New softener settings/setup..what do you think

I will probably post pics of the setup over the weekend.

luckydriver,

The resin is ready to go when new.

Soft = "0" hardness. Water can't be softer than that.

At the current settings is your softener regenerating every 6 or 7 days and providing soft water until regeneration?

You can buy test strips to check the water.

No you don't need to post pictures, except for h20man...

IIRC I attempted to educate you about softener sizing before you bought one. I guess you listened to someone else here.

It is a 1 cuft softener, not a 32K. The K of capacity is adjustable and depends on the volume and type of resin and then the lbs of salt used.

To prove that, you say it is programmed for 24K. But you don't tell us the rest of the programming.

C-100e is not salt saving salt, it is regular mesh resin and your salt efficiency is not very good with 24k in a 1.0 cuft softener.

And your softener has a 9 gpm SFR, not 10 gpm.

Who did you buy it from?

No you don't need to post pictures, except for h20man...

It is a Fleck SE or mechanical metered and the only two choices unless we throw in a day clock timer type.

BTW, since you want a picture "to help others", ya think maybe you should look at your private PMs and email the same way.

lucky... Sales literature and actual control valve programming is two different things, that's because the programming is all adjustable. But without you knowing how to get into the dealer/installer side of the control valve, you can't change it or check it. I can't recall without looking it up how to do that on a Fleck whatever. And, if you want to use the figures on the brochure, why do you want us to check the programming!

6lbs in a 1.0 cuft of regular mesh resin regenerates 20K; not 24 or 30 or 32k.

Did you say in another thread that you bought a 6700, or was it a 5600, you haven't said here in this thread.

fleck cu5600r4tf per post my data in post one. Or 5600 for those that dont like the added data on it (again just following the literature in case it means something)

Ok you said 6lb generates 20 K, does that mean if i dont like the softness I can adjust it to use more and get softer water? Or am i locked in based on what equipment i have?

so if i go home and open the manual and find out to get into the secret panel, what will i be looking for?

The reason i ask on this website what is up is because i like to get different opinions on the facts as i've been told i have things setup at home.

I'm trying to get a handle on whether or not i got too ripped off for 1300 bucks. Of course if i call and ask the people i bought it from then will 100% say this is the best setup. Wouldnt you say that to all your customers? of course So thats why im here, soliciting advice on what i know nothing about

I'm trying to get a handle on whether or not i got too ripped off for 1300 bucks.

The control valve has nothing to do with what I told him, except he'd need the right supplemental pages for it, yet you act as if it does....

Water is either hard, meaning it has one or more gpg of hardness in it or soft, 0 gpg hardness. If a softener allows hard water through it, there is something wrong, although the WQA says no more than 1 gpg is acceptable. I say 0 gpg and size for that.

Think of your gas tank in your car... you stop for gas when the dash gauge says 1/4 tank and you have a 20 gal tank. You fill up by buying 3/4s of a tank; 15 gals. You didn't lose or waste the 1/4 tank (5 gals) right, it's still in the tank and you could have used it to go farther. Well your volume of resin is full capacity at 30k. If you use it all, it takes 15 lbs of salt to put it all back in the tank. You didn't waste or lose the 10k left in the bed when the valve is programmed to regen at 20k. That's why we can put 20k back in the tank with only 6 lbs of salt. Got it?

But you should check the salt dose to make sure of what it is set to.

luckydriver wrote:

so if i go home and open the manual and find out to get into the secret panel, what will i be looking for?

Unless you have the supplemental pages for a 5600, directions to the "secret panel" won't be in your consumer service manual.

Then you should have done more research before you were sold something... I tried to tell ya before you went local...

IMO based on being a dealer for 21 years, anyone selling a 1.0 cuft softener with a Fleck 5600 or 2510 SE or not for $1300 installed is charging much more than shall I say a 'fair' price.

Now all that has to do with only one of the two parts needed to correctly size a softener. The other part is critical and IT IS NOT adjustable. It is the constant flow SFR and you have a 9 gpm SFR softener. Run more than 9 gpm through it and you get hard water, gar un teed as they say.

luckydriver wrote:

I'm trying to get a handle on whether or not i got too ripped off for 1300 bucks.

What exactly did $1300.00 buy you? Was installation included?
Can you exchange it for a system with the Fleck 2510SE control valve?
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I needed it ASAP and did want to go local and didnt mind paying the price. These people have been in the softener business decades and have their own installers etc. I like to support the local economy when i can on things that very likely will need servicing at some point in my life.

so far i have no hint that i have anything but soft water.

Im not exchanging anything now unless i find out (and understand well enough to be able to go toe to toe) that they lied to me about what they gave me and it wont do the job it's supposed to.

These people have been in the softener business decades and have their own installers etc. I like to support the local economy when i can on things that very likely will need servicing at some point in my life.