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Checked on this further today. Manual suction works on the brine line from the fitting when removed from the valve head (yrch!), so that left me with suction loss either at that joint or further into the valve head or venturi nozzle. I put some food safe lube I have for keg fittings on the o...

I pulled the lock pin from the side and pulled out the fitting from the valve head. This included the compression fitting for the brine line behind that. I am not familiar enough to know where the injector is but will look that up. Will also go back and look at the o ring on that fitting in...

Thanks for the reply @Bannerman! Well, initially the water spewing out the side of the valve at the brine tube fitting made me assume it was stuck in brine fill, but at that point, GFCI was tripped and power was out to the valve heads. In recollection the water level in the tank had dropped...

I am in Fort Worth, Texas and was part of the recent power outage/freeze debacle. We made our pretty good as we have no pipe bursts we have found s of yet in spite of being without water for a while due to frozen pipes. Out softener runs with a Fleck 5810SXT and power came back on when there...

Plenty compelling, and I plan to do so. Just curious if there were other benefits/drawbacks to understand. I am curious as to why I didn’t go down this pathway originally (custom programming probably not discussed) and why I have not had bridging issues considering I have this in a Texas...

Oddly, in looking - the service manual that came with the unit (thanks dittohead) DOES list dFFF, but the installer manual I found that had more information and I think I primarily used during doing the initial settings does NOT. I will have to look at my valve controller to see if the...

Here are my settings in this post that you and others helped me with. https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/water-softener-filter-system-needed.73468/page-3#post-549619 I do not have a RF=DFFF option. Wish I did. Just to confirm, the message was an ER with a flashing exclamation...

Not an option in my case and I use potassium for this reason

Other than I explained above, all I can think of is that it went to ER and a 60 minute timer right after entering the BD phase, but it did show BD for a short while. Before I cleaned out the 1-1.5" salt that had formed into a solid mass at the bottom of the brine tank (I need to put in more...

I have a 5810SXT that we noticed seems to be regenerating more often than expected. When I walk it through its cycles it goes to a step with function code ER and an exclamation point in a circle below it and a time of 60:00 and it starts counting down. Pressing the regen button moves it to the...

Dittohead/others, How do you all sanitize your RO system? I have an Impact Water Products RR453 unit with 3 Omnipure Q series type twist on cartridges and a Pentair GRO membrane. Instructions say to remove the filters prior to sanitizing with bleach. I have found some Omnipure empty...

All - wanted to follow up here. Found several great plumbers who gave bids and selected one to do the install. Here is the final product, and I am very happy. Note the three valve bypass he put in as well as the pre-filter/softener hose bibb on the wall (there is also an additional shutoff on...

Yeah it is a quick disconnect but you have to lift it out of position to disconnect once removing the clip. If plumbed in with hard pipe, there is no movement to allow that. Right? Well, I suppose 3/4” PVC may have some flex if there is a far enough run from the wall. Is this the idea?

I agree on all three, but Even if it is a quick disconnect, if hard plumbed I would imagine you would have to replumb it any time you disconnect or move a tank (rare), right?

Thanks guys. Reach4 - yes, I will be coming off the water main before it goes into the foundation, coming up out of the ground to enter the garage wall to get to the softener, then pop right back out from the softener and into the ground to tie back into where the main enters the foundation...

Everything will be in the garage. No sun. The soft water loop from the water main will pop out of the flower bed and go into a brick wall into the garage. I intend to insulate this or build a decorative rock cover for this that I fill with spray foam insulation (on the outdoor part) so it is...

Hey all, sorry to rehash this, but after a long wait I got stiffed by my plumber so am going to have to start making calls to get install bids from other companies in the morning. In discussions with them is there any reason I should be happy or unhappy with someone who prefers to use 1" CPVC...

I have a 5810 SXT, not a 9x00. For the 5810 SXT though, I do remember reading it uses soft water to fill the brine tank. However since that brine fill I believe happens at the end of the regen cycle (after backwash/regen/fast rinse), I don't think I need a reserve set just for the soft water...

The valves/tanks are in the garage, but my master bathroom does share a wall with the garage. Thankfully the tanks are on the far wall of the garage from the bathroom. There is straight line of sight/sound from that shared garage/bathroom wall to the bedroom, but hopefully will be okay. Worst...

Posting this mainly for reference and so I can compare to recommended settings. Just checked both units. Damn they are loud when they turn on. Is any cycle change just as noisy? Maybe less so when filled with water! For reference we have: 10gpg hardness (no iron, manganese as per city water...