FruitfulPanda
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Resin or softener replacement may not be required as hardness removal with only <10 ppm hardness in the softened water is reasonable. After resin cleaning, I anticipate the remaining hardness amount will likely be lower but below 17.1 ppm hardness is considered sufficiently soft for residential applications.
A Hach 5B Total Hardness Test Kit is recommended for periodic testing of both the raw water and softened. The 5B will report hardness as GPG which is usually sufficient but they also offer other kits for measuring ppm if necessary. These test do not replace the necessity or a comprehensive lab test.
If you don't already have a preferred lab, National Labs offer a Standard Well package which is will be appropriate.
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Understood thanks, skyjumper just has me convinced the whole thing needs to be replaced. I haven't measured it at 30 gpg recently as I last attempted to do it a couple of weeks ago and the strips I bought were no longer doing anything. I just assumed they had expired, just cheap from Amazon in a screw cap canister. In hindsight, maybe the strips aren't even bad just there is no difference between the raw and allegedly softened water. I'll test some bottled water and if that comes up different I'll know I've got an issue.
Edit: Yup mustard yellow regardless of water source. Flying blind as expected. Allegedly the strips only expired in October but still wrong. On the bright side the servicing appointment is actually Thursday so I shouldn't be in the dark much longer.
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