What is a Water Softener and How Does it Work?

[@TechCowboy]

Finally someone who has answered ALL my questions without mumbo-jumbo.

[@MrTjthorso]

Right!? No B.S.

[@mannab2975]

Very nice presentation and tutorial!! The iron and manganese affecting the resin is great news!! 10 out of 10 for your video!!!

[@drummer4hire12]

Clear and concise......cannot ask for more. Thank you for the great video!

[@StellaPastLife]

honestly you're brilliant at explaining. thank you!

[@ImWatchingMyVideos]

You're a cool knowledgeable guy! 😎 Thank you for a very thorough and thoughtful explanation of all things about water softeners. ❤️

[@usethenoodle]

Great job explaining all of this in detail. Nice job.. Thank you for your time producing this video. I bought this place close to 2 years ago. It's on a well. I have rust stains. My water test shows moderate rust. Not knowing when the system was last serviced, and it was out of salt when we got here, I wanted to replace the resin. I contacted the system manufacturer, gave him my test numbers and he prescribed the required resin. I bought a 1 cuft bag. I dumped the tank's old resin, and it was like black mud. The replacement resin was amber as seen in your video. Does the resin turn black or was there something else going on here? Is there a black resin? I washed out the tank and put in the new resin. Since I have rust, I believe I should also be using a resin cleaning solution. I use Iron Fighter Salt as well. Is this sufficient or do I need to augment with the resin cleaner. I appreciate your help. This is my first softener. I do have a screen trap type flushable filter ahead of the unit.

[@hartfischer5509]

Great video, all the details I needed , to understand my water new softener :)

[@shelly1432]

Glad I found your videos about to have one installed in my home.

[@acardnal]

Excellent presentation.

[@mikefa5891]

i am in the process of installing a water softener system and i have 3 important questions that my plumber is not able to answer: 1) Should the water softener be installed before a water filtration system or should it be installed after the water filtration system? Or the sequence does not matter? 2) How much salt is in the water softener's backwash discharge? 3) Is the backwash discharge from the water softener system harmful to the environment where it needs to be disposed through the sewer line, or can the backwash/discharge water be used for gardening purpose?

[@johnh9748]

1) Always install the softener after the filtration system so the filtration system can help prevent the softener from clogging with particulates. This helps protect the softener from clogged screens etc. 2) This is typically programmable in the softener. It is related to how hard your water is. You shoudl get a water hardness test done. The results of the test should be entered into your softener's controller or otherwise used to determine how long a regeneration should take. 3) The backwash and regeneration water will contain minerals removed from the water over the service cycle as well as a high level of salt not consumed during the regeneration cycle.

[@vimallad1412]

Very good explanation sir,can you have details about declorination tank.

[@a.m347]

Thoroughly explanation 😍🤍💖

[@matthewworsley7490]

Whats separating the brine tank from the potable water line? Shouldnt there be an air gap on the feed line to the resin tank?

[@SuperSonny1952]

How long the resins last? How do we know when to replace it? Can we reuse the resins?

[@marieallen5304]

One of the best videos

[@musk-eteer9898]

is it safe for septic system

[@brian.josephson]

A nice clear explanation! But don't you mean 'without a water softener, appliances will inevitably fail sooner than their expected lifespan', rather than 'with a water softener ...' (here I'm going by the text version in your blog: unfortunately KZbin won't let me post the link).

[@amandabretch85]

What other things are in the cat ion family that can be removed? Do you have or can you provide a list of those things?

[@صالحالصالح-ث2ق]

Thanks I got the benefits from this video.

[@asaplinen683]

John, in my industrial 96" round water Softner, I'm loosing upwards of 50psi from fill to discharge, resin is 3 years old. Why such a pressure drop?

[@pennyl5600]

I’m having problems with the backwash brine clogging my plumbing drains. White and black looking sediment coming up my kitchen sink drain also. Any answers are helpful twice this year had to unclog drains because of the sediment.

[@highping1786]

I have well water that is very salty. Will that cause issues with a water softener system???

