CaptainJK
New Member
I have a new self installed water softener with a Fleck 5810 SXT valve and a 13x54 Vortech tank. The good people here have verified my system settings in the following thread:
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/please-check-my-5810-sxt-settings.86163/
My original Hach 5B test showed a hardness of 20 gpg, but even after going through two regens (only one with the optimized settings shown in the thread above), my hardness has only gone down to 16.
So far, I've confirmed the following:
- Plumbing is not in bypass
- Softener valves are not in bypass
- When a shower is running, I see the valve reporting that there is about 1.5-1.8 gpm flowing through the valve.
- The brine tank is about half full with 99% pure solar salt crystals. The water level is slightly higher than the salt. During the regen BD phase, I see the water empty and then refill during BF.
- The only thing I've seen that is a bit of a concern, during B1 and B2 when shining a flashlight through the almond colored tank, I don't see any lift of the resin. I don't know if it should be obvious, but for me, it isn't.
I very much appreciate any thoughts you might have.
Thanks very much!
John
For reference, my settings are as follows:
8 lbs/ft3 salt dose
BLFC = .25 gpm or .75 lb salt/min (I'm asking my vendor to replace with a .50 gpm)
Injector = #0 Red (I'm asking my vendor to replace with a #3)
DLFC = 4 gpm
Hardness = 20 gpg by Hach test
No iron
2.5 ft3 of resin
DF:GAL
VT:5810
RF:dF2b
CT:Fd
C:60.0
H:22
RS:cr
DO:30
RT:2:00
B1:5
B2:4
BD:107
BF:27
RR:6
FM:t1.2
RE:OFF
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/please-check-my-5810-sxt-settings.86163/
My original Hach 5B test showed a hardness of 20 gpg, but even after going through two regens (only one with the optimized settings shown in the thread above), my hardness has only gone down to 16.
So far, I've confirmed the following:
- Plumbing is not in bypass
- Softener valves are not in bypass
- When a shower is running, I see the valve reporting that there is about 1.5-1.8 gpm flowing through the valve.
- The brine tank is about half full with 99% pure solar salt crystals. The water level is slightly higher than the salt. During the regen BD phase, I see the water empty and then refill during BF.
- The only thing I've seen that is a bit of a concern, during B1 and B2 when shining a flashlight through the almond colored tank, I don't see any lift of the resin. I don't know if it should be obvious, but for me, it isn't.
I very much appreciate any thoughts you might have.
Thanks very much!
John
For reference, my settings are as follows:
8 lbs/ft3 salt dose
BLFC = .25 gpm or .75 lb salt/min (I'm asking my vendor to replace with a .50 gpm)
Injector = #0 Red (I'm asking my vendor to replace with a #3)
DLFC = 4 gpm
Hardness = 20 gpg by Hach test
No iron
2.5 ft3 of resin
DF:GAL
VT:5810
RF:dF2b
CT:Fd
C:60.0
H:22
RS:cr
DO:30
RT:2:00
B1:5
B2:4
BD:107
BF:27
RR:6
FM:t1.2
RE:OFF