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Fleck 5600sxt Metered On-demand 48,000 Grain Water Softener with brine tank, bypass and 1" adapters Loaded tank

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Features

  • 10x54 black tank
  • complete softener system for your home
  • Digital metered control head for high efficiency
  • Comes with install kit and instructions, easy to install
  • Loaded tank

Manufacturer: ‎PENTAIR


Part Number: ‎WS48-56SXT


Item Weight: ‎0.01 ounces


Package Dimensions: ‎37 x 16 x 16 inches


Country of Origin: ‎USA


Item model number: ‎WS48-56SXT


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: ‎No


Size: ‎48,000 Grains


Color: ‎Black


Material: ‎Resin


Voltage: ‎24 Volts


Item Package Quantity: ‎1


Batteries Included?: ‎No


Batteries Required?: ‎No


Date First Available: December 15, 2010


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    • Don't realize how much you love soft water until you don't have it.
Review Image by Dean Buzzell Dean Buzzell
Review Image by Dean Buzzell Dean Buzzell
We've got some pretty hard water here in Jacksonville; even with City water, plumbing fixtures usually don't last long due to the soft limestone that permeates this area. When the low-end Whirlpool unit we purchased from a home warehouse store 10 years ago finally gave out, I looked everywhere to find a moderately priced, high capacity unit. Over and over, I read great reviews for Fleck, and reading the reviews here on Amazon really made up my mind. The seller - Abundant Flow - shipped the unit so quickly it arrived at my home several days ahead of the earliest estimated arrival date. The resin tank was well packaged. Likewise with the brine tank - the control unit was packed inside the brine tank and it was well cushioned and protected. The only issue I had was boxes/bags the resin beads were shipped in. They must have gotten some rough handling during shipping, because both bags were split along the bottom seam for about 3 inches. Not apparent while the bags were still in the shipping boxes, but as soon as I lifted them out there were (and still are!) resin beads everywhere. I didn't lose much (maybe 4-6 cups of resin beads total), and that really was my only issue during this installation. I discovered Shark Bite fittings, too. Wow, what a time saver! I couldn't believe fittings you simply push together would form a watertight seal, but they do. With the 'do-over' tool, you can remove the Shark Bite fitting if needed. I bought one (just in case!), but didn't need it. I also installed a Watts WH-LD Premier Whole House Filter System at the same time. Between the softener, the whole house filter, and a couple of trips back to the home warehouse store, it took me just about 2 hours. The pictures I attached show the finish product supply layout. Isn't the prettiest job by a long stretch, but it works, and doesn't leak a drop. As other reviewers have pointed out, installing the resin beads seems to be the single hardest task. The 'funnel' that comes with the unit doesn't really fit the neck of the tank all that well, and is very loose. You really should have a second set of hands to hold the funnel steady while you pour the resin in. The resin beads seem somewhat damp in the bags, and they can be pretty heavy. You DON'T want to have to split your concentration between pouring the beads in while keeping the funnel in place - you'll wind up with resin all over the floor if you're not careful. I didn't have anyone available to hold the funnel down, so I used duct tape to fasten the funnel to the tank while I poured, and that worked out pretty well. If you DO spill some resin, be certain to clean it up promptly and thoroughly - the beads are round, and could cause you to lose your footing and take a nasty fall. Doing the installation yourself is pretty easy if you have just a little experience with DIY plumbing. Do yourself a favor, though, and make adequate preparations before you begin - your home's water supply will be OFF while you're installing the unit, so you must minimize the time your household can't use the toilet. 1. Make sure everyone takes their shower and uses the can before you begin. 2. Put a few gallons of water in the bathtub for flushing toilets and have some drinking water set aside. 3. Be certain you have the right tools on hand before you get started. SILICONE LUBRICANT IS A MUST!!! It doesn't come with the unit, so you'll have to purchase that ahead of time. Don't substitute a petroleum based lube - that will eventually turn your O-rings to mush and possibly damage your unit. 4. PLAN YOUR LAYOUT, and have the needed supplies at the ready. The decision to also install the whole-house water filter was a last-minute decision; it caused my layout to change, and thus, the hardware I needed also changed (reading between the lines = 'Another trip to the store'). As you can see in the photos I attached, I used 3/4" braided stainless flexible hoses. Because I was originally connecting 3/4" CPVC pipes directly to the unit's bypass valve, I purchased two flex hoses where one end was a shark-bite connector, while the other end was a 3/4" female connector that connected to the bypass valve with two 3/4" brass nipples. Adding the whole-house filter, however, required adding in another braided flex fitting (both ends 3/4" female connectors and a third brass nipple. The drain tubing also doesn't come with the unit, so