HOW MUCH WATER should be in my WATER SOFTENER BRINE TANK?

HOW MUCH WATER should be in my WATER SOFTENER BRINE TANK?. Practical tips from Gary the Water Guy at Water eStore. Need help figuring out the right fix for your water? Our team reviews well and city water issues and recommends what actually fits your home. Talk to our team: 🇺🇸 United States: https://waterestore.com/pages/water-estore-customer-intake-form 🇨🇦 Canada: https://waterestore.ca/pages/water-estore-customer-intake-form Shop filters, parts, and systems: 🇺🇸 United States: https://waterestore.com 🇨🇦 Canada: https://waterestore.ca Common problems we help with: hard water, iron staining, sulfur (rotten egg) smell, sediment, poor taste or odor, softener and reverse osmosis troubleshooting, and filter changes. Subscribe for practical water treatment tips from Gary the Water Guy: installs, maintenance, and troubleshooting for well and city water. #WaterTreatment #GaryTheWaterGuy #WaterSoftener #HardWater #WellWater More in this video: Water softener brine tanks take in water to make brine but how much water should be in there? Should you be adding or removing some of the water? Is the amount of water in the brine tank critical in any way? Maybe yours never has any water in there! It would be easier for you to understand this video if you know how a water softener works, in case you don’t, check out my YouTube video here https://youtu.be/udmE-hhh084 Basically, within the softener, salt and water is used to make brine. The brine is used to recharge or regenerate the media beads. The more water that is in the brine tank, the more salt it absorbs during each regeneration. So, the salt dosage required for regeneration determines the water level in the brine tank. Keep in mind: 1) Pre fill water softeners, like the kind sold at Big Box stores have almost no water in the cabinet when in service. So it’s normal to not see any water in there until the regeneration cycle begins. This video explains the difference between pre and post fill softeners https://youtu.be/GedMruLfXhY 2) Water Softener efficiency. High Efficiency water softeners, like AquaMaster and WaterBoss water softeners use very little salt per regeneration, so you will find very little water in the brine tank which is why the cabinet is so small. 3) Water Softener settings for the quantity of salt used per regeneration ultimately determines the water level. Hardness and capacity settings make sure your water is soft without wasting salt and water during the regeneration. Have your raw water tested for hardness, iron and manganese and put those settings into your water softener. From there your water softener will determine how much salt you need and then add the appropriate amount of water. For example, one gallon of water absorbs 3 lbs of salt. So if your water softener uses 9 lbs per regeneration the valve will pour 3 gallons of water in with the salt to make brine containing 9 lbs of salt. 4) If suddenly you have significantly more water in your brine tank than normal, your water softener is malfunctioning, and you better check out my Water Softener Troubleshooting video here https://youtu.be/Zikmilf_Tu0 Click here for your next video on water softeners and I’ll see you there! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmnBltD77jBXSLyXWZw3cSXj2VyAY9PMu Any questions or comments about this video or water softeners in general? Please enter them below, I read them all and would love to answer yours. LOVE GARY THE WATER GUY AND WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WATER FILTRATION FOR YOUR FAMILY? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SIGN UP TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH GARY! USA https://waterestore.com/pages/newsletter-signup Canada https://waterestore.ca/pages/newsletter-signup 2) LET’S CONNECT! https://www.facebook.com/WaterEstore/ https://twitter.com/WaterEstore https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-water-filter-estore/ https://www.instagram.com/Water_Estore/ https://www.instagram.com/WaterStoreMidland/ 3) CONTACT! info@WaterEstore.com or info@WaterStoreMidland.com 4) SHOP! Midland https://www.WaterStoreMidland.com Canada https://www.WaterEstore.ca USA https://www.WaterEstore.com Please share this video https://youtu.be/flBBqcNa_AI Please comment or ask questions below. #garythewaterguy #watersoftener #waterfiltration