Fleck 5600SXT 1.5cu Setup w/ Kar90 results

[CallowPlumber]

Good Morning All,

I recently purchased a water softener. The house has not been softened for around 5 yrs now. After receiving the lab results and being fed up with the hard water issues I figured a water softener was my next purchase. I am looking for some feedback on the best settings for my system. It is just the wife and I at this time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Key Kit results:

Hardness (GPG) = 23.9

Sulfur: 19.6 mg/L

Manganese: 0.13 mg/L

Iron: 0.28 mg/L

TDS: 560 mg/L


Note:

I do have rust stains in the toilet fixtures as well as Iron bacteria. I imagine that might be due to being left untreated all these years. I plan to clean out the hot water tank, and chlorinate the lines prior to plumbing in the softener.


Thank you

 

[Reach4]

Set the hardness to (23.9*1.2)+(0.28*5)+(0.13*2)=30.34 (round up to 31).
Give your softener iron-handling salt and/or use a Res-Up or ResCare feeder. Expect to do some cleaning in the future without an iron filter.

A softener by itself will not treat H2S smell.

I would sanitize after the plumbing work, including the softener. There are probably instructions for the brine tank in the softener service manual. https://terrylove.com/forums/index....izing-extra-attention-to-4-inch-casing.65845/ is my deep well and plumbing sanitizing suggestion.

For help with other settings, say the amount of resin or tank size, and identify the reserve at an estimated 60 gallons per person.

 

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[CallowPlumber]

Thank you for the prompt reply. The unit was purchased from abcwaters. 1.5 cubic feet of resin.

 

[Reach4]

5600SXT controller usually has 0.5 gpm DLFC (first line on label in this photo).

The 7 day DO is due to iron. Changing the salt setting to allow 8 pounds per cubic ft of resin would give slightly softer water. Cali would like you to use something like 5 or 4 I think.

System info (not programmed)
salt lb/cuft = 6 ; A choice ( efficiency vs capacity)
BLFC = 0.5 ; Brine Refill rate GPM
cubic ft resin = 1.5 ; ft3 resin = (nominal grains)/32,000
Raw hardness = 31 ; including any compensation
People = 2 ; gallons affects reserve calc
Estimated gal/day = 120 ; 60 gal per person typical calc
Estimated days/regen = 8.1 ; Computed days ignoring reserve
Fleck 5600SXT Settings:
DF = Gal ; Units
VT = dF1b ; Downflw/Upflw, Single Backwash
CT = Fd ; Meter Delayed regen trigger
NT = 1 ; Number of tanks
C = 30.0 ; capacity in 1000 grains
H = 31 ; Hardness-- compensate if needed
RS = rc ; rc says use gallons vs percent
RC = 120 ; Reserve capacity gallons
DO = 7 ; Day Override, set to 7 due to moderate iron
RT = 2:00 ; Regen time (default 2 AM)
BW = 5 ; Backwash (minutes)
Bd = 60 ; Brine draw minutes
RR = 5 ; Rapid Rinse minutes
BF = 6 ; Brine fill minutes
FM = usually t0.7 ; flow meter, make note of what is there
(FM if in doubt see : http://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?attachments/img_fleck5600sxt_flow-png.31592/)

 

[CallowPlumber]

The label in the photo matches mine. Thanks so much!!!!

 

[CallowPlumber]

One last question if I wanted to use 8lb/cu ft what parameter would I change, is that BF?

 

[Reach4]

One last question if I wanted to use 8lb/cu ft what parameter would I change, is that BF?

Yes. BF would go to 8. But C (capacity) could then go from 30.0 to 36.0 grains also.

At 1.5 cuft of resin and 0.5 BLFC, the BF happens to match the lb/cuft. That is not the case for other amounts of resin.

 

[CallowPlumber]

We are rocking with soft water now!!! Should I hear a trickle of water in the resin tank when a faucet is turned on? There doesn't seem to be anymore air in the lines, but I'm not sure if the trickle sound is normal. Thanks!

 

[ditttohead]

Not normal but not unexpected. Just ignore it,