[@amandabretch85]

What happens if you can’t see the iron in the glass you said when you hold it up you can’t see it. It has to be in solution but it shows up in my tub or sink. Does that still mean that it’s grab by the resin? If I can see it in the tub but I can’t see it in a glass will the ion exchange still work to remove the iron?

[@alankeogh425]

Should the water be a few inches above the salt

[@-Mamalokka]

Appreciate you for sharing information. ❤

[@alibali525]

Hi...great video! Question...outlet that supplies power to water softener needs replacement; can't make repair for a couple weeks. Is it going to cause any problem not having power to water softener for 2 weeks? Thank you!

[@Videpedia]

By the way, what are the criteria that determine standard efficiency vs high efficiency softeners ?

[@kevinfadriquela7639]

Good teacher

[@romeomoore72]

Great video!

[@CoolDude-vc2fl]

Isn't calcium and magnesium good for your health?

[@PaleAleMan24]

Is there a pipe that goes through the bottom of the salt holder? I see a black hose that comes in at the top.

[@RichardJohnson-xj5pg]

How does the water softener drain? Is it by gravity or is there a motor that pumps the brine out?

[@1768ify]

The rinse water pushes it out.

[@darklabelleather]

Hi all, I have a new well and the water is slightly salted. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks

[@tommyusina5373]

My water softener is less than a year old and I noticed some resin on the ground with a back washed is this normal

[@Videpedia]

Do you know what criteria determine efficiency ? I heard both Fleck and Clack are standard efficiency, not high efficiency.

[@EcoperlaGlobal]

Great video :)

[@tomsoffice]

Push connects should never be used.

[@LadyEdisto]

My water is soft but it has iron and causes a yellow stain on my new shower stall... which water filter do I need to use??

[@Z-Ack]

A 10$ 10 Micron filter.....

[@Rotaris1]

@@Vijayganeshan786 Katalox........depends on water

[@arshdeep2003]

Hard water drinking softener solution which maintains minerals in it Any softener which doesn't remove all the minerals.

[@Neogentronyx]

I came here to find out what was going on with the plate of noodles. 🙃

[@totallyfrozen]

Business must be booming for your company since you see no need to answer any questions.

[@sonix5472]

Thanks for the video but I think you are missing a major issue with some water softeners; the resin has a lifetime and can break down and bleed into your water system clogging up all your faucets and showers, WCs and water applicances and that is a major headache and expense typically not covered by water softener companies from my experience. It would be useful to add this to the video and ways to avoid and remedy this.

[@flyingdutchman773]

the resin looks like caviar

[@Z-Ack]

Ok so first the water goes into a brine tank full of salt right? Salt is sodium perchloride table salt is just bleached and steralized with iodine.. but yea, so the water is now saturated with the brine solution. Then it goes through a tank full of plastic beads.. so the brine tank.. does it ever need to be refilled with more salt? Yes, it does, often.. the resin does not because it is acting as a filter media. so this ion exchange your talking about is a sales tactic which is true in a sense of saying if you take a pinch of salt then drop in a glass of water than you “exchanged ions” Between the sodium and h2o making it h2o+NaCl.. effectively doin this “ion exchange”. a liquid getting super saturated then filtering through a media that only allows the liquid to filter a certain percentage before allowing it to pass through.. once the media gets over saturated with the salt then the brain of the softener goes into flush mode which puts water directly into the resin media tank to flush it . Then valve resets and begins using the brine solution.. An ion exchange can only occur when an electron loses a positive ion and gets a negative ion in exchange which puts a positively charged ion into atmosphere which will bond with other negatively charged.. when a positive ion exchanges for a negative you get the negative ion which in the air purifiers its creating ozone and the negative ion attaches to the oxygen .. a lot more of science behind that but if you believe the softener is exchanging ions which make the water soft your kind of correct but mostlynot..'

[@LividCreature]

So what’s the best solution for hard water then? I have a big problem here with it.

[@aryankarki7900]

Scarry things.