Fleck 5600SXT Water Softener Valve Programming - aQuatell.com
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- Learn how to program the Fleck 5600 SXT water softener control valve. Learn how to maximize the salt efficiency of your softener. Visit www.aquatell.com/water-softeners to learn more or to buy parts for your system.
Whoever made this goofy system should be given a swift kick to the nuts.
Great step by step, just had this installed today, Plumber had no clue and I had no clue. Glad I found your video. .
I've used this video a few times now. Just a heads up to everyone.... double check if you have a turbine or a paddle wheel which is common if you got the system off Amazon. I selected T.07 when reaching the last setting "FM" and had issues with salt clogs because the gallons used was not accurate. I switched it to P.07 because I have a paddle wheel and problem solved.
Yes you right, I had the same problem. If anyone still not sure which is right setting for FM, then select T0.7 and open a tap and fill a 3 gallon bucket, and come back and check the meter. If meter is not right, change to P0.7
Thanks. Extended power outages have wreaked havoc on our settings. Went in nervous but you are clear and slow enough for this old guy to follow. Looks good now.
That was awesome. Got this unit installed and the plumber had no idea how to set it up. Just followed your instructions and adapted accordingly to the hardness and the size of the tank. Thank you!!
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Great video thanks! Just bought an aquatel fleck 5600 sxt softener and this was exactly what i wanted to help sort my softener out!
Aww man you have no idea how happy i am that i found this video. First time owning a home with well water as well as a softener. Someone bought the house as a flip and installed this sytem. Looks pretty but i had no idea how to set it up right until now. Thank god cause everything was all set wrong. Thank you so much
Perfect. Stepped through the setup easily and appreciated the explanation of each setting.. Great Job and Thank YOU!
You're welcome!
I just bought a house with this controller and knew nothing about the system. Thank you for the directions and all of the background information!!
Thank you so much. I've never had a water softener and I have this same device and had no clue how to use it. This is a great video 👍
Finally an easy to understand video. Thank you...
Thanks for clear instructions.
Thank you for this video. Very understandable. My softner is programned!
That's great. Thanks for the feedback!
Very informative tutorial video. I have the Manual and it is vague at best. Thank you.
Thank you for this! I just got a house with a softener system and knew nothing about it. I’ve asked around and it seems many don’t know. I didn’t know I was supposed to put salt in the tank so it’s been without salt for maybe 2-3 months...not really sure. I got salt in it now and guessed on pressing the back wash button. Now it’s doing a brine draw for an hour. I’ll have to check the programming once it’s done. Do you recommend doing anything else other than adding salt? Thanks
I love it when you DIY by having the laptop call out settings as you enter them. I feel like I should send you $100 for a service call.
Send the $100 bill to......
Just kidding. The internet's great, isn't it?
I'll take 50 bucks ;)
Reid Thornley that's a hoodanger
Thanks. exactly what I needed.
Super Helpful! Thanks so much!
Super helpful and precise! Thank you
This video rocks!
Thank you
Thank you sir for this information.
great help! makes it simple. now all I have to do is find out the true water hardness. saved a bill from the plumber.
Glad to help! Please let me know if you ever have any other questions about your softener.
Awesome video! Thank you!!
Very helpful and detailed video. Thank you so much. Do you know why does the water tank accumulate water? I have not been adding salt in time to mine.
Can’t thank you enough for this video? My softener was sitting in basement for over a year I guess when I purchased the house, there was no salt in it but it was water at the bottom of the reservoir, I added salt and regenerated manually, can I use iron out to clean my system? Thanks
I really appreciate your video. I now know what to do to check if it is programmed correctly. My problem is I keep getting intermittent hard water. I suspect that the regeneration time is set during the day possibly. Which means that water is being used while it's regenerating and really messes things up. I am just wondering if I go through the reset process and double check that it is reset the way you showed on the video will that take care of my problem? I have the 6000
Thank you sir!
I have this on a Wayde King Whole House Filter system and my question, must the tank be filled with water and ready to go in order to program the Valve? Great Video even if I have a whole house filter system, not a regular water softener
Thank You
Thank you!
