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3A. SALT... REFILLING STORAGE TAN_BREAKING A SALT BRIDGE
WHEN TO REFILL WITH SALT: Check the salt level
a few weeks after you install the softener and every
week after that. Refill when the storage tank is about
1/3 full. Never let the softener use all the salt before
refilling. Without salt, you will soon have hard water.
NOTE:
You will have a loss in softening capacity and may get
partly hard water if less than 10 inches of salt is in
the storage tank_
PLEASE SEE PAGE 8 FOR SALT FILLING DIRECTIONS.
SALT BRIDGE
Sometimes, a hard crust or salt bridge forms in the
salt storage tank. It is usually caused by high humidi-
ty or the wrong kind of sail When the salt bridges,
an empty space forms between the water and salt..
Then salt will not dissolve (melt) 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. The following is the best way to
check for a salt bridge.
POUNDING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SALT TANK.
YOU MAY DAMAGE iT.
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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bridge to break
Pencil
Mark
Salt should be loose all the way to the bottom of the
tank. Hold a broom handle, or like tool, up to the
softener as shown in FIG. 12. Make a pencil mark,
on the handle, 1" or 2" below the top height of the rim.
Then, carefully push it straight down into the salt. If
a hard object is felt before the pencil mark gets to the
top of the tank, it's most likely a salt bridge. Carefully
push into the bridge in a few places to break it. DO
NOT TRY TO BREAK THE SALT BRIDGE BY
Broom Handle
salt
Bait Bridge
Nater Level
14
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