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Default water softener repeatedly forming salt bridge?

On Feb 25, 12:56 pm, KLE wrote:
On Feb 23, 5:31 pm, Rick Blaine wrote:

KLE wrote:
Any idea why the appliance is now forming these salt
bridges regularly, and what to do to get things working properly
again?


One of the purported benefits of salts pellets (as opposed to salt crystals) is
their resistance to bridging. Have you been using pellets?


Yes, Morton Pellets System Saver II.


Which proves that the marketing hype isn't true in real life....

In the real world, solar crystal salt is best because it causes the
fewest if any salt related problems for a softener, and it is always
the lowest price.

A bridge is usually caused by the salt getting wet above the water
level in the tank, and then drying out which sticks the pellets
together and they can't fall down into a void under them into the
water. Then there's no salt brine, just fresh water to regenerate with
which doesn't regenerate any resin/capacity.

So check for a spraying type water leak or sweating of the resin tank
allowing the salt to get wet.