach, Your answers and the links you provided are exactly what I needed. This site is very fortunate to have members like you. Thank you so much! Chris
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Reach, you may not be a pro but you know waaaay more than I do. Thanks so much for the informative explanation of the brine rinse in the regen cycle. Sounds like my unit is working about right. I'm starting to really understand thanks to you. Sorry for the additional questions but can you...
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    Fleck 5000 sxt pro flow questions

    Folks, I understand ion exchange chemistry but I'm very new to water softeners. I have purchased and installed a Fleck 5000 sxt. I preferred it to the more popular 5600 due to the full 1" porting that should give lower pressure drop on my supply to the house. I have 32,000 gr set up as...
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