General Water Softener Maintenance - NorthStar NSC 11 ED Installation, Operation, Maintenance & Repair Parts

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GENERAL WATER SOFTENER MAINTENANCE

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Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each
and every regeneration. The water for making brine
is metered into the salt storage area by the softener
valve and timer. However, you must keep the tank
full of salt. In humid areas, it is best to fill with less
salt, more often.
NOTE: In humid areas, it is best to fill with less salt,
more often.
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Sometimes, a hard crust or salt bridge forms in the
salt storage area. It is usually caused by high humid-
ity or the wrong kind of salt. When the salt bridges,
an empty space forms between the water and salt.
Then salt will not dissolve in the water to make brine.
If the brine 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. The following is the best way to check for
a salt bridge.
Salt should be loose all the way to the bottom of the
tank. Take a broom handle, or like tool, and careful-
ly push it down into the salt, working it up and down.
If the tool strikes a hard object (be sure it's not the
bottom or sides of the tank), it's most likely a salt
bridge. Carefully break the bridge with the tool. DO
NOT pound on the walls of the tank.
If the wrong kind of salt made the bridge, take it out.
Then fill the tank with nugget or pellet salt only.
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Your water softener takes hardness minerals (cal-
cium and magnesium) out of the water. Also, it can
control some (see specifications, page 4) "clear wa-
ter" iron. With clear water iron, water from a faucet
is clear when first put into a glass. After 15 to 30 min-
utes, the water begins to cloud or turn rust colored.
A water softener WILL NOT remove any iron that
makes the water cloudy or rusty as it comes from the
faucet (called red water iron). To take red water iron
out of water, or over the maximum of clear water
AUTOMATIC WATER CONDITIONER
Use clean water softener salts only, at least 99.5%
pure. NUGGET, PELLET or coarse SOLAR salts
are recommended. Do not use rock, block, granu-
lated, and ice cream making salts. They contain dirt
and sediments, or mush and cake, and will create
maintenance problems.
NOTE: WATER SOFTENING SALT WITH IRON
REMOVING ADDITIVES: Some salts have an ad-
ditive to help the softener handle iron in the water
supply. Although this additive may help to keep the
softener resin clean, it may also release corrosive
fumes that weaken and shorten the life of some
softener parts.
Broom Handle
iron, an iron filter or other equipment is needed. Your
local dealer has trained people to help you with iron
water problems.
If your water supply has clear water iron, periodic
resin bed cleaning is needed. Clean the bed at least
every six months, or more often if iron appears in the
soft water between treatments. Follow directions on
the resin bed cleaner container.
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push tool into salt
bridge to break
2,5 - 5 cm
Pencil
Mark
Salt
Salt Bridge
Water Level