SECTION 2

HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

2B.

SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION

￿BRINING: During brining, the brine is moved

FIG. 7 WATER FLOW THROUGH THE

from the salt storage area, into the resin tank. Inside

SOFTENER IN BACKWASH

the resin tank, brine cleans hardness minerals from

hard water

hard water

the resin beads and they are discharged out the

bypass OUT

IN

drain. How much brine is needed to clean the resin

 

 

depends on:

 

 

drain

 

 

 

--the amount of resin in the softener,

 

 

-- how fast the brine goes through the bed.

 

 

The nozzle and venturi (FIG. 6) make suction to

 

resin bed lifted

move brine from the salt tank into the resin tank.

 

and expanded

 

 

They keep the brine flow down to a very slow rate to

 

 

get the best resin cleaning with the least salt.

 

 

￿BRINE RINSE: After all of the brine is sucked out

 

 

of the salt tank, the brine valve closes. Water keeps

 

 

flowing through the resin tank the same way it did

 

 

during brining except the brine flow has stopped.

 

 

Hardness minerals and brine flush from the resin

￿FAST RINSE: Backwash is followed by a fast flow

tank to the drain. Brining and brine rinse together

vary in length of time they take, relative to the fill

of water down through the resin tank. The fast flow

cycle length.

 

packs the resin bed and gets it ready for return to

 

 

service (FIG. 8).

 

FIG. 6 WATER FLOW THROUGH THE

After fast rinse, the softener returns to service. Hard

SOFTENER IN BRINING AND

water goes into the resin tank where the resin bed

BRINE RINSE

again takes out the hardness minerals. Soft water

hard water

hard water

goes to the house soft water pipes.

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bypass OUT

IN

 

nozzle &

 

venturi

 

FIG. 8 WATER FLOW THROUGH THE

 

drain

 

 

SOFTENER IN FAST RINSE

 

 

soft water

hard water

 

 

OUT

IN

brine valve

 

 

drain

 

 

 

brine

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￿BACKWASH: During backwash, water flows UP

through the resin tank (FIG. 7) at a fast rate to flush

iron minerals, dirt and sediments from the bed and to

the drain. The bed lifts and expands for good

cleaning.

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