#MACCLEAN WATER SOFTENER NS1001 INSTALL#
#MACCLEAN WATER SOFTENER NS1001 MANUAL#

However, there are a couple of things to keep in mind: 1) Every once in a while you should water your plants with distilled water, 2) Your softener regeneration settings would need to be adjusted. If you use potassium chloride to regenerate your softener, you can water your plants with that water.

The sodium will eventually kill your plants. You do not want to water houseplants with sodium-softened water. It would also cost thousands of dollars and would be aggressive for your piping.

#MACCLEAN WATER SOFTENER NS1001 INSTALL#

This is one of the reasons it is inadvisable to install an RO for the whole house. Some water washes across the membrane surface to keep it clean, which is why for every gallon of clean water you produce, approximately 3 - 5 gallons are sent down the drain. A typical RO will remove 95 to 99% of whatever is in your water, virtually eliminating any taste. The larger the contaminant, the more of it that is rejected. Water goes through and most of what is in the water can't. Says that the old systems didn't flush as well so there was salt, but these new systems flush so thoroughly that no salt is left.Īn RO forces water through a thin membrane. Says that after regeneration, the first cup of water could have the equivalent of 3 potato chips worth of salt total. This is flushed with massive amounts of water so there is no salt water left in the filter system. This is how he describes the system: Water passes through resin cleaning thingy (my word, not his:-)), then every 6 days the brine cleans the filters. Setting instructions may vary by water softener model.

#MACCLEAN WATER SOFTENER NS1001 MANUAL#

The plumber has checked the installation and assures me that no salt actually gets into the system and that this is basically in my head. Press and hold the Regen button for three seconds to initiate an immediate manual regeneration. To remove the bistributor tube (you called it a product tube), use a garden hose to shoot water down the center. Bear hug the tank and move to where you can lay the tank down, elevate the button and use a garden hose to flush out the old media. Not ocean water salty, but just not good. If no shop vac is available, drain as much water as you can.

It is doing a great job softening, but to me, the water tastes salty. Just had a MacCLEAN NS1001 water softener installed. Press the 'Clock Set' button on the water softener control panel a digital clock appears on the display screen and the hours digits begin to flash. If you can post a pic or point to a link on the net so we can identify it maybe we can help.Before I get blasted, I have read all of the threads on water softeners-can't find the answer to these questions. It might be an industry standard softener using a Fleck or Autotrol control valve with a brand name stuck on it. Heavy duty polyethylene brine producer, with large capacity, reduces frequency of salt refill. Can be programmed to recharge during low demand. Your brand is not a common softener and it's name doesn't ring a bell. FEATURES: - Heavy duty fiberglass mineral tank, will never rust or corrode and operates at 150 psi.

Specifications Processor - 1 Processor CPU Motorola 68000 microprocessor 7.83 MHz 32-bit architecture. You'll need to check the salt level once a week or so. Service Source K Specications Macintosh SE. The less salt in the tank, the less likely it is for salt to 'bridge'. clean the brine tank, and repalace the salt using only enough salt to cover the water in the brine tank. If you have a salt 'bridge' (big solid clump of salt) hot tap water disssolves it nicely. You could also have a salt 'bridge' at the bottom of the brine tank at the brine pickup preventing the brine from being drawn during regeneration. It may have lost the correct brine setting or someone may have fiddled with that or another setting. That can cause little or no brine draw.Īnother possibility is that the control valve has a problem and is putting more water back in the brine tank than it should. When it's done regenerating it replaces the (brine) water it used (but really didn't) in the brine tank.Ĭheck the brine pickup in the tank, the connection to the brine tubing, the tubing itself, the tubing's connection at the control valve, and (on some control valves) inside the connector where the tubing connects to the control valve there may be a screen and venturi (nozzle) that can become clogged or be sucking air. 1) MINIMUM water pressure required at the filter tank inlet is 20 psi. When you end up with more water in the brine tank then you should after regeneration it could be that the control valve is not completely drawing all the brine in the tank (or none at all) for regeneration.

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