What are the Stages of Water Softener Recharge?

Hard water can be really irritating. It not only damages your home and appliances, but also your skin, hair and top of all, your pocket. But the problems can be counteracted with a quality water softener. It creates better quality and tastier water, extends life of the water-using appliances while also helps you and your home feel better.
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What are the common benefits of using soft water over hard water?

Water softeners in Essex are simply indispensable for the local residents. There are a number of benefits that households can get by using water softened by a water softener. Some of those benefits may include,
  • No yellow staining or hard deposits on showers and tubs
  • Easy and quick household cleaning
  • Very little to no spot on the glassware as well as dishes
  • Reduced utility bills
  • Improved efficiency of water heater
  • Whiter, softer and brighter fabric and clothes
  • Better lathering and usage of about 50% less soap
  • More life for water-using appliances
  • Soft and smooth skin and hair

What is recharge or regeneration?

Now it comes to whether or not a water softener needs any maintenance. Well, after a particular period of time, the resin beads of water softening system accumulate hard-to-remove mineral deposits and that should be cleaned. This cleaning process is known as recharge or regeneration. The process includes five stages namely – fill, brining, brine rinse, back wash and fast rinse.
  • Fill – Brine (the salt dissolved in water) is required to clean hard minerals from the resin beads. And to make brine during fill phase, water flows into salt storage area.
  • Brining – During this phase, brine travels from salt storage area to the resin tank. Brine works as the cleaning agent to eliminate hard minerals from resin beads. Then the hard minerals and the brine are being discharged into drain. The venturi and nozzle form suction for the movement of the brine while maintaining a slow pace to ensure the best resin cleaning with the least quantity of salt.
  • Brine rinse – After pre-determined quantity of brine is used, brine valve gets closed. Water now continues to flow in the same way as during the process of brining, but just without brine. This flushes brine and hard minerals from resin tank into drain.
  • Backwash – During this phase, water flows up through resin tank at a fast rate. And this ensures flushing out of accumulated dirt, iron and sediments from resin bead and drain.
  • Fast rinse – The process of backwash is immediately followed by a rapid flow of water through the resin tank. This fast rate of low flushes the brine from bottom of the water tank. The softening system gets back to its water softening service right after this fast rinse.
The entire process of regeneration takes almost two hours. It is recommended to use a good water softener preferably with salt saving technology that requires the system to recharge only when utmost required saving both water and salt.
Location: Essex, UK

Comments

  1. Collectever5 May 2021 at 13:32

    A water softener is a game changer! Hard water is so hard on your toilets and adding one at our lake cottage made it easier to clean (and our skin so much softer!) I never tried Morton salt but I’ll be looking for it!

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  2. Amrut Filtration8 April 2022 at 05:11

    Great post about water conditioner. Thanks for sharing with us. These blogs show your efforts to spend a lot of effort and time on your blog. Keep up the good work! Please connect for more posts like this with best water conditioner manufacturers.

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