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Routine Maintenance
Refilling With Salt
Remove the Salt Storage Tank Front Cover and check the salt storage level frequently. If the conditioner uses
all the salt before you refill it, you will get hard water. Until you have established a refilling routine, check the salt
every two or three weeks. ALWAYS refill if less than 1/3 full. Be sure the Brinewell Cover is on.
NOTE:
In humid areas, it is best to keep the salt storage level lower, and to refill more often.
RECOMMENDED SALT: Cube, pellet, coarse solar, etc., water conditioner salt is recommended. This type of salt
is from high purity evaporated crystals, sometimes formed, or compressed, into briquets. It has less than 1%
insoluble (will not dissolve in water) impurities.
SALT NOT RECOMMENDED: Rock salt, high in impurities, block, granulated, table, ice melting, ice cream
making salts, etc., are not recommended.
SALT WITH IRON REMOVING ADDITIVES: Some salts have an additive to help a water conditioner handle iron
in a water supply.
Breaking A Salt Bridge
Sometimes, a hard crust or salt bridge forms in the brine tank. It is usually caused by high humidity or the wrong
kind of salt. When the salt bridges, an empty space forms between the water and the salt. Then, salt will not
dissolve in the water to make brine. Without brine, the resin bed does not regenerate and you will have hard water.
If the storage tank is full of salt, it is hard to tell if you have a salt bridge. Salt is loose on top, but the bridge is under
it. Take a broom handle, or like tool, and push it straight down into the salt. If a hard object is felt, it’s most likely
a salt bridge. Carefully push into the bridge in several places to break it. DO NOT use any sharp or pointed
objects as you may puncture the tank.
Broom
Handle
Push Tool into Salt
Bridge to Break
Salt
Salt Bridge
Water Level
Pencil
Mark
2---5
cm
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