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Update- I ran multiple manual regens nightly to try and revive my resin. This also used up most of the salt in the tank, so I was able to easily empty the tank and inspect the grid. The grid had 4 hollow legs, but there were no holes in the legs except for one on the bottom, which was sitting...

Sorry, I should have told the whole story. I already tried to revive the resin. Over the weekend, I filled my brine tank completely full of water, let it sit overnight and did a manual regen the next morning. I then filled the tank again, let it set about 4hrs, then another regen and put it back...

Sorry, I should have told the whole story. I already tried to revive the resin. Over the weekend, I filled my tank completely full of water, let it sit overnight and did a manual regen the next morning. I then filled the tank again, let it set about 4hrs, then another regen and put it back in...

I will raise the check valve so the water will be above the grid. My other question is about the quality of my softened water. I am using 8lbs salt/cu. ft. of resin. My water tested at 45gpg before the softener and 8gpg after the softener. Does that sound right? I was expecting the softened...

After I reduced my BF, which meant the water level was not above the grid, I did not use any salt for 3 weeks and my water felt very hard. There had to be 4 or possible 5 regenerations during that time. I should have used 80-100 lbs of salt, so there is an issue. I have not emptied the brine...

I got my water test kit in today. My water tested at 45gpg before the softener and 8gpg after the softener. Does that sound right. I am using 8lbs salt/cu. ft. of resin.

So how high above the grid should my water level be? The way it is now, my tank will draw down to 2". I have my BF set at 27 minutes which adds 9" of water to my tank.

My brine tank is 18x40. I double checked the measurements. The grid is 11" tall.

Iron- .478ppm. I do have Res Cleaner dispenser dripping in my brine tank. I was also getting a reddish slick substance in my filters for the first year after I drilled the well. I am pretty sure it was red clay. It eventually cleared up. I have always had a 5 micron big blue filter prior to the...

Yes that is what I have.

I measured from the top of the tank to the grid and it is an 11" grid. When I was measuring the depth of the water in the brine well, it was at 11" which was not above the grid into the salt. I incorrectly thought the water had to be well above the grid to be able to interact with the salt...

Maybe this is it?

Thanks for the explanation, I did not realize that the salt could interact with the water below the grid. I did test the brine fill. It filled a 1 gallon jug in 3 min and 50 sec. So it does appear to be a .25 GPM flow restrictor. Maybe that level is correct. I was going by my old level which was...

My softener is just over a year old. It has never produced nice soft feeling water. I had an older thread- 5800 SXT settings help and got some help from Reach4 with my settings (Thanks again!), but now I have other issues. 3 weeks later the water is feeling really hard and so I decided to do...

I am wondering if I have other problems. I have been using these settings for a couple of weeks. It did not make a big difference in the feel of the water. I did notice the water level in my brine tank is much lower than before. Now the water feels very hard and my salt level in the tank has not...

What about a Katalox filter? Would that be a good choice?

We do have RO for drinking, cooking, etc. I will check for Radon. I have already programmed your suggested settings into my softener. I will see how that works. Thanks for your advice, I appreciate it.

I did not pull the BLFC yet, but I double checked the part number on the control valve and the manual lists the part number as .25 BLFC. Item No. QTY Part No. Description 1 ................... 1 ......... 580006-001 ........... Turbine Meter, Downflow Softener, U.S. Power Supply, #1 Injector...

Looking in the brine tank it is a little over half full of salt. The water level in the flow tube is a couple inches above the salt. The float is probably 2 inches above the water level in the tube, so it does not appear the float is limiting the fill. The brine tank does have a drip Res Cleaner...