If you turn the temperature down on the water heater while on vacation a bacteria can grow in it. This happened to my mother. She returned from vacation, turned the water heater back up and showered once the water was warm and contacted Legionnaires Disease causing a hospital stay. The bacteria and water droplets enter your lungs as you shower.
Hello do you change your filters your self If so where do you get your filters from. I keep up with the maintenance but it is so expensive going threw raincoat.
This was informative. I just had a water softener installed today. They put 3 bags of salt in but the water is 8" above the salt. Am I correct that I should add more salt so that there isn't so much water above it?
Pls help! Is 2 bags a month normal? Or is that too much? I also see water being black. On 4/9 I added 1 bag. Typically I add 2 but being that it was kinda full I only added 1. But on 5/11, I ended up adding 3 bags. Then on 6/2 I added 2 bags & on 6/18 today I had to add 2 more bags! The tank is always a little less than half or like today it was half ( water always 6 inches from salt). We did have irrigation repairs around April but I’ve noticed the tank has been decreasing faster. I know it could maybe be the water usage being that it’s summer but could there be a problem somewhere? Maybe a leak? Or am I putting too much salt? I live in Nevada by the way. The water here is very bad. Pls help!
So if you keep your brine tank low (not empty with salt) that will affect the ability for the water softener to regen is that correct? (example is I have maybe 2 inches of salt in the bottom and the water level is maybe 8 inches). That's too low? I have been having issues with white residue all over my home from shower heads, to snks, dishes, and the water dispener in the fridge.
Hello Sir I am from India ( Bharat ) I want to know just the manufacturing process of Salt Tablets please give me information. what are the components in that
The water in my brine well in my salt tank is dark. I asked my filter installer if this was ok and he said yes, however I’m suspicious of what I’m seeing. I’ve never paid attention to it before and my system is just under 5 years old. I have a chlorinator, carbon filter, and soft water system.
It should be cleaned out annually. When it gets close to when you want to clean it out don't keep adding salt just let what's remaining in the tank dissolve. Using a mop or car/RV extendable soft cleaning brush to wipe/clean out the tank. I use a shop vac that can vacuum up liquids/water to remove the water used in the cleaning. Fill the tank back up with new salt pellets.
OH crap. I filled mine all the way to the top months ago. Today I had only three bags left and filled it halfway. I had thought that was about right, but decided to look it up. I have to do this every month? So in another month, I should put only 2 bags in? Does it matter that the water is particularly hot (a husband thing: he likes near-boiling water): I was afraid I'd have to fill it more often. I was about to hire a handyman to do the whole thing because I have to drag that bag to the filter, lift it, then I stab the bag to let the pellets drop in. The first time, I gently unopened the bag and tried lifting it and that was a mistake, so I went Rambo on the bag and that worked fine. I'm 90lbs don't judge 😂
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 salt and will be way above the water line.. am I missing something? How often do I need to check the salt? I did not add enough the first time and after a few days all the salt was dissolved so did not see any salt and added some more but was always below the line, and when I checked again.. same thing, all the salt was dissolved
That's cool. My level is full but the machine still says it's low. How the hell do I fix that? I hate these things. They rarely work and always have issue.
I was told by our service tech that nobody uses potassium because it's become WAY too expensive. It was too expensive 10 years ago when I was using it. I switched to salt.
@@sanmann57 I had my system looked at,.. I also have an iron remover system and they were competing with each other. That said. The type of water softener I have it’s not supposed to have water sitting in it. So the roughly 2” at bottom is completely normal- atleast for my system, which is an “EcoWater” brand
I have a Rheem 32000 and it will always have 3 inches of water in the bottom and during regen it will rise up to the halfway mark then gradually drop to the 3 inch level. I check our water every few months and it's working great.
Ionic exchange of calcium (hardness) for sodium within a bed (tank) of resin coated beads. The brine (salt water) is used to clean (regenerate) the resin beads once they are depleted from use.
Tyler, I realize this Episode is 3 Yrs ago, but thanks for your time re: the water Softener salt recommendation. 🙏🏼🖖🏼
If you turn the temperature down on the water heater while on vacation a bacteria can grow in it. This happened to my mother. She returned from vacation, turned the water heater back up and showered once the water was warm and contacted Legionnaires Disease causing a hospital stay. The bacteria and water droplets enter your lungs as you shower.
Nice, I didn't watch your other video because it was 720p. This is glorious 4K.
Thank you very much , you educating me better than the company I got a water softener from👍
How do you remove salt to see if you have a bridge? And what do you do to the bridge if you have one?
Spray a small amount of water over the bridged salt and poke at it with something like a broom stick to break it up.
This was really useful! Do I have to shit off the valve every time I replenish the brine tank with salt?
Hello do you change your filters your self If so where do you get your filters from. I keep up with the maintenance but it is so expensive going threw raincoat.
This was informative. I just had a water softener installed today. They put 3 bags of salt in but the water is 8" above the salt. Am I correct that I should add more salt so that there isn't so much water above it?
Why do I not have the water softer going to the fridge or cold water to sink?
