Though not a scientist, I am well educated and a good handy man. Tthis is the first source that gave me an understanding of how this fing thing works. THANK YOU!
Hi, I just emptied my brine tank a few days ago, cleaned it and refilled with salt today, it was pretty gross dead spiders and black mold. There was a plastic flexible pipe in the bottom that did the circumference of the tank and overlapped by about a quarter of the circumference, it was not hooked up to any thing so I just put it back and promptly forgot about it, now that I have just filled it back up I got to wondering what the heck was the purpose of that flexible pipe, and have I done something wrong just leaving it in the bottom as it was? Thanks.
I have a question hoping you could help, I noticed there's very slow drip from my water softer Drain pipe, but I couldn't figure out if that's normal, is it simply draining the left over water from inside the resin tank? is it consider water waste? or is there a bad o-ring i need to replace? otherwise my water softener's been working just fine, water feels soft and regenerate when it should. thank you.
Great video. What happens to the resin if salt is not added for extended periods of time? Of course the water will be hard in your tap but can the resin be regenerated still even with a significant level of buil up? Thanks
We have a all in one at a weekend house and it will get salt bridges from time to time. Curious if one with a separate brine tank would eliminate that? The picture above seem to show a liquid brine that is held in the tank.
I have had both All-in-One and separate brine tank systems, and to prevent salt bridges from forming is to add enough bags of salt pellets to make the brine. I would initiate a regeneration cycle to see how much the tank would fill with water & mark the level. Then pour in enough salt pellets to pass that mark 1 inch above it, that will eliminate salt bridges from forming.
Thanks ! Very nice tutorial video ! Q. Since extra Sodium Ions ( SALT ) is added to the water going into the house, is this water generally drinkable ? is their excess salt in the water ?
it is drinkable, the qty of Na in the water is negligible... unless you are hypertensive and have too much salt in your own system, then you may want to put a kitchen sink filter in like a pur or something. I know this was from a year ago, but hopefully you got your softener and are doing well.
What would be malfunctioning if when the system cleans out resin, the cal & mag gets back into the water supply, then comes out in the house next door. This has happen twice. Is the valve bad, is the pump to strong? Help
If it was potable going in, it will be potable going out. If it's not potable going in, it will not be potable going out. Softeners do not remove harmful chemicals, bacteria, or spores.
The brine tank is filled with salt. The salt you will have to refill yourself monthly. A bag of salt might only run you $5 or $10. In the long run this saves you from having to buy new appliances due to hard water. Hope this helps :)
Good video, except that all of the Ca & Mg ions aren't exchanged with the Na ions. Some get through. That's why you need a RO system in addition to the water softener.
I have learned 3 bags of salt pellets is enough to put in the brine tank to last 2 months. The water softener is programmed to regenerate the resin tank with salt brine to clean the resin beads.
