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The 7000SXT arrived early this morning with the neighbors early AM UPS next day air stuff. I wasn't that impressed with the packaging of the resin tank. Just a two piece tight fitting box with no collars around the resin tank or anything. Distributor tube was just rolling around loose inside the tank. Is this normal? Resin tank was also a Clack made in Wisconsin. How does it compare to a USA made Structural or Enpress?
Valve is definitely made in USA, has the Pentair Asembled in USA sticker on it with what looks like 031512 assembly date. Sticker has BLFC: 0.5 GPM, DLFC: 2.4 GPM, and Injector: 2. This doesn't jibe with what the Fleck Performance Bulletin No. 599 recommends for a 12" tank, so I pulled the DLFC, BLFC and injector cap. Injector is white which makes it a #1 I believe? BLFC has "50" on the washer which I assume is 0.5 GPM? DLFC has "350" on the washer which I assume is 3.5 GPM? What's up with all this? Based on the Fleck bulletin I might have problems with brine draw or refill with this combination. This softener was purchased from an online dealer who also said that they had 50 years of experience in their retail store. And I almost forgot the best part. They indicated that their 7000's came with a 32 mm distributor. It looked kinda small so I measured it. Definitely only a 1" tube. So now I've got the dang 1" adapter too. Just because I asked for an upper basket I shouldn't have gotten a 1" distributor also? I can probably live with the 1" distributor, but I think I might have to make a change in the BLFC at least. Any recommendations?
PS: The sold to and ship to on the valve box was to Enting Water Conditioning. Is this a wholesaler?
1: The Clack tanks are fairly good, I would have no problem with them. I prefer the Structural, but the reason is too long and detailed to go into. To keep it simple, if a warranty issue ever comes up (extremely rare) the Structural is easier to deal with. Regardless, your odds of needing warranty service on a good quality tank are extremely remote, so no worries.
2: manifold rolling around in the tank... normal, we usually ship them with a foam piece to retain it, but I dont see any damage occuring.
3: You are correct on the bulletin, that is our 7000 cheat sheet since that information is not posted in any of the manuals. The #1 injector is not technically compatible with the .5 BLFC. The 7000 series controller refills the brine tank with soft water. The water flows through the injector during refill, the Brine line flow control is supposed to regulate the refill rate, if their is a mismatch, the refill will be regulated by the injector. They should send you out the proper injector and BLFC for the 12" tank. #0 red and .25 are the normal combination, a .125 BLFC is also acceptable. I will post the programming guide for this valve tomorrow for the .125 and .25 injectors. The #1 injector would be ok, but since you want this done perfectly, you may as well do the injector too.
4: The Drain line flow control button should be a 3.5 for a 12" tank, unless your water is excessivley cold or warm.
5: 1.05" vs 32MM, hmmm, they should have shipped the 32MM if they said they would supply that. The 32mm manifold assembly is considerably more expensive. It also eliminates an o-ring/adapter in the bottom of the control valve. Take a look at the bottom of the control valve where the manifold inserts, if they did it right for the 1.05" manifold, you will see an adapter inserted into the bottom of the valve which adapts the valve from 32mm to 1.05". This part is not removable, if you try to do that, you will break the valve. Once the valve is adapted to 1.05", it stays 1.05". that being said, you will not notice a differencein flow between the 2 sizes on that small of a system.
6: Upper basket, the 32mm is a standard upper basket size. Ordering an upper basket... they should have shipped the 32mm...
7: Enting water conditioning, a great company with a great staff. Yes, they are a wholesaler. And, the company should have blind drop shipped the system so Enting would not show up anywhere. Oops.