So should I regenerate after adding 2 bags of salt?
Pls help! Is 2 bags a month normal? Or is that too much? I also see water being black. On 4/9 I added 1 bag. Typically I add 2 but being that it was kinda full I only added 1. But on 5/11, I ended up adding 3 bags. Then on 6/2 I added 2 bags & on 6/18 today I had to add 2 more bags! The tank is always a little less than half or like today it was half ( water always 6 inches from salt). We did have irrigation repairs around April but I’ve noticed the tank has been decreasing faster. I know it could maybe be the water usage being that it’s summer but could there be a problem somewhere? Maybe a leak? Or am I putting too much salt? I live in Nevada by the way. The water here is very bad. Pls help!
Hi I’m 22 I just bought my first house, I don’t see any water but I see salt half way up
So if you keep your brine tank low (not empty with salt) that will affect the ability for the water softener to regen is that correct? (example is I have maybe 2 inches of salt in the bottom and the water level is maybe 8 inches). That's too low? I have been having issues with white residue all over my home from shower heads, to snks, dishes, and the water dispener in the fridge.
Hello Sir I am from India ( Bharat ) I want to know just the manufacturing process of Salt Tablets please give me information. what are the components in that
Why wouldn't you just turn the water off at the main instead of the softener?
Never do that. It’s a bad idea.
Pipes will go bad
@@DontActFaceFacts What pipes will go bad? In what amount of time?
The water in my brine well in my salt tank is dark. I asked my filter installer if this was ok and he said yes, however I’m suspicious of what I’m seeing. I’ve never paid attention to it before and my system is just under 5 years old. I have a chlorinator, carbon filter, and soft water system.
Mine is brand new I see the same thing. Part of the filtration process. As long as you maintain it properly, it will be fine.
It should be cleaned out annually. When it gets close to when you want to clean it out don't keep adding salt just let what's remaining in the tank dissolve. Using a mop or car/RV extendable soft cleaning brush to wipe/clean out the tank. I use a shop vac that can vacuum up liquids/water to remove the water used in the cleaning. Fill the tank back up with new salt pellets.
OH crap. I filled mine all the way to the top months ago. Today I had only three bags left and filled it halfway. I had thought that was about right, but decided to look it up. I have to do this every month? So in another month, I should put only 2 bags in? Does it matter that the water is particularly hot (a husband thing: he likes near-boiling water): I was afraid I'd have to fill it more often.
I was about to hire a handyman to do the whole thing because I have to drag that bag to the filter, lift it, then I stab the bag to let the pellets drop in. The first time, I gently unopened the bag and tried lifting it and that was a mistake, so I went Rambo on the bag and that worked fine. I'm 90lbs don't judge 😂
Your husband can't lift the bag?
Pay your husband to do it for you. Cheaper than a handyman or tech.
@@BungieStudios Husband forgets too much (HUGE plumbing bills so now I'm on it).
wait, you need water in your softener?
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 salt and will be way above the water line.. am I missing something? How often do I need to check the salt? I did not add enough the first time and after a few days all the salt was dissolved so did not see any salt and added some more but was always below the line, and when I checked again.. same thing, all the salt was dissolved
Should always use pellets over crystals
Pellets are far superior found this is out the hard way and through a lot of research’ 🙃
You did not explain how to regenerate de water system..
That's cool. My level is full but the machine still says it's low. How the hell do I fix that? I hate these things. They rarely work and always have issue.
Probably have to program the unit.
I was told by our service tech that nobody uses potassium because it's become WAY too expensive. It was too expensive 10 years ago when I was using it. I switched to salt.
Bags are now 9$
Ace Hardware has them for $7.99
Harbor freight $4.49 today 9/6/23
It's $12 a bag now. Just bought a bag yesterday.
got to lowes or home depot .buy 6 bags each costs about 7$ buy 6 (40lb )
Why don’t I ever have water in mine? The water is only about 2 inches deep at the bottom … 1 bag of salt is obviously way over that.
Mine is also only have about 2inches of water in mine, never seen my water ever that high, is something wrong
@@sanmann57 I had my system looked at,.. I also have an iron remover system and they were competing with each other. That said. The type of water softener I have it’s not supposed to have water sitting in it. So the roughly 2” at bottom is completely normal- atleast for my system, which is an “EcoWater” brand
I have a Rheem 32000 and it will always have 3 inches of water in the bottom and during regen it will rise up to the halfway mark then gradually drop to the 3 inch level. I check our water every few months and it's working great.
How does a water softner work
Ionic exchange of calcium (hardness) for sodium within a bed (tank) of resin coated beads. The brine (salt water) is used to clean (regenerate) the resin beads once they are depleted from use.
My salt is pink 😅🤔
Try almost $8 a bag
SHUT OFF the background music so we can hear you.
That's way too much water in the brine tank.
This guy clearly isn't an expert on water softener systems...
What would cause my water to taste EXTREMELY SALTY???
Yes
Using water while regeneration.
Maybe, Not having the rinsing set long enough.
Water softener salt is SODIUM chloride, not potassium chloride.
Most is sodium. But they make potassium for softeners too.