Wed 23 Mar, 2011 09:39 pm - Your resin seems to have recovered and if the water holds soft (zero hardness) to the next regeneration then that is resolved.
That plastic thing looks like a ferrule, not a restrictor cap.... (view)
Tue 22 Mar, 2011 11:51 pm - Since the softener was working you are looking more for an air leak in the brine pickup or brine line or a problem with the injector or valves. Autotrol controls do have valve problems.
Rather... (view)
Mon 21 Mar, 2011 04:28 pm - "The water level never went down since I added the 5 gallon twice". Do you mean that the level NEVER went down during any stage of the regeneration? The water level should have dropped... (view)
Mon 21 Mar, 2011 12:21 am - Follow through with the second regeneration. At the end of the second regeneration add enough salt to cover the water and monitor the salt level adding salt as necessary. As often as your softener... (view)
Sat 19 Mar, 2011 12:24 pm - Yup, 80 lbs of salt per month and the water used regenerating every three days going down the drain... now that's efficiency!
A correctly sized softener would regenerate every 7 days or so... (view)
Sat 19 Mar, 2011 09:27 am - Undersized softeners are sold all the time because smaller is less expensive and that makes buying a softener an easier pill to swallow.
The size of the tank (volume of resin) should be... (view)
Fri 18 Mar, 2011 06:03 pm - Yea, I meant clean out the brine tank.
When you're done and everything is working the best salt management is to keep only the amount of salt necessary to cover the water in the brine tank.... (view)
Thu 17 Mar, 2011 07:47 pm - You'll need a manual... http://www.watervalue.com/documentation/1550_owner_manual.pdf
You'll need to know the water conditions in order to set the softener. You'll need to know... (view)
Sun 30 Jan, 2011 09:56 pm - Always start a new thread for a new question than resurrect an old thread that has nothing to do with your question.
The water level in the brine tank is calculated to produce the desired amount... (view)
