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Hello Everyone.
Just in the last week I had my Fleck 5810 softener system installed. Since then, I have been noticing the volume of water it is registering is very high. For reference over 90 days I usually average about 9000 gallons of total household water use. This is softened water plus un-softened. The flow usage on my Fleck 5810 has been showing about 350 to 450 gallons used each day. Last night it said I used 70+ gallons while I was sleeping and not using water. FYI the 5810 is set up for the 1.25 turbine meter.
One thing I notice is there are a lot of times when I check the current flow rate from the meter and it states it is about 0.3 GPM when it should read zero because no water has been used for a while. And sometimes it stays at 0.3GPM for a long time. I am thinking this is where most of the extra volume used is coming from. I am not leaking 200+ gallons a day. This situation is a little baffling for me as I would have naturally expected the flow to want to stop prematurely and/or under report. Not report 2-3x+ the expected water usage each day. The logical explanation would be a toilet leak, but nothing is running and my water meter and water bill do not support this.
I have removed the flow meter and inspected it. Everything looks okay. I have confirmed it even shows 0.3GPM even with the bypass engaged, and no flow is coming out the drain line when it shouldn't. I have also disconnected the flow meter connector from the board and it still reads a flow value when logically it should read zero. It baffles me why the flow meter reads a value when the pickup is completely disconnected from the board .
Does anyone have any suggestions for what could be the issue or stuff I should try to help you diagnose? One thing I have not yet done, but plan to is to put the softener into bypass overnight and reset the gallons used and check how many gallons it says was used overnight. I have also not removed the flow meter pickup from the housing body. I tried pulling it out but it was in there good and was not sure it there was a trick to removing it. I did not want to risk damaging it.
I would appreciate any help. I mean the system is working and softening the water, but it will want to regen way to often for how much water has actually gone through the system.
Thanks!
Just in the last week I had my Fleck 5810 softener system installed. Since then, I have been noticing the volume of water it is registering is very high. For reference over 90 days I usually average about 9000 gallons of total household water use. This is softened water plus un-softened. The flow usage on my Fleck 5810 has been showing about 350 to 450 gallons used each day. Last night it said I used 70+ gallons while I was sleeping and not using water. FYI the 5810 is set up for the 1.25 turbine meter.
One thing I notice is there are a lot of times when I check the current flow rate from the meter and it states it is about 0.3 GPM when it should read zero because no water has been used for a while. And sometimes it stays at 0.3GPM for a long time. I am thinking this is where most of the extra volume used is coming from. I am not leaking 200+ gallons a day. This situation is a little baffling for me as I would have naturally expected the flow to want to stop prematurely and/or under report. Not report 2-3x+ the expected water usage each day. The logical explanation would be a toilet leak, but nothing is running and my water meter and water bill do not support this.
I have removed the flow meter and inspected it. Everything looks okay. I have confirmed it even shows 0.3GPM even with the bypass engaged, and no flow is coming out the drain line when it shouldn't. I have also disconnected the flow meter connector from the board and it still reads a flow value when logically it should read zero. It baffles me why the flow meter reads a value when the pickup is completely disconnected from the board .
Does anyone have any suggestions for what could be the issue or stuff I should try to help you diagnose? One thing I have not yet done, but plan to is to put the softener into bypass overnight and reset the gallons used and check how many gallons it says was used overnight. I have also not removed the flow meter pickup from the housing body. I tried pulling it out but it was in there good and was not sure it there was a trick to removing it. I did not want to risk damaging it.
I would appreciate any help. I mean the system is working and softening the water, but it will want to regen way to often for how much water has actually gone through the system.
Thanks!