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Posted by KLE on February 23, 2008, 5:00 pm
The first year or so we lived in this house, the water softener worked
fine and used about 1 bag of salt per month. This past summer, after
dishes not getting cleaned properly in the dishwasher I realized there
might be a problem with the water softener and that we hadn't needed
to add salt in a while. It had formed a salt bridge, which we attended
to with a broom handle according to instructions found from various
sources, and water quality and cleaning went back to normal. Since
then, salt bridges have been forming on a regular basis. It's a
Kenmore softener, and according to the writing on the cupboard door
next to it, was installed 7/02, so theoretically it's just over 5
years old. Any idea why the appliance is now forming these salt
bridges regularly, and what to do to get things working properly
again?
Thanks for helpful suggestions,
Karen
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Posted by Rick Blaine on February 23, 2008, 5:31 pm
>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?
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Posted by KLE on February 25, 2008, 1:56 pm
> >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.
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Posted by Gary Slusser on February 25, 2008, 3:39 pm
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> > >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.
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Posted by Rick Blaine on February 25, 2008, 8:03 pm
>> 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.
I've heard that high humidity is a factor in bridging, but don't know what else
you can do. I keep a steel rod nearby and use it periodically to break any
bridges...
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