Pentair Fleck 5600 service manual: Lots of details about installation and how to repair but not a single word for the end user ! For example, when to add salt! Thanks for doing Pentair's job.
Reminds me of a plumber joke..."Young rookie kid was starting his first job as a plumber and he asked the foreman for some advice on how to be a good plumber. The foreman looked at him and said "Well the best advice I can give you is to remember that payday is on Thursday and shi$ always runs downhill".
Thank you! Mine did the bridge thing you spoke of! It always looked filled but I scooped it out and sure enough 10 inch's in, it was all clay like and crystalized!!!! Thank you!
Good video! Please speak to the problem of "salt mushing" in the brine tank. I recently found this with my softener. Had to vacuum out the water, scoop out all sludge and remaining salt, clean the brine tank and prefill with some water and NEW salt, now regenerating properly again.
Ive had my salt tank for 20 years and it holds 320 # when its full. My whole experience is fill it to the brim and be done with it for about 2 months than check it. I have never experienced a salt bridge/block. Knock on wood, I guess Ive been lucky.
My Morrison Extreme Series all in one filled with water about 12” above the salt. I didn’t know what to do, so I removed the water down to the salt level and added some more salt😮
I have a rheem and I filled it all the way for the first time on display u input what level the salt is at idk should I not do this normally 2 bags this time 4 bags?
What if my softener doesn’t have water to start? Sorry just bought my house and noticed it’s empty so I filled it and nothing has moved. I stir it every few days to make sure it didn’t solidify.
Interesting. You mentioned you never want to let the salt run out, and I confess I've _purposely_ done that sometimes because the water just gets annoyingly--sometimes dangerously--slippery! In the shower or when washing dishes it's an accident waiting to happen. Am I doing some kind of damage by letting the salt run out, either to my health (in terms of drinking the water) or to my equipment? Does that cause the chemicals in the other tank to be used up faster?
What if brine well has standing water higher than the water in the brine tank? Do it just needs more salt or is there more I need to do? Thanks in advance.
If you have a water softener system like the one in the video, with twin softeners & a brine tank and no pre-filter, what else do you have to do to maintain it besides adding salt? It seems like the video, at the end, suggests there is nothing else you have to do as long as the system seems to continue to work, is that right?
Don’t confuse a brine tank with the salt tank. Older models, there is a brine tank and a salt hopper / tank where the salt sits until it’s used during regeneration and flushed out the brine. Brine tanks have beads that take hardness out of water and salt cleans it out. If you have a separate tank for salt, you most certainly can fill to top
I moved into a house with a softner system and bought one 40 lbs bag of Morton Pure and Natural crystals. They are smaller than the salt chunks in the video and seem to dissolve fast. Anyways, according to the bag, its says for a family of 4 add 3 bags every two months and family of 6 add 4 bags every two months. Thats a lot of lot and will be way above the water line.. am I missing something?
You are missing something. Don't read bags. Just use common sense. Much cheaper that way in the long run. And keep watching videos like these to help you.
I have a Fleck 5600 mechanical. My 33 inch brine tank is always 3/4 full of water. Salt is always below water. Could it be that my tank is filling with too much water?
If this is a new development, it could be that the internal stacks and seals are bad and not properly shutting down the brine fill sequence. If it's always done this, then it might be the brine fill sequence compared to the brine tank size that is making that happen, which would be perfectly fine. If it is something you are concerned about, it would be worth having a technician out to take a look at it.
@@proskillservices1196 I kinda messed up haven't been keeping up with the salt I have a small filtration system but now no water is coming out of the filtration pipe did I mess up the filter ?
I moved into a new place(In the country / well water) and was wondering how to fill the tank as well. The salt tank if fairly big, and had about 6 inches of water, with just a little salt.(It had some salt in it before I moved in) It needed about 2 bags of salt and covered the water level. The thing is with water softeners, isn't the water level supposed to be about half way, to 3/4 of the way to the top once you add the salt? I can't find a manual for the tank so I'm really confused on what to do. If feels like somethings wrong considering how little water it had in it to begin with. Hoping someone with experience can say if this is normal or not. Thanks
Hi. Is the water softener sound in this video a sign that I need to get a new unit or I can fix it (but how?) th-cam.com/video/AWP-StYtgO4/w-d-xo.html Thanks.
