06-29-2019, 09:53 PM
i do what mike does. i run off of the tank.
the way you calculate how often you regenerate is you find the grains of hardness of your water. in my case between 15 and 20. i use test strips to test. then you take the capacity of the unit you have. in this case 12000 grains and divide it by your hardness in grains....(not ppm). 12000/17.5 is 685 gallons before you have to regenerate.
so i get about 4 tank fills in the coach before regeneration. it uses a 4lb box of table salt we get at sams club for about a buck.
i looked at the on the go softener and it was over a hundred bucks more. so i went the cheaper route.
i do flush it by just hooking up to the water source for a few seconds each time before i hook it up to the coach. when i am done i put it back in the bay.
tom
the way you calculate how often you regenerate is you find the grains of hardness of your water. in my case between 15 and 20. i use test strips to test. then you take the capacity of the unit you have. in this case 12000 grains and divide it by your hardness in grains....(not ppm). 12000/17.5 is 685 gallons before you have to regenerate.
so i get about 4 tank fills in the coach before regeneration. it uses a 4lb box of table salt we get at sams club for about a buck.
i looked at the on the go softener and it was over a hundred bucks more. so i went the cheaper route.
i do flush it by just hooking up to the water source for a few seconds each time before i hook it up to the coach. when i am done i put it back in the bay.
tom
2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608 Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH