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I have a 'Smart' meter on my water supply. I have a softener for the
house supply that regenerates based on the amount of water used. The
only unsoftened outlets are the kitchen drinking water cold tap, and
the outdoor tap, both of which come from the same pipe.
Recently, in the last month, the softener's salt consumption has
gone up, considerably.
On 08/07/2025 11:02, Davey wrote:
I have a 'Smart' meter on my water supply. I have a softener for the
house supply that regenerates based on the amount of water used. The
only unsoftened outlets are the kitchen drinking water cold tap, and
the outdoor tap, both of which come from the same pipe.
Recently, in the last month, the softener's salt consumption has
gone up, considerably.
Late to the party, but check your loft tank. I had exactly the same
problem, and it turned out to be the loft tank fill valve was not 'completely' shutting off, and still dripping. In (what was) a busy household of 4, the loft tank never got anywhere near overflowing, so
I didn't notice.
I had got a bloke in from the Softner company, because I was sure it
was faulty. He went straight up into the loft, showed me the problem,
he fitted a new valve, and problem solved instantly (literally)
On 08/07/2025 11:02, Davey wrote:
I have a 'Smart' meter on my water supply. I have a softener for the
house supply that regenerates based on the amount of water used. The
only unsoftened outlets are the kitchen drinking water cold tap, and
the outdoor tap, both of which come from the same pipe.
Recently, in the last month, the softener's salt consumption has
gone up, considerably.
Late to the party, but check your loft tank. I had exactly the same
problem, and it turned out to be the loft tank fill valve was not 'completely' shutting off, and still dripping. In (what was) a busy household of 4, the loft tank never got anywhere near overflowing, so I didn't notice.
I had got a bloke in from the Softner company, because I was sure it was faulty. He went straight up into the loft, showed me the problem, he
fitted a new valve, and problem solved instantly (literally)
On 21/07/2025 10:52, Mark Carver wrote:
On 08/07/2025 11:02, Davey wrote:
I have a 'Smart' meter on my water supply. I have a softener for the
house supply that regenerates based on the amount of water used. The
only unsoftened outlets are the kitchen drinking water cold tap, and
the outdoor tap, both of which come from the same pipe.
Recently, in the last month, the softener's salt consumption has
gone up, considerably.
Late to the party, but check your loft tank. I had exactly the same
problem, and it turned out to be the loft tank fill valve was not
'completely' shutting off, and still dripping. In (what was) a busy
household of 4, the loft tank never got anywhere near overflowing, so
I didn't notice.
I had got a bloke in from the Softner company, because I was sure it
was faulty. He went straight up into the loft, showed me the problem,
he fitted a new valve, and problem solved instantly (literally)
If "the loft tank never got anywhere near overflowing" why was the drip increasing your consumption of water/salt?
If "the loft tank never got anywhere near overflowing" why was the drip
increasing your consumption of water/salt?
Because it only takes a tiny tiny flow through a softner, to cause it to >continuously consume salt. I hadn't noticed, nor looked for any extra
water consumption, because I never suspected that was the issue. In any
case with two teenage lads in the household, it wouldn't have been >noticeable
In article <105nm70$e0vi$1@dont-email.me>,
Mark Carver <mark@invalid.com> wrote:
If "the loft tank never got anywhere near overflowing" why was the drip
increasing your consumption of water/salt?
Because it only takes a tiny tiny flow through a softner, to cause it to
continuously consume salt. I hadn't noticed, nor looked for any extra
water consumption, because I never suspected that was the issue. In any
case with two teenage lads in the household, it wouldn't have been
noticeable
The thing that's mysterious is that if the tank never overflowed,
there wouldn't have been any more water passing through the softener
than usual. Presumably the explanation is that the softener uses more
salt for a slow flow even though there isn't more water passing
through it in total. In which case salt must be dissolving into your
water rather than merely replacing the calcium ions.