Although It will loose you jobs coming and cleaning out the salt once a year from the salt bridge and the dead salt that ends up plunging up the regeneration process :-(
🤦🏻♂️ I wish someone would have told me not to fill the salt up to the top when I bought the system..........FIVE YEARS AGO! It’s worked fine until the water burst out the pipe inside the dry wall the other day. I hope they fixed it right. What a situation that was. 😕
not exactly. The important thing I have experienced over the last 35 yrs of home ownership with softener tanks (am on my 3rd softner system)while using salt pellets is as follows… • always sift your pellets before adding them to the tank. why? because there is on average 1 - 2 pounds of fine salt dust in each 40 pound bag and this dust crystallizes into a hard cake layer or bridging. if not able to sift with a sifting jig, then i would painstakingly hand lift, slowly enough to allow the dust to fall back into the bag, handfuls at a time out of the bags when installing salt pellets. This greatly reduces the bridging that occurs. That fine dust loves to turn into a quasi sedimentary rock hard salt layer at the bottom of the tank. • once every 1-2 yrs allow you salt level inside your salt tank to fall to about only 20 percent capacity or less. Then, empty your little remaining salt onto a large heavy flat piece of corrugated carton outdoors somewhere safe (away from any landscaping) and allow it to dry thoroughly. You can reuse any pellets that are in this clean out’ by rinsing these with a garden hose if you wish. Or these can be up cycled as a salt lick fodder for wildlife, used for de-icing in Winter thick ice hazards or even used to kill the stumps of brush cuttings. Do not apply around anything green that you do not want to kill; the salt will continue to contaminate soils and kill gardening and landscaping for several seasons, following, so be careful in this up-cycle use to not kill anything you don’t want to die. • while you are at the task of cleaning your salt tank out, take time to clean your softner stainer screens and inlet fittings, “0” rings, etc. • so if you follow the above method, you can keep you salt tank filled between 50% & brim full without the worry of bridging in the shorter, 1-2 yr term.
The grace and the peace be with you all from the lord God our father and his son Jesus Christ thank you but how many of you know about the good news repent and believe in the gospel because the kingdom of heaven is at hand and crack your word the Bible and continue blessing you! Luke 6:20-28-35-36-37-38-39-40- 42-44-46-47-48-49 10:5-8-16-19-21-25-27-37
You can see how humble and knowledgeable this guy Tyler is. Thanks for the information and expertise.
Thank you so much - I'm a first time home owner and no idea I needed to monitor this. Really appreciate you taking the time to make this video!
Me too! I’m in the same boat I w was about to call a plumber!?
Bruh me too!!
Me too 😅
Same, thank you!!!
Me four!!!
Pentair Fleck 5600 service manual: Lots of details about installation and how to repair but not a single word for the end user ! For example, when to add salt! Thanks for doing Pentair's job.
I have been a plumber for 40 years this is the best advice I have seen :-)
Reminds me of a plumber joke..."Young rookie kid was starting his first job as a plumber and he asked the foreman for some advice on how to be a good plumber. The foreman looked at him and said "Well the best advice I can give you is to remember that payday is on Thursday and shi$ always runs downhill".
Thank you! Mine did the bridge thing you spoke of! It always looked filled but I scooped it out and sure enough 10 inch's in, it was all clay like and crystalized!!!! Thank you!
That was VERY informative in such a short video, thank you so much!
Excellent video, very informative! Thank you so much for posting! 👍 😎
great video. thank you. I am so new to this. it helps if u add how water softeners work in general. thanks again.
Thank you so very much! I don't remember the company I used here in Delaware ever giving me that information.
I have watched few and I found this video really good. Thank you for posting, you made it real simple.
Well explained. Will add salt to the water level now.
That was very helpful! I didn’t realize that there should be water in the brine tank!
This was awesome . Very helpful. Excellent tips and education .
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Great video. It really helped me understand how to take care of my water softener.
Great video. Thank you for taking your time
and being very clear.
Exactly what I needed!! Thank you.
Thank you so much. You explained it perfectly!
Excellent video. Thank you.
so helpful. thank you
Helpful, thank you!
Very helpful. Thanks !
Praise Jesus! I appreciate this helpful video.
Good video! Please speak to the problem of "salt mushing" in the brine tank. I recently found this with my softener. Had to vacuum out the water, scoop out all sludge and remaining salt, clean the brine tank and prefill with some water and NEW salt, now regenerating properly again.
Very informative, thanks
Thank you so much!!!! I was so confused about when to add salt.
Your video is very informative for first time learner. Thank you
I always thought the salt pellets dissolved. Thank you!