Super helpful. Thanks
Hi-Once I started to use the sprinklers, there seems to be a lot of iron in the water we use in the house. Should I update the settings on the Fleck system?
Great video! My question is on the display it goes between the time of day, and RC with ----- behind it.
What does the RC----- mean? And also if we have changed the number of people using water from 2 or3 to average of 6 to 10 do I need to change my RC to a higher number? Thanks for your help..
Perfect!
Great video very useful
@Aquatell Videos I've read the Aquatell website and watched this video. Not sure I fully understand maximizing salt efficiency. Hoping you can help. I have a 45K water softener w/Fleck 5600SXT controller. Our water usage has dropped and now ranges between 220 - 250 gal/day @ 15 grains hardness. Should I lower the controller capacity setting to maximize salt efficiency or leave it at 45K? What settings should I use for BW, BD, RR, BF? Really appreciate your assistance!
Thank You, It has been extremely helpful. Always forget the first step
helpful! thank you!
Thank you so much
You're welcome!
How much salt you pour into the tank? And how often?
Thank you so much for this video. I know it was posted many years ago but the layout of this unit hasn't changed much so I was able to use your tutorial to fix a setting that the installer didn't do correctly. Under the "Regeneration Setting", my setting wasn't SF it was rc and the rc was zero. Do you know what rc is and how that compares to SF?
rc is reserve capacity. You have to set the amount of gallon or litres of calculated reserve capacity. It is easier to use a safety factor(SF)
Hello - I think my softener isn't working as the water does not feel soft. Is there a way to tell? I recently loaded salt into it. I assumed it would regenerate but it's been 3 days and there is no change in the water. Is it normal for the faucet to be flashing? Thanks for any help.
Are these settings the same for a air injection iron eater with fleck 5600?
Hi, just bought house with water softener (very new to me). I believe it goes through cycle every 14 days. I was wondering what the gallons remaining refers to and where all that water ends up? How much water does a water softener use and how it will affect my water utility bill? I'm contemplating either turning it off or using the bypass valve
Much appreciated
Have similar system and it's running non stop went off at 12am its now 8am still running
Hello Guys, by any chance do you have a tutorial video on how to program a Fleck 9000sxt for dual tanks. I am not sure how many cubic feet should I input in the master program, if each tank has a 2.5cf capacity. Total 5 cu ft
Thanks for the video! One question. I've followed your instructions exactly. But after 7 days and does not regenerate the tank flashes 1440 constantly. Any suggestions? should I put it per day instead of per gallons? Thanks in advance. 👍
Hi, if the control head gets unplugged at any point do you lose all these programmed settings?
Thanks for the video. Very helpful. One silly question: after changing the hardness setting, does it take effect immediately, or do we have to wait for next regeneration cycle?
It will take effect immediately.
Good video
Just purchased a house with this system and can’t find anyone who knows about it. Thanks for the video. Every time my system regenerates(every 7 days) my pressure switch on the pressure tank flips and cuts the water off. I have to reset the switch every 7 days. Any suggestions on how to resolve this?
Really useful, thanks. The "manual" the technician gave us contains none of this information!
Even with the acid neutralizer and water softener i still have acidic water in the house (5.6PH). I did mix some magnesium in. is there any other programming adjustment to improve the PH or do i only control it by adding more magnesium? Do you recommend backwash every 6 days for 10 minutes?
Yes, it sounds like you need to add more magnesium oxide to your filter to replenish it. It gets used up as it's treating acidic water.
Hi, thank you for the video.
I found out that since I use this filter, my water is much too soft.
It feels like I can't get any soap of my skin and my hair is way too fluffy, so what is the best way to get my water a bit harder again? Which setting?
Thank you in advance
Hi. A water softener is going to strive to make your water perfectly soft. There is no setting that will allow you to make it a little bit harder. This is a common misconception. Any setting changes you make to try and achieve this, will only affect when your water softener regenerates, not how hard or soft your water is. The only thing you can do to make your water a little less soft, is to allow some of your water to bypass the softener altogether. You can do this by cracking open the bypass a little. Not very high-tech, but it should work.
THX for your advice!
I'll give it a try.
You rock!
