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Originally posted by TomTomSF:
It depends completely and entirely on the hardness of the water it needs to process. You must have the hardness tested (measured in grains). We have very hard well water and our demand-type softener regenerates very frequently. We use more that one bag of salt per week, sometime 4-6 per month Each bag is 40 pounds, so that's 160 to 240 pounds per month. If we reduce that, and regenerate less often, the hardness increases and the water quality goes down. We tried it. You need a water quality specialist to do the measurements. Or buy the test kits yourself. This can add up quickly and if you don't know what you are doing, you waste a lot of time and money. You can find a wealth of information about water softening principles on the web.


Our water is beyond belief hard. That's likely the culprit...

Thanks everyone!

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Bill in Dayton
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Bill in Dayton