Bannerman
Well-Known Member
The electronic valve only know what you tell it through programming. This is why a lab test is required for well water and a Hach 5b Hardness Test kit is recommended for both well and municipal water. The hardness amount tested at your home is what needs to be programmed. The higher hardness amount which Reach4 suggested, is to cause the controller to regenerate a little sooner, in case there is any hardness fluctuation in your water as could occur if your municipality obtains water from numerous wells, each with different amounts of hardness.But isnt the whole point of the electronic valve to calculate hardness on the fly?
Since your softener's capacity had been exhausted previously, the softener should be regenerated right away with the higher salt amount specified. The higher salt regeneration is needed any time the softener runs low on salt or if capacity is exhausted for any reason.