Hello,
First time poster. Stumbled upon this forum during my rigorous search for a softener and filter for my new home and have finally gave in to buy. I apologize in advance if what I say are all over the place.
Currently have 2.5bath home with city water. Water hardness is 6.5 gpg, iron at 0.3 ppm, and high levels of chloramines according to city water quality reports. Have 2 people averaging 75 gpd per person and sometimes have 1-2 guests that come stay for a few weeks at a time.
My current system is as follows.. City water -> sediment filter -> water filter -> water softener -> house.. I opted to put the water filter before the softener as I heard chlorines or chloramines would lessen the life of the softener resin. (I hope I did this right)
I have a concern with the water filter backwashing and draining every 3 days. Is this normal? I know there are some systems that include a carbon tank connected to the softener without a valve at all so I'm wondering if it's okay to set that much higher (like once a month?)
Would love to hear your thoughts on how to better set my valve settings to be more salt and water efficient and how to calculate these settings so that I could understand what to change in the future in the event my home has more people living in it.
My equipment and settings is as follows:
Water Softener
10x54 48000 grain capacity tank - Fleck 5600sxt valve - Resintech CG10 1.5 cubic ft - 230lb. Capacity Brine Tank
BLFC - 0.5gpm 1.5lb per min
DF - GAL
VT - dF1b
CT - Fd
NT - 1
C - 48
H - 7
RS - SF
SF - 15
DO - 14
RT - 2am
BW - 10min
BD - 60min
RR - 10min
BF - 15min
FM - 0.7
Water Filter
10x54 48000 grain capacity tank - Fleck 5600sxt valve - Jacobi CX-MCA Catalytic Carbon 1.5 cubic ft
DF - GAL
VT - FLtr
CT - tc
NT - 1
DO - 3
RT - 12am
BW - 10min
RR - 10min
First time poster. Stumbled upon this forum during my rigorous search for a softener and filter for my new home and have finally gave in to buy. I apologize in advance if what I say are all over the place.
Currently have 2.5bath home with city water. Water hardness is 6.5 gpg, iron at 0.3 ppm, and high levels of chloramines according to city water quality reports. Have 2 people averaging 75 gpd per person and sometimes have 1-2 guests that come stay for a few weeks at a time.
My current system is as follows.. City water -> sediment filter -> water filter -> water softener -> house.. I opted to put the water filter before the softener as I heard chlorines or chloramines would lessen the life of the softener resin. (I hope I did this right)
I have a concern with the water filter backwashing and draining every 3 days. Is this normal? I know there are some systems that include a carbon tank connected to the softener without a valve at all so I'm wondering if it's okay to set that much higher (like once a month?)
Would love to hear your thoughts on how to better set my valve settings to be more salt and water efficient and how to calculate these settings so that I could understand what to change in the future in the event my home has more people living in it.
My equipment and settings is as follows:
Water Softener
10x54 48000 grain capacity tank - Fleck 5600sxt valve - Resintech CG10 1.5 cubic ft - 230lb. Capacity Brine Tank
BLFC - 0.5gpm 1.5lb per min
DF - GAL
VT - dF1b
CT - Fd
NT - 1
C - 48
H - 7
RS - SF
SF - 15
DO - 14
RT - 2am
BW - 10min
BD - 60min
RR - 10min
BF - 15min
FM - 0.7
Water Filter
10x54 48000 grain capacity tank - Fleck 5600sxt valve - Jacobi CX-MCA Catalytic Carbon 1.5 cubic ft
DF - GAL
VT - FLtr
CT - tc
NT - 1
DO - 3
RT - 12am
BW - 10min
RR - 10min
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