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Look for stickers which say Waterite or Excalibur. Usually on the side of the valve, just before the bypass. Should have a number with a serial number, and you can call the manufacturer and ask what it is built as. Majority of the time, dealers up here are just using 7-8% with 10lbs of carbon...

Macroporous resin is 15-20%: Normally use macroporous with higher iron levels or when chlorine levels are known to be high Ctrl+f "15-percent" in this article: http://wcponline.com/2011/06/07/role-cross-linking-ion-exchange-resins/

what is the benefit of having the KDF be the first media touched as opposed to the last? Put the KDF media first to prevent their water softener resin from fouling with iron? No experience with KDF 55, but seems as beneficial as putting 10lbs in a water softener and calling it a water...

US water Systems appears to offer great advice and has sufficient knowledge. BUT, they seem to change their opinions of the "BEST" products quite often. One year they are boasting their super efficient downflow Fusion NLT (Private Canature Valve) and the next year they bring a new valve which...

1.25" Uponor, Your plumber is one of the few good ones! Remember, the 5810 SXT is just a valve and does not dictate how good the softener it is attached to will be! It is strongly recommended to use 10% water softening resin for chlorinated water systems / systems with chloramines. Alot of...

The internal rotary valve plate could not be seated properly or stuck in between cycles and in your case partially stuck in a fill cycle Leak in the brine float line or small crack in the tank itself. I agree with oldyelly, these units are throw aways. Find a local dealer and ask for a budget...

The bad outweighs the good. Pros: Save $10 a year on electricity No circuit board so save money on replacing that single part Great for installs where there is no imeddiate power source Cons: Substitutes the common piston and stack/ rotary valves with a overly complex 5 layer system Uses...

Try Goodwater or a distributor near by to see if they have any sitting stock. Very uncommon size now and all my suppliers have discontinued 10x47 1.3 cu ft systems.

Every time you add a filter system, your pressure will drop a small amount. Actually, I would suggest putting the big blue filter after your water softener. The Hellenbrand Clack valves should not need a filter before the softener unless you have high levels of sediment. I just wanted to...

A water softener will not lower your TDS. Water softener works on ion exchange, You are exchanging the calcium and magnesium for sodium ions. This may not be an exact one for one exchange, but you are just changing the majority of the TDS into sodium chloride salt.

I am planning on replacing my 2 inch x 10 whole house filter with a 4 inch x 10 or 20 with a 30 to 50 micron filter at the point the well comes into the house between my pressure tank and the softener. After the pressure tank install a 4.5"x20" 50/5 micron Dual Gradient Filter. The tank size...

750 TDS Most R.O system specs are based on <500ppm. You will more than likely have less TDS rejection on your R.O system because of this. I am not interested in buying a cheap imported POS. Pentair/Pentek System. Omnipure seems to boast American made. Make sure that they are using 3/8" after...

What size are the tanks? For air injection systems you would want to use a minimum 10X54" for the air. I know alot of Kinetico systems tend to be on the smaller size since they use two tanks. If you are considering DIY make sure you look at all the costs vs buying a pre built system from a...

Evening everyone! Looking for any ideas on what to do with old water softener resin. We are removing around 200 water softeners a year and are trying to find an environmentally conscious, and feasible alternative to just taking the resin to the garbage in a dump truck. Generally, the resin...

Erie 2100T Water Softener Valve: http://purifiner.com/downloads/documents/2100TInstall.pdf Enjoy :)

You mind explaining this Dittohead?

This 100%! A lot of the independent labs up here will write a variable or disclaimer that background coliforms may not properly represent the total coliforms in the water as it maybe causes by improper handling of the sample, whether by the sampler or the lab technician. E.coli is the more...

Find a local dealer which offers the 5800 control valve and do some research into whether you want the 5800SXT or the 5800XTR2 with the touchscreen and extra features. The 5800 control valves have several options for the plumbing ports, including push connect or threaded connections. A quick...

I have had several situations where a rotary valve would work better than the common piston and stack system, but these were all related to ferric iron build-up. Erie rotary valves do a better job at physically breaking up the iron inside the valve whereas pistons are more prone to getting...

To be fair Dittohead, This was also the same competitor that says they use acid washed carbon which makes their carbon last 20 times longer than mine. And all you chumps are using expensive KDF-55!