Good advises.
Thanks you very helpful
Thankyou for this video, I had no idea how to do this , I'm a first time home owner . Also, how and when do I replace the filter?
Very good video thanks
Thank you so much
Thank you!...in Mesa
thanks you're the best
Thank you so much for the video. I’m first time home owner. My water softener is empty. Is it bad? There’s only water in here
He's absolutey right about the amount of salt to add and salt bridging. Never add too much salt.
Just bought a home with a well with aquasure softener. Now does this go for the diamond solar salts too? The smaller kind? Above the water?
I just cleaned my brine tank cleaning some of the clog salt. Should I add salt in the tank before adding water? Please help.
Ive had my salt tank for 20 years and it holds 320 # when its full. My whole experience is fill it to the brim and be done with it for about 2 months than check it. I have never experienced a salt bridge/block. Knock on wood, I guess Ive been lucky.
Thank you sir.
I have a question, after filling up the two salt bags into the tank, should I do something else with the buttons?
Should there be a lid on the bottom of the brine tank
My Morrison Extreme Series all in one filled with water about 12” above the salt. I didn’t know what to do, so I removed the water down to the salt level and added some more salt😮
Another Question, What happens if you're running low on salt and you see a little Light Brown ?
Do we just Ignore the Color and Refill the Salt or ?
I have a rheem and I filled it all the way for the first time on display u input what level the salt is at idk should I not do this normally 2 bags this time 4 bags?
I have a need brine, I'm put 4 bags of salt, do I need to add water afterwards ?
What if my softener doesn’t have water to start? Sorry just bought my house and noticed it’s empty so I filled it and nothing has moved. I stir it every few days to make sure it didn’t solidify.
so i got half inch of water and no salt. when i add salt, should i add water?
Do these salt tanks help to keep the water clear?
Thank you
Interesting. You mentioned you never want to let the salt run out, and I confess I've _purposely_ done that sometimes because the water just gets annoyingly--sometimes dangerously--slippery! In the shower or when washing dishes it's an accident waiting to happen. Am I doing some kind of damage by letting the salt run out, either to my health (in terms of drinking the water) or to my equipment? Does that cause the chemicals in the other tank to be used up faster?
I wish this guy would answer some questions. I'm interested in the answer to yours.
@@brianbeamish Thank you Brian. I'd forgotten I asked, but me too. I still don't know the answer.
@@MikeAnn193 lol, these waters softeners are some kind of sorcery.
i have sodium in mine, can i just switch to potassium chloride?
What if brine well has standing water higher than the water in the brine tank? Do it just needs more salt or is there more I need to do? Thanks in advance.
Check your discharge hose. Make sure nothing is blocking it off or its frozen.
Question. Do you know why I wouldn’t be getting water from my faucet??
If you have a water softener system like the one in the video, with twin softeners & a brine tank and no pre-filter, what else do you have to do to maintain it besides adding salt? It seems like the video, at the end, suggests there is nothing else you have to do as long as the system seems to continue to work, is that right?
Thanks 🙏 sir
Mine is so nasty I’ve been not putting salt in when I should because I’m going to empty it and clean it. Is that okay?
Don’t confuse a brine tank with the salt tank. Older models, there is a brine tank and a salt hopper / tank where the salt sits until it’s used during regeneration and flushed out the brine.
Brine tanks have beads that take hardness out of water and salt cleans it out.
If you have a separate tank for salt, you most certainly can fill to top
I moved into a house with a softner system and bought one 40 lbs bag of Morton Pure and Natural crystals. They are smaller than the salt chunks in the video and seem to dissolve fast. Anyways, according to the bag, its says for a family of 4 add 3 bags every two months and family of 6 add 4 bags every two months. Thats a lot of lot and will be way above the water line.. am I missing something?
You are missing something. Don't read bags. Just use common sense. Much cheaper that way in the long run. And keep watching videos like these to help you.
How much potesiyam use how much water i using manual watar sofnar
Where are you guys located?
I have a Fleck 5600 mechanical. My 33 inch brine tank is always 3/4 full of water. Salt is always below water. Could it be that my tank is filling with too much water?
If this is a new development, it could be that the internal stacks and seals are bad and not properly shutting down the brine fill sequence.
If it's always done this, then it might be the brine fill sequence compared to the brine tank size that is making that happen, which would be perfectly fine.
If it is something you are concerned about, it would be worth having a technician out to take a look at it.
