If I leave the bypass valve to my softener in a slightly in a slightly open
position will this allow me to moderate the softness of the water? I have a
Fleck 5600 SXT 32000 metered cabinet unit which was recently installed.

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On Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:14:01 +0000, Steve Mavroudis
m wrote:

If I leave the bypass valve to my softener in a slightly in a slightly open
position will this allow me to moderate the softness of the water? I have a
Fleck 5600 SXT 32000 metered cabinet unit which was recently installed.

No. The bypass valve is for turning off the softener and for making
repairs. Unless I missed something

On Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:14:01 +0000, Steve Mavroudis m wrote:

If I leave the bypass valve to my softener in a slightly in a slightly open
position will this allow me to moderate the softness of the water? I have a
Fleck 5600 SXT 32000 metered cabinet unit which was recently installed.

No, that is not the purpose of that valve(s). Read the manual for the softener and, I'm just guessing, it will tell
you how to adjust the softness output from the softener. In other words... RTFB.

Steve Mavroudis m wrote in
oups.com:

If I leave the bypass valve to my softener in a slightly in a slightly open
position will this allow me to moderate the softness of the water? I have a
Fleck 5600 SXT 32000 metered cabinet unit which was recently installed.

Why would you think that's a better idea than adjusting the softness to the proper level?

RTFM.

Steve Mavroudis posted for all of us...



If I leave the bypass valve to my softener in a slightly in a slightly open
position will this allow me to moderate the softness of the water? I have a
Fleck 5600 SXT 32000 metered cabinet unit which was recently installed.

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for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...ft-901893-.htm

How can soft water be too soft? Please explain... There used to be a guy
named Gary Slusser who was the softener guru.

I suppose some kind of metering valve could be kludged in.

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Tekkie

On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:29:20 -0400, Tekkie® wrote:

I suppose some kind of metering valve could be kludged in.

Metering is done in the control unit power head of the softener.

Digital.

The bypass valve is a method/way to disconnect the unit from the home
water supply. So 'youse' guys can repair or replace the unit.

Give it some time. The OP will enjoy soft water.

On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:29:20 -0400, Tekkie® wrote:

Steve Mavroudis posted for all of us...



If I leave the bypass valve to my softener in a slightly in a slightly open
position will this allow me to moderate the softness of the water? I have a
Fleck 5600 SXT 32000 metered cabinet unit which was recently installed.

--
for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...ft-901893-.htm

How can soft water be too soft? Please explain... There used to be a guy
named Gary Slusser who was the softener guru.


My face cloth would get slimy from bar soap pretty quickly on my ship
when I was in the Navy. We used triple effect evaporators to make
fresh water. Had to rinse the cloth in salt water to get the slime
out.

On 9/1/2016 2:14 PM, Steve Mavroudis wrote:
If I leave the bypass valve to my softener in a slightly in a slightly open
position will this allow me to moderate the softness of the water? I
have a
Fleck 5600 SXT 32000 metered cabinet unit which was recently installed.


Just for the fun of it I'll pick a nit.

The water is not too soft. It is not hard enough. Water is either soft
on not. There are, however, degrees of hardness.

You can take hard water and remove some of the minerals that make it
hard. Once you remove enough to make it soft, you can't make it softer.

On 9/1/2016 4:43 PM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:29:20 -0400, Tekkie® wrote:

I suppose some kind of metering valve could be kludged in.

Metering is done in the control unit power head of the softener.

Digital.

The bypass valve is a method/way to disconnect the unit from the home
water supply. So 'youse' guys can repair or replace the unit.

Give it some time. The OP will enjoy soft water.

When I had a water softener I never did get where I enjoyed the
soft water. I disliked it from day one until it died.
Then I went back to the straight well water.

Bill

On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 08:10:33 -0500, Bill Gill
wrote:

Give it some time. The OP will enjoy soft water.

When I had a water softener I never did get where I enjoyed the
soft water. I disliked it from day one until it died.
Then I went back to the straight well water.

Bill

Our water is from Lake Mead in Nevada and the hardest in the country.

Neighbor did not have a softener and his appliances failed faster from
mineral buildup (calcium).

Lake Mead bathtub ring Pic:

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