Ampac USA WS1500 Water Softener

Fleck 5600 Econominder 48,000 Grain Water Softener. This system comes with 10"x54" resin tank, 1½ cubic feet of Hi-Cap cation resin, ¾" riser tube, Fleck 5600 control valve with 3/4" or 1" inlet/outlet Noryl yoke, 18"x33" brine tank with float assembly and safety overflow, brine tank to valve tubing. Floor space required is 28x16x56.

The Fleck 5600 Valve 48,000 grain Water Softener System.

• 48,000 grain (10"x54") mineral tank

• 1½ cubic feet of high capacity resin

• Stainless Steel Jacket

• Riser style ¾" distributor

• Fleck 5600 control valve

• Dimensions: 26x15x62

• 12.0 gallon-per-minute flow rate

• Weight: 140 pounds

• Optional Tank Jackets available

• Choice of brine tank sizes

• Standard 3/4" bypass included

Water softener
An ion exchanger is used to soften water and prevent limescale. Negatively charged resin is flooded with sodium ions from a brine tank. The sodium ions have a weak positive charge, so attach themselves to the resin. When hard water is run through the resin, the strongly positive calcium and magnesium ions are attracted to the resin, displacing the sodium ions, which replace them in the water.

The water supply to a house is pumped through a bed of small plastic resin beads, or a highly porous mineral called a zeolite. A zeolite's tiny pores provide a huge surface area on to which sodium ions (from salt) can stick. As the water flows past the sodium ions, they swap places with the calcium and magnesium ions, thereby softening the water.