A little over 1 year ago I had a Clack WS1CS valve and 10x54 tank installed. It was sold as a 45,000 grain system. The installer programmed all the settings; however, after researching and learning more about softeners, I am certain the water was never tested for hardness. The company is no longer in business so I am looking here for some assistance.
The softener works fine even though a recent hardness test showed a much lower value than what was previously programmed (tested today at 19 instead of the programmed 32). I do have heavy iron, but have an iron filter installed between the well and softener. There is no smell or staining so I expect the iron filter to be doing its job. Even so, I probably want to add 3-5 grains of hardness due to normal fluctuations and iron that may not be filtered out. Does that make sense?
Now that I have a more accurate hardness number to go off of, I wonder if the salt dose can be adjusted. The installer set it for 16 lbs. It's not stated in the manual if this is 16 lbs per cubic foot or 16 lbs total. If it’s per cubic foot, then I am using 24 lbs per regen. Seems excessive.
Basically, I want to correct the settings and make the unit as efficient as possible while striking a balance between salt usage and frequency of regen. I don’t really want an excessive amount of salt to end up in my septic system, nor do I want to use an ocean of water.
The softener is installed in a 4-person household. Based on data stored in the WS1, I was able to calculate an average daily water usage of 185 gallons per day (let’s say 200 to make it easy).
My current settings are...
Post refill
P24 program code
42 capacity (42000)
16 lb salt dose
Auto gallon capacity
Normal regen time
32 hardness
14 day override
2 am regen time
What settings do you recommend for salt dose and hardness for my system? Additionally, is the current value of 42 correct for a 45000 grain system or does this need to be adjusted as well? I thought I read somewhere that it should be 20% less than the total grain capacity. So it should be 36000 instead of 42000, right?
I look forward to receiving some new setting recommendations and want to thank you in advance for your help!
The softener works fine even though a recent hardness test showed a much lower value than what was previously programmed (tested today at 19 instead of the programmed 32). I do have heavy iron, but have an iron filter installed between the well and softener. There is no smell or staining so I expect the iron filter to be doing its job. Even so, I probably want to add 3-5 grains of hardness due to normal fluctuations and iron that may not be filtered out. Does that make sense?
Now that I have a more accurate hardness number to go off of, I wonder if the salt dose can be adjusted. The installer set it for 16 lbs. It's not stated in the manual if this is 16 lbs per cubic foot or 16 lbs total. If it’s per cubic foot, then I am using 24 lbs per regen. Seems excessive.
Basically, I want to correct the settings and make the unit as efficient as possible while striking a balance between salt usage and frequency of regen. I don’t really want an excessive amount of salt to end up in my septic system, nor do I want to use an ocean of water.
The softener is installed in a 4-person household. Based on data stored in the WS1, I was able to calculate an average daily water usage of 185 gallons per day (let’s say 200 to make it easy).
My current settings are...
Post refill
P24 program code
42 capacity (42000)
16 lb salt dose
Auto gallon capacity
Normal regen time
32 hardness
14 day override
2 am regen time
What settings do you recommend for salt dose and hardness for my system? Additionally, is the current value of 42 correct for a 45000 grain system or does this need to be adjusted as well? I thought I read somewhere that it should be 20% less than the total grain capacity. So it should be 36000 instead of 42000, right?
I look forward to receiving some new setting recommendations and want to thank you in advance for your help!
