Very low salt usage


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Old 05-19-17, 12:17 PM
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Very low salt usage

Have not had to add salt in several months.

Fleck 5600SXT (city water)
DF Gallon
VT df16
CT Fd
NT 1
C 20,000
H 16
RS RC
RC 150
DO 8
Rt 2:00 AM
BW 10
BD 40
RR 3
BF 4
FM t0.7

Things that I have tried:
check injector and screen, not plugged.
Blew out all hoses, no restrictions.
Took out and checked the safety brine valve. It did not seems to offer any restriction to air whether the valve was up or down. Took that apart and and cleaned the poppet and seal, now seems to work normal.
Checked the check ball inside the pick up tube, it is free.
Salt is about 4" above the plate, not bridged.
Water in bottom is about 3", adjusted the float.

Anything else to check appreciated. Mike
 
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Old 05-19-17, 07:53 PM
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With the SXT control when water is running there is a flashing water drop on the far right side of the display. If that Icon is not flashing when water is running then either the turbin is hung up or the cable is bad or not pluged in.
 
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Old 05-20-17, 05:24 AM
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The BF (brine fill) is set to 4. I believe this is wrong. We need to know what size BLFC the system has. I have seen a .125 which would mean the BF should be 12.
 
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Old 05-20-17, 10:41 AM
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Akpsdvan, Yes the tear drop appears with water usage. I had trouble in the past with it stopping so after 2-3 times I just replaced the whole turbine unit. No trouble since :-) Tx for response
 
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Old 05-20-17, 10:47 AM
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Biermech, My error for not submitting that info. But it is Brine Flo .50 GPM 1.5LB Salt/Min. In your past response back in 2015, you said:

"A 9x48 tank is a 30K unit not 48K. The C (capacity) should be set to 20 & the BF (brine fill) should be set at 4. The H (hardness) should be set at 16. The compensated hardness takes into account ions that use up capacity but not measured with standard test kits. It is also good because hardness is never a constant."

That is when I set it to 4. Tx for response
 
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Old 05-20-17, 03:02 PM
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With the SXT controller one can go to the trouble shooting part and find out peak flow rate and if water is flowing when your in the trouble shooting and gallons used between now and the last regen and hours from the last regen.
The SXT can help in trouble shooting why the salt use is down.
 
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Old 05-21-17, 05:33 AM
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Did you check the BLFC for debris? This would cause less water to enter the brine tank using less salt. The only other thing I have found is salt built up around the brine well preventing the water from leaving the brine well. When I cleaned out the brine tank, the salt was so thick, I had to use a shovel to break it up.
 
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Old 05-22-17, 02:01 PM
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I will have to have a go at it on Thursday where I can take the brine tank out in the middle of the drive way and dump it out and have a look see. Will have a shovel on standby :-)
 
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Old 05-23-17, 10:36 PM
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Is the water quality bad?
If water quality it good and salt usage is down then water use is down.
It might be that there is just less water use in the home at this time.
 
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Old 05-29-17, 12:35 AM
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Residental Water filtration system

I am in Riverton Utah where a water softener is needed in residental houses. I wonder, do i need to have a water filtration system for dish washing and drinking? If yes, what is the good system for my house? Thanks.
 
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Old 05-29-17, 11:01 AM
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It is city water, quality is good. Looking at the past year water bill, it averages 7000gal/month. Tore apart the salt tank and cleaned, nothing unusual. Hoses/filters/injector/BLFC all normal. After reassemble, notice that the first regen, water was about 5" in the brine tank. Did a manual regen and watched it the entire time, brine was drawn out, and refilled, 5" of water remain in tank. I have minimum amount of salt in there now so as to monitor it, water is just below the salt level. I did notice a collapse of some of the salt near the finish of the cycle. Will watch it for a couple of weeks and see what develops.
 
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Old 05-29-17, 11:05 AM
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tutrau24, I would start your own thread, you might get more attention that way. This thread is about low salt consumption
 
 

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