yup, but it will take longer. thats why i suggested emptying the salt for the first couple of purges. i would at least wait until the salt was very low..
you can also buy salt that has a cleaner in it, but i refuse to pay the extra cost. then don't forget to add the cleaner at a minimum of quarterly, and if your mineral content is real high, i would probably add it every 60 days for a year then adjust as needed.
i have noticed a slight odor in the water with the cleaner added so i stuck on a simple in-line filter to the water tube on the fridge water/ice maker.
the filters are about $6 and usually last a year.
---In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, <doit_yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
On Sep 24, 2013, at 10:43 AM, <wolfdarrell@...> wrote:changing the beads is a royal pain and probably not worth the effort.
buy some "resin bed cleaner", empty most of the salt out, add the cleaner to the salt tank and run a regeneration cycle. if you're sure there's no ion exchange taking place maybe do it twice. cleaner isn't that expensive.
then at least every quarter add some cleaner to the salt tank.
this cures a lot of the problems
---In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, <doit_yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Hi Group,
I live in Santa Cruz, CA where our well water is extremely hard. I measured 70 grains of hardness with a test kit a few days ago. My water softener is about 10 years old and while the timer and back flush system work well, it is pretty clear there is no ion exchanging taking place from the salt tank. Before I buy a new softener, I was wondering if anyone had ever changed the resin beads? I read you can vacuum out the old beads and put in new ones.
-Lee Griffith
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