What's the number flashing on water softener? (not the time)
thanks for the video. my system
is always running. why?
Great video! Does this work on a Premier water system as well?
I'm not sure. If it uses the Fleck 5600SXT control valve then it probably would work perfectly.
What is the pH level of the water after attaching the water filter?
My unit ran out of salt and not sure for how long. Its loaded w salt now. Can i just run it thru regen? Thanks in advance
Is the service icon (the faucet) is that supposed to always be on the display? Its not flashing its just solid.
It should be solid. If it's blinking a regeneration is scheduled. IF that's the case, press reset again to cancel the regeneration.
@@chiefhalftown thanks, this cleared a long time question to me.
Gene B what if the faucet is solid and the time is flashing
I got the fleck 5600sxt but dont have the grain to pick hardness none of that . it has two tanks 1 has clack on it and the 2nd fleck 5600sxt . it was set up this way . the do i have 1 and instead of fd its at tc. The other clack has no timed days to regen other then time . any help would be appreciated how to set it up
My system went a long period unplugged. Outlet in my kid's room, didn't notice it was off. Now I used your video to reset but water valve doesn't open, until I press and hold the enter bottom.
Does the "C" capacity setting refer to the resin tank or the brine tank?
Resin
Great video. One question, in between the time it shows a number. For me it’s 2700 but for you I noticed it shows a different number. What does this number mean?
I thought I found the perfect how to program my water softner, but you went through all programs except how to set the amount of litres for the softner to regenerate, eg. it's set now at 3900 litres, I need to set it at 3500 litres, how do I reset this, thank you..
We live in the mountains and have power flickers from time to time. Is there a way to set these settings as default? Or do I have to go set it every time the power goes out?
There's no way to change the "default" settings, I'm afraid. If the controller resets due to power outage, you'll need to reprogram it.
So the Capacity setting in this video allows decimal....eg. 33.9. However when I go program my valve i only get a whole number with no decimal eg. 33
I have the EXACT same valve. How do i enter decimal?
is your valve using Gallons or Litres? I suspect you have it set to Litres which is why you're not getting the decimal
How can you check your water hardness. Can you get a test kit or something at home depot etc?
I have the same 2 tanks 9000..
but this only shows it with 1tank....should I just threw the other out the window because I don't have a clue as to what to do
You check on your municipality’s water website and it’ll tell you.
I have this Fleck 5600 sxt about 4 years now I just find down my water bill is going up a lots. I just know know because it back wash every night around 60 gal water. Why it has been back wash that much? I set up the same way as you do and I use city water. Can you please help me reset to back wash one a week or ...
Great video, thank you. I am curious however, why do I not see “Current Day (CD)” in my user programming options?
Current day sounds like it would be associated with a softener that's set up for Time Clock operation. If you have the system set up to be metered, there wouldn't be a need for the system to know the current day.
@@reidthornley thank you Reid. This makes sense now, given my current settings. I wonder then, how does the system know when the day override (say day 14) has arrived/elapsed? Appreciate your help!
Ok so, I have the fleck 5600 sxt 4800 grain capacity that I just had installed about 3 weeks ago. It has only gone through one regeneration period as the installer set it to 14 days, which I will be changing to 7 now that I have watched your video. My question is: My water is tasting salty and feels very slimy to say the least. My Hardness is set to 20 and my BF is set to 20 by the company that installed it. Also there is 9 inches of water above the salt in my brine tank which seems a bit excessive? I do not remember what my Hardness tested at but I know it wasn't really high. I am on well water with of course Iron in it. I was thinking that If I lowered my Hardness to say 15 and/or lowered my BF to 12 this might help. I would assume I would need to do a manual regeneration for the changes to take effect and see if there is any difference in taste and texture of the water. Would appreciate any help, Thank You.
Your hardness (H) value needs to be set to the actual hardness of your water - not more, not less. If the brine fill rate on your softener is 0.5 gallons per minute, which it is for about 99% of Fleck 5600SXTs, then your BF time should be set to 10, which will add 5 gallons of water to your tank. You also need to confirm that your capacity (C) value is set to 37. Once these changes are made it will take two regenerations to see the effect. Soft water feels "slippery". You likely won't make this go away by changing these settings. The softener is doing what it's supposed to do.
