Recommended settings for Fleck 5600 SXT

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Good day, all. I recently moved my water softener (1 tank, 64k grain, Fleck 5600 SXT ,1.0 gpm BLFC, 1-2 people) to a new home. I would greatly appreciate your recommendations on the appropriate settings. We have tested our well water and these are the results:

· Uranium 0.035 PPM
· Lithium 0.01 PPM
· Manganese 0.1 PPM
· Fluoride 0.4 PPM
· Aluminum 0.01 PPM
· Barium 0.03 PPM
· Boron 0.06 PPM
· Copper 0.01 PPM
· Nickel 0.01 PPM
· Strontium 0.27 PPM
· Sulfate 27.41 PPM
· Zinc 0.01 PPM
· Alkalinity (as CaCO3) 170 PPM
· Calcium 43.74 PPM
· Chloride 7.93 PPM
· Conductivity 348.7 umhos/cm
· CSMR 0.3
· Grains per gallon 8.36 Grains
· Hardness 141.8 PPM
· Hardness (Ca,Mg) 141.83 PPM
· Hardness (Total) 142.43 PPM
· Langelier Saturation Index 0.18
· Magnesium 7.92 PPM
· pH 7.7 pH
· Potassium 1.2 PPM
· Silica 14.58 PPM
· Sodium 16.83 PPM
· Sodium Adsorption Ratio 3.31
· Total Dissolved Solids 209.2 PPM
· Turbidity 0.14 NTU

Thanks in advance!
 

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Fleck 5600 SXT ,1.0 gpm BLFC
Confirm that BLFC.

Your system is bigger than needed. I am going to suggest 6 lb/cuft, since the DO will probably be the determining factor for regens.
System info (not programmed)
salt lb/cuft = 6 ; A choice ( efficiency vs capacity)
BLFC = 1 ; Brine Refill rate GPM
cubic ft resin = 2 ; ft3 resin = (nominal grains)/32,000
Compensated hardness = 9 ; including any compensation
People = 2 ; gallons affects reserve calc
Estimated gal/day = 120 ; 60 gal per person typical calc
Estimated days/regen = 37.04 ; Computed days including reserve

Fleck 5600SXT Settings:
DF = Gal ; Units
VT = dF1b ; Downflw/, Single Backwash, black cam
CT = Fd ; Meter Delayed regen trigger
NT = 1 ; Number of tanks
C = 42 ; capacity in 1000 grains
H = 9 ; Hardness-- compensate if needed
RS = rc ; rc says use gallons vs percent
RC = 120 ; Reserve capacity gallons
DO = 30 ; Day Override
RT = 2:00 ; Regen time (default 2 AM)
BW = 5 ; Backwash (minutes)
Bd = 60 ; Brine draw minutes
RR = 5 ; Rapid Rinse minutes
BF = 4 ; Brine fill minutes
FM = ____0.7 ; T or P. See https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?attachments/img_fleck5600sxt_flow-png.31592/
 
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Confirm that BLFC.

Your system is bigger than needed. I am going to suggest 6 lb/cuft, since the DO will probably be the determining factor for regens.
System info (not programmed)
salt lb/cuft = 6 ; A choice ( efficiency vs capacity)
BLFC = 1 ; Brine Refill rate GPM
cubic ft resin = 2 ; ft3 resin = (nominal grains)/32,000
Compensated hardness = 9 ; including any compensation
People = 2 ; gallons affects reserve calc
Estimated gal/day = 120 ; 60 gal per person typical calc
Estimated days/regen = 37.04 ; Computed days including reserve

Fleck 5600SXT Settings:
DF = Gal ; Units
VT = dF1b ; Downflw/, Single Backwash, black cam
CT = Fd ; Meter Delayed regen trigger
NT = 1 ; Number of tanks
C = 42 ; capacity in 1000 grains
H = 9 ; Hardness-- compensate if needed
RS = rc ; rc says use gallons vs percent
RC = 120 ; Reserve capacity gallons
DO = 30 ; Day Override
RT = 2:00 ; Regen time (default 2 AM)
BW = 5 ; Backwash (minutes)
Bd = 60 ; Brine draw minutes
RR = 5 ; Rapid Rinse minutes
BF = 4 ; Brine fill minutes
FM = ____0.7 ; T or P. See https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?attachments/img_fleck5600sxt_flow-png.31592/

Thanks, Reach4! I really appreciate it.
 

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Confirm that BLFC.

Your system is bigger than needed. I am going to suggest 6 lb/cuft, since the DO will probably be the determining factor for regens.
System info (not programmed)
salt lb/cuft = 6 ; A choice ( efficiency vs capacity)
BLFC = 1 ; Brine Refill rate GPM
cubic ft resin = 2 ; ft3 resin = (nominal grains)/32,000
Compensated hardness = 9 ; including any compensation
People = 2 ; gallons affects reserve calc
Estimated gal/day = 120 ; 60 gal per person typical calc
Estimated days/regen = 37.04 ; Computed days including reserve

Fleck 5600SXT Settings:
DF = Gal ; Units
VT = dF1b ; Downflw/, Single Backwash, black cam
CT = Fd ; Meter Delayed regen trigger
NT = 1 ; Number of tanks
C = 42 ; capacity in 1000 grains
H = 9 ; Hardness-- compensate if needed
RS = rc ; rc says use gallons vs percent
RC = 120 ; Reserve capacity gallons
DO = 30 ; Day Override
RT = 2:00 ; Regen time (default 2 AM)
BW = 5 ; Backwash (minutes)
Bd = 60 ; Brine draw minutes
RR = 5 ; Rapid Rinse minutes
BF = 4 ; Brine fill minutes
FM = ____0.7 ; T or P. See https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?attachments/img_fleck5600sxt_flow-png.31592/
Just wanted to get clarification on the BD setting. Should that be six rather than the 60 mentioned above?
 

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Just wanted to get clarification on the BD setting. Should that be six rather than the 60 mentioned above?
No. Brine draw is usually 60 minutes. The first part (maybe 15 minutes) is when the brine gets drawn out. Then the air check valve, at the bottom of the brine tank, closes. The rest of the BD is called slow rinse. During that time the brine moves slowly through the tank and out to the drain. Sometimes a smaller injector is used, and then the BD would be longer.

You may have been thinking of 4-minute BF, and with your 1 GPM BLFC, 4 gallons of water get injected during the BF time. That make brine for the next regen maybe a month later.
 
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