Hi, I'm new to the board and hope this is the correct place to post a new thread about water softener sizing.
I'm hoping Gary Slusser is available to add his expertise.
The system needed would be for a family of 3 adults + one adult away at school.
There are 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and 2 half baths. The master bath includes a shower with rain type head, no body sprays, and a 50 gallon spa tub which draws 3.5 gpm (did the 5 gal. bucket test 3x) the tub and shower are not used at the same time.
The professional water test had these results :
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well Water :
Coliform : absent
Chlorine : absent
Hardness : 111 mg/L (6.49 gpg)
Manganese : ND
Iron : 0.01 mg/L
PH : 6.7 SU
Turbidity : 0.2 NTU[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Avg daily water useage per adult has been 70 gpm.
The gpm at the pressure tank ranges between 11.5 to 14 depending on pump activity.
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I've done quite a bit of research on sizing a system and am still at a loss as to how to best determine the Service Flow Rate of standard resin in respect to the different Service Flow Rates (maximum, constant, peak, etc.) at the site, in order to calculate how much resin would be required to be most efficient.
I've spoken to four local dealers and their opinions all differed extremely, from a 1.0 cu. ft. system to a 2.5, even though I gave them all the same operating parameters. [/FONT]
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I would appreciate any insight on choosing the correct size unit and any suggestions on other sites to post this question.
Thank you, Fritz[/FONT]
I'm hoping Gary Slusser is available to add his expertise.
The system needed would be for a family of 3 adults + one adult away at school.
There are 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and 2 half baths. The master bath includes a shower with rain type head, no body sprays, and a 50 gallon spa tub which draws 3.5 gpm (did the 5 gal. bucket test 3x) the tub and shower are not used at the same time.
The professional water test had these results :
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well Water :
Coliform : absent
Chlorine : absent
Hardness : 111 mg/L (6.49 gpg)
Manganese : ND
Iron : 0.01 mg/L
PH : 6.7 SU
Turbidity : 0.2 NTU[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Avg daily water useage per adult has been 70 gpm.
The gpm at the pressure tank ranges between 11.5 to 14 depending on pump activity.
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I've done quite a bit of research on sizing a system and am still at a loss as to how to best determine the Service Flow Rate of standard resin in respect to the different Service Flow Rates (maximum, constant, peak, etc.) at the site, in order to calculate how much resin would be required to be most efficient.
I've spoken to four local dealers and their opinions all differed extremely, from a 1.0 cu. ft. system to a 2.5, even though I gave them all the same operating parameters. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
I would appreciate any insight on choosing the correct size unit and any suggestions on other sites to post this question.
Thank you, Fritz[/FONT]