@@aquatell Thank You very much. I left my hardness alone at 20 as when he did the math after testing that is what it came out to, so I am assuming it is correct. I did change my BF to 10 yesterday but didn't realize the C needed to be lowered to 37 from 48 so I will do that today. Hopefully I have less salt taste in my coffee, that is my main issue since the unit has been installed. Thank you for your guidence, much appreciated.
What does it mean when hole screen flashes an ER is in upper left corner
Thanks
Hi Sr. I have a ? I have system that it says only Er 0. Any idea what can be? Thank you in advance for your help.
i have two black tanks one is taller than the other (if it matters) they both have the same programming unit like in this video. When it asks 1 or 2 tanks do i select 2 on both? i lost the booklet on the tanks one must be a softener and the other a ......?
Likely, one is a softener, and the other is some kind of backwashing filter. Could be a carbon filter, iron filter, sediment filters. For both systems you want to select "1" for the NT setting (NT = Number of Tanks).
I think if you have two seperate SXT on two separate tanks, then choose one tank
If you have one control valve on a single tank, choose 1. If one control valve is being used to backwash two tanks, choose 2.
My water is too slippery. how do i work out the softener level to set? I have a different valve but still trying to figure out how to adjust it if at all
If the water is too slippery you can reduce the salt setting and also the capacity setting to increase the hardness leakage. This will also have a benefit of reducing your salt usage. You will need to do some calculations and look at a capacity table to set it correctly depending on you size of softener. Low tech way is to turn the bypass valve slightly to allow some water to bypass the softener.
Anyway to determine the cubic feet size of the tank?
Yep. Check out this article: www.aquatell.ca/blogs/aquatell/what-size-softener-do-i-have-determining-the-size-of-your-existing-water-softener
@@aquatell Thanks for the response! Unfortunately, my tank has a cover around it, it's not just the bare tank that you can measure. Its circumference is fairly large, so hard to tell what the tank size is. There are no markings on the tank either. Thanks again!
Should it regenerate every day?
No only about 1 time a week
I have this controller on my Nuwave MD600 in the UK 🇬🇧. Thanks for the info. I can’t find any owners manual or service documents online. I’m going to guess the installation company wants to have me call them so they can charge me for a check up. 🙄
You're welcome! I'm curious - in the UK are you using your softener for the water for your whole home or just for your kitchen?
Aquatell Videos: The whole house (minus one kitchen drinking tap with activated charcoal filter). The water hardness is set to 24 (for liters config) by the professional licensed installer. I was glad to discover the settings seemed to be stored in NVRAM. I only changed the BW from 8 to 10 (My man ego had to “fix” something after all this 😁).
Aquatell Videos: I know more people with a kitchen only softener though.
Any idea why pressure of water is low since changing to these settings?
Have 42000 grain unit , two people using, what should I set the Capacity setting at?
What model is it and where was it purchased?
@@aquatell 5600SXT single tank rated 42000 grains, bought in Arizona.
I have this unit for about 4 years now and noticed my glasses have water spots so does the fridge where water hits the water collection tray. I checked my water hardness and its basically zero. So I can't tell if there is a problem or not?
Well, if the water hardness is testing at or close to zero, then the softener is doing its job. If your hardness is very high, there's a chance that the water spotting you're seeing is from the elevated sodium level in the water that is caused by the softener. My guess though, is that your water hardness isn't always zero - it just happened to be at zero when you tested it, and at other times there is some hardness getting through that is causing the water spots.
@@aquatell If I wanted to test water hardness both with and without the filter right now what is the best way? (obvously the softener is in line for the whole house, would I do the bypass (is that turn both knobs on the water inlets and let water run in the house for awhile then test? Also what is the best hardness testing kit you recommend?
should I check for when the water softener is near zero gallons left till regeneration and check water hardness? is it possible my unit resin is "full" and should be set to regenerate more frequently? its a 48k unit, It seems to be set for around 2500 gallons between regeneration cycles. I can't remember what I set hardness to 4 years ago. And I think I have it set to 344 gallons as a RC number, but I actually only go through 12k gallons every 3 months according to water bill.
