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My Culligan water softener uses 240 pounds of salt every 3 months. The
softener is about 10 years old. I set the softener to regenerate 2 times
a
week. I've also had the softener repaired to correct random regenerations
(valve mechanism was faulty and replaced). I am a single person and I
don't
think I use an unusually large amount of water.

Is this salt consumption normal or excessive?

Thanks much for any input and opinions.

Ken

My last softener had a demand setting. I was running it at 17 grains of
softness. Recommended was 20 but I did not like the feel of the water then.
I changed mine over to manual regeneration, a dip switch. I was
regenerating about 2x a month unless I did a lot of laundry. Also living
alone. I bought a bag of salt every 6 months or so