Beast
New Member
I recently bought a water softener and just installed the unit.
Everything went well with the install and the water softener is working but I did have a few questions and I'm hoping to get some answers and input as I'm a newb in all this.
I added 5 Gal of water with 3 40lb bags of salt to begin with then did a manual regeneration. After all that completed, the water in the brine tank was half way up the tank and something like 5 inches above the salt. Is this due to my BF time as shown below?
My Water Softener Specs (click link)
I have a Fleck 5600 SXT 48,000 Grain with 10% Crosslink resin as well as 1.5 cu.ft Carbon upflow Tank. I also have a 20" Big Blue sitting in front. This is City Water water.
I tested my water hardness with the HACH 5B Hardness Test Kit.
Here are my current settings that I'm sure need tuning
BLFC: .50 GPM 1.5LB
DF: GAL
VT: dF lb
CT: Fd
NT: 1
C: 48x1000
H: 10
RS: rC
RC: 225 (2 adults plus 9 month old baby. Also have a Nanny that comes for 8hr daily on weekdays)
DO: 14
RT: 2:30
BW: 10
BD: 60
RR: 10
BF: 14 (My novice self thinks this is why there is a lot of water in the tank?)
FM: P0.7
What are the best settings for my scenario?
Everything went well with the install and the water softener is working but I did have a few questions and I'm hoping to get some answers and input as I'm a newb in all this.
I added 5 Gal of water with 3 40lb bags of salt to begin with then did a manual regeneration. After all that completed, the water in the brine tank was half way up the tank and something like 5 inches above the salt. Is this due to my BF time as shown below?
My Water Softener Specs (click link)
I have a Fleck 5600 SXT 48,000 Grain with 10% Crosslink resin as well as 1.5 cu.ft Carbon upflow Tank. I also have a 20" Big Blue sitting in front. This is City Water water.
I tested my water hardness with the HACH 5B Hardness Test Kit.
Here are my current settings that I'm sure need tuning
BLFC: .50 GPM 1.5LB
DF: GAL
VT: dF lb
CT: Fd
NT: 1
C: 48x1000
H: 10
RS: rC
RC: 225 (2 adults plus 9 month old baby. Also have a Nanny that comes for 8hr daily on weekdays)
DO: 14
RT: 2:30
BW: 10
BD: 60
RR: 10
BF: 14 (My novice self thinks this is why there is a lot of water in the tank?)
FM: P0.7
What are the best settings for my scenario?