I have ER 1 on a screen. Can,t get out of that. After fisical reset (wires out of the receptacle) I,ve got 10 min water comes through and same ER 1 pops up again. :-(
I am so confused! On the hardness setting. Our hardness is 2.5 grains per gallon. I understand that three is the maximum you want. Our iron is 0.15 ppm. I understand that 0.3 is the maximum healthy. These numbers are so different from your description. Am I misunderstanding something? Thanks.
Since our plumbers just installed and did NOT program our water softener it is now up to us to program it.
My question is, looking at my manual how do I know what meter flow type?
I have the Fleck 5800 SXT downflow/upflow control with a FantasTec body.
Will this tell me if I Google it?
There are a few things you'll need to know to properly program the control valve:
meter type (turbine or paddle wheel)
softener size (size of the resin bed in cubic feet)
do you have the upflow or downflow version of the control valve
the water hardness value for your home water
Do you have a make/model for the whole softener? Then I could help you figure this all out.
@@reidthornley M5800-30SXT-A
Water Hardness is 11 and changed from 20 to 13 today.
The cylinder tank below controller if need is
Color & Size: 0948 PG UI BLK 2.5"T
MFR 756102-031519-0081
Part# CH 30383-03010203-30
The salt reservoir brine tank is 32" high
I am assuming an upflow because only uses one tank.
Assuming a paddle wheel as it says in a broshure online and looking at it there is a dome with a grey cable/wire from controller going into it.
I am also assuming it's a 30,000 model?
Says on broshure its paddle wheel but in manual there are tonnes of options.
I wish the plumber would have filled out the "Job Specification Sheet" for the manual
@@AC-tn1cy That model number helps a lot Andrea - thanks. Send an email to me at support@aquatell.com and include a photo of the area behind the control valve. It doesn't have to be zoomed in. I'll be able to ID whether it's a paddle where or turbine meter, and then I can give you the exact programming parameters.
@@AC-tn1cyIf it has a dome shaped meter then it's a paddle wheel for sure. I forgot about he upflow/downflow part. That's the only missing bit of info now. You can probably get that info from the valve itself. There will be a sticker on the control valve somewhere that will contain that info. It will either be a round sticker that says "scan me" on it, or it will be a rectangular silver sticker that you can see on the back plate of the control valve by removing the cover. If it's the "scan me" style sticker, then I'll need a photo of it. If it's the rectangular silver sticker, it will say on that stick what kind of piston is used.
How do you regenerate after you put in iron out?
Press and hold the button on the left of the control panel (it's officially called the 'next cycle' button). Let go of it when you hear the motor start to turn. Then just let it go and it will complete a full regeneration.
Thanks Reid, do I need to do anything after I regenerate and what other times should I regenerate and how often? Thanks Rod
If you have an SXT model, it should be measuring your water use, and regenerating based on your consumption. You really shouldn't have to do anything to make it regenerate - should do it on its own.
Thanks
My system is not counting down to regenerate and the number remains the same. Any clue as to why?
Check your meter wire is connected then check that your meter is spinning freely
Curious. Is every water softener this convoluted to configure ? Or have I just been spoiled by Google and Apple’s automation.
Mine says "48,000 grain or 1.5 cubic feet of high capacity resin".... what setting/number should I use for "C" setting? 48 or 30? (You said 1.5 cubic is 30, but then it is 48000 grain capacity.... Very confusing)
Hi Eri. Where did you purchase the system? That will help me to understand how to tell you to program it. Thanks.
@@reidthornley Discount Water Softeners 48,000 Fleck 5600SXT Water Softener, Grains, Black www.amazon.com/dp/B07F9BR19R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_vNqaEbMTBEXSY
@@reidthornley here is the link to Amazon where I bought it from. The description in this page list the capacity.
@@EriMinag Have you contacted them to ask them how to program the system?
the flow indicator flashes on and off continuousy....is this normal?
Hi Gerard - are you talking about my video - how the flow icon is flashing on and off?
We can change the pH of the water?
