HudsonDIY
Member
I moved into my home in March of this year. The house came with a water softener with an old school fleck 5600 meter. The softener was out of service for an unknown amount of time. After moving in I took to task cleaning up the old softener and getting it back in service.
The softener has a 32,000 grain capacity.
Our municipal water supply has a hardness of 15 grains. (by their own admission, I have not tested it)
I'm using the following calculation to set the meter.
32,000 grains x .75 = 24,000 divide by 15 grains hardness = 1,600 gallons - 150 ( 2 people ) = 1,450 setting.
The brine cam was originally set at 9 but I've moved it to 12lbs.
Right after the softener regenerates I have water that is very soft, there doesn't seem to be any problem there. But 1450 just isn't cutting it, I run out well before the next regen. Is there a flaw in my calculations. Are my wife and I water hogs? I just don't get it.
I should mention this is the third house I've owned with a fleck, I've never had this kind of problem and I'm familiar with the normal operation. In our past houses we were going through about one 40# bag of salt per month. I filled the brine tank with salt in April and I doubt I've gone through much more than two bags since. Obviously something isn't right.
The only difference in my newest scenario is we have a pool which I have to fill frequently due to evaporation. However the outside faucet used to fill the pool is on the supply line coming into the house before the softener, there should be no affect on the softener.
I'd really appreciate some advice from the experts, I'm perplexed.
The softener has a 32,000 grain capacity.
Our municipal water supply has a hardness of 15 grains. (by their own admission, I have not tested it)
I'm using the following calculation to set the meter.
32,000 grains x .75 = 24,000 divide by 15 grains hardness = 1,600 gallons - 150 ( 2 people ) = 1,450 setting.
The brine cam was originally set at 9 but I've moved it to 12lbs.
Right after the softener regenerates I have water that is very soft, there doesn't seem to be any problem there. But 1450 just isn't cutting it, I run out well before the next regen. Is there a flaw in my calculations. Are my wife and I water hogs? I just don't get it.
I should mention this is the third house I've owned with a fleck, I've never had this kind of problem and I'm familiar with the normal operation. In our past houses we were going through about one 40# bag of salt per month. I filled the brine tank with salt in April and I doubt I've gone through much more than two bags since. Obviously something isn't right.
The only difference in my newest scenario is we have a pool which I have to fill frequently due to evaporation. However the outside faucet used to fill the pool is on the supply line coming into the house before the softener, there should be no affect on the softener.
I'd really appreciate some advice from the experts, I'm perplexed.