FruitfulPanda
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Trying to figure out what's up with my impression by Water Right water softener. It came with my house 2 years ago, it's an IM-1054 based on the year and specs I am aware of. I've been maintaining it by making sure it had enough salt and getting it serviced yearly. The next appointment is coming soon and I wanted to get some feedback on what might be happening. It may be time to replace the unit based on recent performance.
I had no issues with it until I started using the Morton iron reducing salt. I normally use the plain but the store didn't have any of the plain the last time I stocked up. The other reason I got it was because I got a new well pump and there was a lot of iron bacteria and they shocked the well to control it, so I thought using the iron reducing salt would be a good play to clean up the state of things inside. I've used it before but never had the side effect where it turns the water dark, especially right after regeneration, varying from a dark brown to a light yellow.
I thought I addressed it by adding several minutes to the rinse time but I noticed the water coming out of the tap today had a yellow tinge even though regeneration was nearly 2 days ago. It takes awhile for the new water to make it into the system as there is a radon bubbler after the water softener. I made sure the water was running clear from just the softener prior to allowing the radon bubbler to fill which seemed to work in the past.
I had read (likely in this forum, I've lurked for awhile) that yellow could be explained as the citric acid left over from the iron reducing salt. However if it was merely this it wouldn't be an issue over 100 softened gallons later.
Thoughts? Shall I replace the media or the entire unit? The servicer told me at the last appointment where I had been using some of the iron reducing salt, but mixed with the plain as well that it didn't make much difference, not that it could actively harm anything. Hoping i didn't speed the decline of the system but if that's the case and I have to start fresh because of my mistakes/the system's age I'll do it right this time.
Thanks in advance all. Advice appreciated!
I had no issues with it until I started using the Morton iron reducing salt. I normally use the plain but the store didn't have any of the plain the last time I stocked up. The other reason I got it was because I got a new well pump and there was a lot of iron bacteria and they shocked the well to control it, so I thought using the iron reducing salt would be a good play to clean up the state of things inside. I've used it before but never had the side effect where it turns the water dark, especially right after regeneration, varying from a dark brown to a light yellow.
I thought I addressed it by adding several minutes to the rinse time but I noticed the water coming out of the tap today had a yellow tinge even though regeneration was nearly 2 days ago. It takes awhile for the new water to make it into the system as there is a radon bubbler after the water softener. I made sure the water was running clear from just the softener prior to allowing the radon bubbler to fill which seemed to work in the past.
I had read (likely in this forum, I've lurked for awhile) that yellow could be explained as the citric acid left over from the iron reducing salt. However if it was merely this it wouldn't be an issue over 100 softened gallons later.
Thoughts? Shall I replace the media or the entire unit? The servicer told me at the last appointment where I had been using some of the iron reducing salt, but mixed with the plain as well that it didn't make much difference, not that it could actively harm anything. Hoping i didn't speed the decline of the system but if that's the case and I have to start fresh because of my mistakes/the system's age I'll do it right this time.
Thanks in advance all. Advice appreciated!