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SECTION 2 HowYourWATERSOFrE.ERWORKS
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2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE, AND REGENERATION
[] BRINING: During brining, the brine is moved
from the salt storage area, into the resin tank. Inside
the resin tank, brine cleans hardness minerals from
the resin beads and they are discharged out the
drain. How much brine is needed to clean the resin
depends on _..
... the amount of resin in the softener,
.... how fast the brine goes through the bed.
The nozzle and venturi (FIG. 9 ) makes the suction
to take brine from the salt tank and put it into the
resin tank. It keeps the brine flow down to a very slow
,ate to get the best resin cleaning with the least salt
[] BRINE RINSE: After all of the brine goes into
the resin tank, the brine valve closes Water keeps
flowing the same way it did during brining, except the
brine flow has stopped. Hardness minerals and brine
flush from the resin tank to the drain
the drain The bed lifts and expands for good cleam
ing
WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER IN BACKWASH
Hard Water
IN
Hard Water
BYPASS
d lifted
and expanded
WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER IN BRINING
AND BRINE RINSE
Hard Water
IN
Brine Valve _t__] 'l[ill
Brine
[] BACKWASH: During backwash, water flows UP
through the resin tank (FIG 10) at a fast rate to flush
iron minerals, dirt and sediments from the bed and to
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[] FAST RINSE: Backwash is followed by a fast
flow of water down through the resin tank. The fast
flow packs the resin bed and gets it ready for return to
service (FIG 11).
After fast rinse, the softener returns to service. Hard
water goes into the resin tank where the resin bed
again takes out the hardness minerals. Soft water
goes to the house soft water pipes.
WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER IN FAST RINSE
Hard Water
IN
Soft Water
; . Drain
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