Cowdogs
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While doing my 1st year service on my water softener and Katalox iron filter, I decided to review the setting on both valves. I just want to stay familiar with how the value works.
The one setting that I may not fully understand is what the value is the salt FILL number. Mine is set to 15lbs. If I change it what does the value do? I see it does not affect the gallons between regens. It does not affect the time spent in any cycle of the regen, as those are all entered directly. Does it control the amount of water put back in the brine tank? If so, does this setting work in conjunction with the CAPACITY setting? Can I assume if I set the CAPACITY or the FILL to a higher number, I get more water put back in the brine tank?
Another unrelated question is I have is how much Iron Out I should use for a yearly cleaning. Everything I've found on the web (and the Iron Out bottle) does not take into account the size of the softener. A bigger softener should need more Iron Out to clean it? Is there a recommendation based on the size of the softener?
Thanks in advance.
The one setting that I may not fully understand is what the value is the salt FILL number. Mine is set to 15lbs. If I change it what does the value do? I see it does not affect the gallons between regens. It does not affect the time spent in any cycle of the regen, as those are all entered directly. Does it control the amount of water put back in the brine tank? If so, does this setting work in conjunction with the CAPACITY setting? Can I assume if I set the CAPACITY or the FILL to a higher number, I get more water put back in the brine tank?
Another unrelated question is I have is how much Iron Out I should use for a yearly cleaning. Everything I've found on the web (and the Iron Out bottle) does not take into account the size of the softener. A bigger softener should need more Iron Out to clean it? Is there a recommendation based on the size of the softener?
Thanks in advance.
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