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TheBlueprintof Water
Operating case

Set the exchange bed

Hardness, demand, resin, and salt establish one full run.

15.0gpg

Grains per gallon times gallons per day is the load the bed absorbs.

gal/day

ft³

10.0lb/ft³

More salt buys capacity at falling efficiency.

Valve stageServiceDownflow through resin
Full run capacity250,000 grainsResin bank after regeneration
Daily hardness load120,000 grainsCapacity spent each day
Capacity and regenerationService
Valve sequenceHard water moves down through the sodium resin.
Softener capacity and salt, liveTHE BLUEPRINT OF WATER · SOFTENER CAPACITY AND SALTEXCHANGE VESSELRESIN BEDREGENERATIONSERVICEBRINE TANK07dDAYS BETWEEN REGENSSALT EFFICIENCY2,500 grains/lb
Diagram controlsInspect a live quantity
Live relationship

Current equation

Supporting readoutsSeven measurementsOpen
Gallons per cycle16,667gal
Annual salt17,520lb
Salt efficiency2,500grains/lb
Operating curveAnnual salt versus dose10.0 lb/ft³ selected

Annual salt vs dose

Drag the plot to set the dose. Longer runs cost salt at falling efficiency.

011,82623,65268101215SALT DOSE LB/FT³ANNUAL SALT LB/YR3,333 gr/lb2,000 gr/lb10.0 lb/ft³, 17,520 lb/yr