@@proskillservices1196 I kinda messed up haven't been keeping up with the salt I have a small filtration system but now no water is coming out of the filtration pipe did I mess up the filter ?
I moved into a new place(In the country / well water) and was wondering how to fill the tank as well. The salt tank if fairly big, and had about 6 inches of water, with just a little salt.(It had some salt in it before I moved in) It needed about 2 bags of salt and covered the water level. The thing is with water softeners, isn't the water level supposed to be about half way, to 3/4 of the way to the top once you add the salt? I can't find a manual for the tank so I'm really confused on what to do.
If feels like somethings wrong considering how little water it had in it to begin with. Hoping someone with experience can say if this is normal or not. Thanks
Hopefully some info is on the unit somewhere ie manufacturer and model #. Then either goggle the manufacturer or download a manual. Good luck
KISS Keep It Smart Simple
Thnx
Is it a good idea to clean the sediment outta the bottom of the brine tanks every now and then?
It can clog things up inside, brine float etc..
Is Morton Pure and Natural Water Softener Crystals okay to use?
Yes
What if i remove water until the salt level wher the water
So what if your system ran out of salt, I have a new home and not sure but I think I’ve ran my system about a week without salt 🙈
how much salt is supposed to be in there anyway? half? 3/4?
*Great advice thanks for your tips* Dexterous x
Uh oh my husband used 2 bags and only about 4 inches of the brine tank is exposed, what can I do??
I'd wait for the salt level to go down naturally, as it will within weeks.
Bruh my water is so hard everything is torn up even the flapper valves on the toilrts get crusty and leak
Hi. Is the water softener sound in this video a sign that I need to get a new unit or I can fix it (but how?)
th-cam.com/video/AWP-StYtgO4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks.
Although It will loose you jobs coming and cleaning out the salt once a year from the salt bridge and the dead salt that ends up plunging up the regeneration process :-(
I should have watched this before adding salt 🤦♂️ I just dumped the whole bag in...
Same! Damn it.
The inside of mine looks like it's shredding
🤦🏻♂️ I wish someone would have told me not to fill the salt up to the top when I bought the system..........FIVE YEARS AGO! It’s worked fine until the water burst out the pipe inside the dry wall the other day. I hope they fixed it right. What a situation that was. 😕
Bag of salt is $10 now!!
why are other videos of other DIY TH-camrs be saying standing water is bad? Like literally alot of misinformation lol
Ask someone that's not selling a product like this guy is, I've heard the same thing alot working for a plumbing company.
not exactly. The important thing I have experienced over the last 35 yrs of home ownership with softener tanks (am on my 3rd softner system)while using salt pellets is as follows…
• always sift your pellets before adding them to the tank. why? because there is on average 1 - 2 pounds of fine salt dust in each 40 pound bag and this dust crystallizes into a hard cake layer or bridging.
if not able to sift with a sifting jig, then i would painstakingly hand lift, slowly enough to allow the dust to fall back into the bag, handfuls at a time out of the bags when installing salt pellets. This greatly reduces the bridging that occurs. That fine dust loves to turn into a quasi sedimentary rock hard salt layer at the bottom of the tank.
• once every 1-2 yrs allow you salt level inside your salt tank to fall to about only 20 percent capacity or less. Then, empty your little remaining salt onto a large heavy flat piece of corrugated carton outdoors somewhere safe (away from any landscaping) and allow it to dry thoroughly. You can reuse any pellets that are in this clean out’ by rinsing these with a garden hose if you wish. Or these can be up cycled as a salt lick fodder for wildlife, used for de-icing in Winter thick ice hazards or even used to kill the stumps of brush cuttings. Do not apply around anything green that you do not want to kill; the salt will continue to contaminate soils and kill gardening and landscaping for several seasons, following, so be careful in this up-cycle use to not kill anything you don’t want to die.
• while you are at the task of cleaning your salt tank out, take time to clean your softner stainer screens and inlet fittings, “0” rings, etc.
• so if you follow the above method, you can keep you salt tank filled between 50% & brim full without the worry of bridging in the shorter, 1-2 yr term.
The grace and the peace be with you all from the lord God our father and his son Jesus Christ thank you but how many of you know about the good news repent and believe in the gospel because the kingdom of heaven is at hand and crack your word the Bible and continue blessing you! Luke 6:20-28-35-36-37-38-39-40- 42-44-46-47-48-49 10:5-8-16-19-21-25-27-37
Wrong video...sorry
I dont think the water should be there, dude.