Softener resin escaping

You have a 2.7 gpm DLFC. Usually that is used in a 1.5 cuft and you have a 9" x 48" tank which is for a 1.0 cuft softener.

To get 30,000, you need 15 lbs of salt. Ten lbs would get you 25.5k. You don't need and shouldn't want either. That's terrible salt efficiency.

With two people: Settings should be -
DLFC - is 2.7
4.0 lbs of salt per regeneration.
Capacity - 13,000
Calendar override day 8
Post fill brine tank.
Downflow.
Auto regeneration. (2am)
City water with 13 grains of hardness.
That will put 1000 gals on the meter. It will regenerate on average every 8 days. That's optimal.

This is what I think the manual says - when I run it on Auto, it will regenerate when, in this case, 1000gals is used. If we don't use 1000gals in 8 days it will regenerate anyway. Why does it do this?

If the calendar override is set at "8" and the softened water supply is exhausted before 8 days then the softener will regenerate.

If there is still softened water available at the 8 day mark the softener will regenerate. The calendar override overrides the gallons remaining count and regenerates. That's what the calendar override does.

If there is still softened water available at the 8 day mark the softener will regenerate. The calendar override overrides the gallons remaining count and regenerates. That's what the calendar override does.

This is the one I don't understand. If there are gallons still left and the 8-day mark arrives, why do they want it to regenerate?

Gary your making me nuts! (short trip) Two months ago you gave me all the reasons post fill was bad and pre fill was good, now your recommending post fill?

So what DLFC should I have for this 0948 resin tank?

To get 30,000, you need 15 lbs of salt. Ten lbs would get you 25.5k. You don't need and shouldn't want either. That's terrible salt efficiency.

Does that mean it would have too much water treatment capability for just two of us?

With two people: Settings should be -
DLFC - is 2.7
4.0 lbs of salt per regeneration.
Capacity - 13,000
Calendar override day 8
Post fill brine tank.
Downflow.
Auto regeneration. (2am)
City water with 13 grains of hardness.
That will put 1000 gals on the meter. It will regenerate on average every 8 days. That's optimal.

Okey dokey. I can change those settings.

I don't understand the regeneration business. This is what I think the manual says - when I run it on Auto, it will regenerate when, in this case, 1000gals is used. If we don't use 1000gals in 8 days it will regenerate anyway. Why does it do this?

If there is still softened water available at the 8 day mark the softener will regenerate. The calendar override overrides the gallons remaining count and regenerates. That's what the calendar override does.

This is the one I don't understand. If there are gallons still left and the 8-day mark arrives, why do they want it to regenerate?

If your softener is setup and sized correctly and you have consistent water usage then you may never experience a calendar override initiated regeneration.

Some people have incorrectly sized softeners or softeners that are not setup correctly and may regenerate at longer intervals such as two weeks.

There are varying opinions as to how long a softener should go before regeneration. Knowledgeable people I've spoken to, among them two resin manufacturer's reps, prefer 7 or 8 days.

Perhaps your water usage may go down because your son or daughter goes away on vacation.

The calender override allows control over those situations. You can always turn it off if you don't like it.

One of ya has GOT to be right. Maybe.

I apologize for trying to help when you posed a question. You should addresses your questions directly to Gary and then you could get the word first hand without ridiculing others trying to help you.

Zozzie I suggest Prefill.

H2OMAN doesn't know how to program a Clack so he's out of this but ...

Gary, If I had left my softener programming to you my Clack would have been a dud... it worked better despite you then because of you (your drop-shippers or Clack dropped the ball on the initial programming big time) and is currently the most efficient softening doorstop in the state.

My suppliers can't program control valves, they don't have the required data. And I didn't program it, my customers program the control valve and you knew that.

What you saw was the factory default settings!!