Yes - you can change the pH of your water, but not with a water softener. Usually, people are looking to increase the pH of their water (make it "alkaline"). If that's the case, then you need to use what is often called an acid neutralizer. Are you looking to accomplish this for the water in your whole home, or just for a single dispensing point?
How do o know what cubic foot it is?
Something went wrong with my machine. The tub containing the salt has no what’re in it whatsoever but, the digital machine is working just fine. I am trying to following these directions but after setting the time and percentage remaining I am not getting the CAL-or GAL SHOWN. I AM INSTEAD GETTING NUMBERS AND LETTERS. I really wanted to get it fixed so I do not have to pay anybody to fix it.
Make sure it's not on bypass, if on bypass controller will work fine but no water will enter salt tank
@@suaibochosuta7595 How do you if it is on or off bypass?
Look at the bypass valve and make sure it's turned to service not bypass
HOW DO YOU RESET THE RESIN IN THIS SYSTEM
How long does it takes for water to fill the brine? There are no water in mine whatsoever
Well, that depends on how the valve is programmed. When you program it, one of the program parameters that you set is the Brine Fill (abbreviated to BF in the programming menu). The number you set for BF is the number of minutes that the softener will fill the brine tank. And in the vast majority of cases the softener will fill the brine tank at 0.5 gallons per minute. So if you set the BF to 8, the softener will add 4 gallons of water to the tank. Hope that helps!
Oh - one more thing. Once you've programmed the time for the BF, you'll need for force a regeneration of the softener before it will add the water to the tank.
Should be 6 to 10 min
Are you sure there's no water? Or is it just below the salt level so you can't see it? The length of time to fill the brine tank with the proper amount of water depends on many factors: softener size, desired salt dosage, presence or absence of iron, etc. More importantly though, different softeners fill the brine tank at a different rate. Some fill it at 0.5 gpm, and others, as an example, fill it at 0.125 gpm. So the brine fill times would be very different for these two systems, even if you wanted to add the same amount of water.
why set for SF and what does the % refer to?
SF stands for "safety factor" and the percentage is the percent of the total capacity of the softener that the controller keeps in reserve.
thank you
What is going when its regenerating?
That sounds like a simple question, but it can be explained in many levels of detail :) So here's the high-level description. The regeneration consists of a number of different stages. These stages happen one after the other generally in this pattern:
Backwash: the system pushes water at a high velocity through the resin bed in the opposite direction to which the system normally functions. This lifts and fluidizes the bed and allows trapped sediment to be washed free.
Brine Draw / Slow Rinse: the salt brine solution is slowly drawn from the brine tank into the softening tank and pushed slowly through the bed. This electro-chemically pushes the trapped calcium and magnesium compounds off the resin and replenishes these sites with sodium. In short, this is the stage where the resin is 'recharged'
Rapid Rinse: the softener pushes water at a high velocity through the resin bed in the same direction as when the softener is in normal softening mode. This rinses the salt from the resin, and packs the resin bed
Brine Fill: the softener adds water back to the brine tank to prepare the salt brine for the next regeneration cycle
That sounds like a simple question, but it can be explained in many levels of detail :) So here's the high-level description. The regeneration consists of a number of different stages. These stages happen one after the other generally in this pattern:
Backwash: the system pushes water at a high velocity through the resin bed in the opposite direction to which the system normally functions. This lifts and fluidizes the bed and allows trapped sediment to be washed free.
Brine Draw / Slow Rinse: the salt brine solution is slowly drawn from the brine tank into the softening tank and pushed slowly through the bed. This electro-chemically pushes the trapped calcium and magnesium compounds off the resin and replenishes these sites with sodium. In short, this is the stage where the resin is 'recharged'
Rapid Rinse: the softener pushes water at a high velocity through the resin bed in the same direction as when the softener is in normal softening mode. This rinses the salt from the resin, and packs the resin bed
Brine Fill: the softener adds water back to the brine tank to prepare the salt brine for the next regeneration cycle
I had only four categories. Anyone know what RC might stand for??
Reserve capacity gallons= 120
@@bethfrystak8506 thx
please help me to programming Premier 40,000 gain high capacity water softener
If you can tell me what control valve this system uses, I can help you program it. Did you get this at Costco?