Fleck Meter issue?

[Rudy]

Does anyone have any experience with Fleck meters? I have a twin tank Fleck 2900 setup with single brine tank and a "Fleck Meter" which counts the gallonage. At a predetermined point, the softeners switch. The used softener regenerates, and the one that was previously "on standby", enters service.

The Fleck meter, is no longer counting gallons correctly.

What little information I've been able to obtain, leads me to think that the Meter Cap (which holds a bunch of planetary gears) needs to be replaced. The flexible cable appears to be OK, and the mechanical gears attached to the limit switches also appear to rotate OK.

The present "meter cap" is bronze....and costs about $200.

I see some setups have plastic meter caps for less money. Would this be up to code for a commercial car wash?

Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[Greg Pack]

I did have a similar problem a few years ago and a new meter cap fixed it.

 

[MEP001]

Yes, you can use the plastic meter. You need to order thecotrect one, the standard range is a dome, the extended range has a cylinder on top where you plug in the cable. You should also replace the impeller.

 

[Rudy]

FWIW, the dome was replaced with another brass one.

Unit is counting perfectly.

It makes me wonder how long it had been undercounting...???

 

[mjwalsh]

Rudy & others,

I have a similar twin tank - one brine barrel setup as yours. I have a sneaking suspicion that we have been from the first day we installed the system that it has been using way too much salt which is terribly wasteful. I still have not seen a straight forward way of correcting- solving that specific problem.

 

[MEP001]

I still have not seen a straight forward way of correcting- solving that specific problem.

It's simple math. Read the manual.

 

[cantbreak80]

It's simple math. Read the manual.

Here’s the math:
1 gallon of water will absorb 3 pounds of salt
8 pounds of salt will efficiently regenerate 1 cu ft of new softener resin to approximately 80% capacity
(Regenerating to 100% capacity will require ~24 pounds of salt per cu ft…not efficient!)

So…a 4 cu ft resin bed will efficiently consume 32 pounds of salt.
32 pounds/3 = 10.66 gallons of water
At 1/2 GPM flow rate 10.66 gallons will require 21.3 minutes of Brine Refill time.

The brine draw cycle should empty the brine tank in 15-20 minutes…the remaining 40-45 minutes of BD cycle time is simply “slow rinsing” the resin bed.

Here's an in-depth heavy read: Achieving Brine Efficiency (watertreatmentguide.com)

You're welcome.

 

[mjwalsh]

Here’s the math:
1 gallon of water will absorb 3 pounds of salt
8 pounds of salt will efficiently regenerate 1 cu ft of new softener resin to approximately 80% capacity
(Regenerating to 100% capacity will require ~24 pounds of salt per cu ft…not efficient!)

So…a 4 cu ft resin bed will efficiently consume 32 pounds of salt.
32 pounds/3 = 10.66 gallons of water
At 1/2 GPM flow rate 10.66 gallons will require 21.3 minutes of Brine Refill time.

The brine draw cycle should empty the brine tank in 15-20 minutes…the remaining 40-45 minutes of BD cycle time is simply “slow rinsing” the resin bed.

Here's an in-depth heavy read: Achieving Brine Efficiency (watertreatmentguide.com)

You're welcome.

Thanks Cantbreak80, It is what I was looking for! Hopefully, we will resolve this "sort of kind of in house" ... not without honest effort ... but that is to be expected!

Despite my AAAAs in English Classes ... I am just a dirty filthy bad bad bad grammer dawg ... I don't know why this hi flutin CAR WASH forum puts up with me sometimes!