you'll need to purchase enough to run both the backwash and the brine tank overflow to the drain. Purchase the right size for the push-on connectors on the valve head and the brine tank, and lubricate the connectors with silicone lube before pushing them on. The backwash tube will have water under pressure, so it can be run at virtually any angle to get it to the drain. Be sure you fasten it down so the end of the hose doesn't work out of the drain. The brine tank is a gravity-feed hose, so it has to run down and flat to the drain area. Be sure it isn't obstructed or blocked - should an overflow condition occur you want to be sure the brine will flow to the drain, and not all over the floor where you have the unit installed. So, with just a little thought and planning, the time your home's water supply is shut off can be minimal - just a couple of hours. Oh, one other thing to consider - your water heater may be filled with hard water, and it'll take a bit of time to replenish the hard water already in the tank with soft water, so be patient - it'll take a couple of days under normal usage - more or less, depending on how many people live in your home that take baths/showers, or how often you run the dishwasher or do laundry. All-in-all, a great unit that was pretty easy to put together and install. The seller was fantastic, and provided some fairly easy to read guides that were pretty helpful (both via email and US mail). I very much like having those flexible braided hoses instead of rigid copper or CPVC - it gives me the ability to quickly disconnect should the need arise, and I can move the tank around a little for cleaning the floor around it. **UPDATED December 7, 2015** Wanted to check back in now that I've been using the unit for a couple of months. I neglected to speak to placement of the brine tank during my original review, and I should have. The natural inclination (at least mine was) is to put the resin tank front and center because it's smaller, and that makes it easier to monitor the control head. Really, however, it's the other way around - the brine tank should be placed to the front where it gives you easiest access to replace the salt. The brine tank is essentially a big garbage bin filled with salt pellets and water, so it's really heavy. So are the bags of salt you'll pour in, so make it a bit easier on your back and place the brine tank in a location with clear, open access so you aren't trying to reach into an uncomfortable position to pour the salt. I couldn't be more pleased with the unit's operation. Everything just works as expected, and those Shark Bite fittings I was so happy to discover still don't leak. I need to mention that whole house water filter. I was AMAZED at the stuff I found in that filter after a couple of months - grit, stuff I can't even identify, and rust - LOTS of rust. I recall watching one of those YouTube installation videos - the tech was talking about the very fine mesh filter that fits into the brine hose connecting the brine tank to the control head. He said 'don't even install this little guy, because it'll constantly clog on you.' I didn't put much thought into it at the time, but after seeing the amount of gunk the whole house filter is trapping, I totally get what he was saying. I installed the filter with my installation, but if I hadn't installed the whole house unit, I'd certainly be experiencing clogging issues. Just to be certain I DON'T, I purchased 5 micron Culligan filter cartridges to trap even more solids before it gets to my water softener. I just replaced one after running about 8,000 gallons through it, and the deep red color and visible grains of 'something' embedded in it makes me VERY glad I thought to add it into my water supply. It adds another layer of protection in front of my water softener, and makes me feel a lot more confident with the quality of water we're drinking. If you're getting ready to install a water softener, I VERY HIGHLY recommend you consider adding a whole house filter in front of your water softener, with 5 - 10 micron filters.You won't ever regret the few extra dollars when you see with your own eyes what it's keeping out of your drinking water. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2015 by Dean Buzzell Dean Buzzell
    • Objectively soft water
I’ve broken down this review into three parts • Overall satisfaction and performance of the seller and Amazon. • System Installation • Why I chose a salt system over a salt-free system. OVERALL SATISFACTION AND PERFORMANCE The system arrived on time, in good condition and all components appear to be of good quality. I was impressed with the seller because they sent me an email even before the unit arrived pointing me to the detailed instructions they had posted on their website and listing phone numbers for me to call if I had any questions. They even sent me a paper copy of the instructions via regular mail. The system install and start up went as planned (more or less) and the effect on my water hardness was immediate. The day the system install was complete, I measured 19 grains of hardness before the softener and one grain of hardness after. Two weeks later, after the first automatic regeneration cycle, the water tested less than 1 grain. SYSTEM INSTALL I installed this system literally by myself. It was easy…and by easy I mean really hard for me. I had to dismantle some built in shelving to make room for it. I had to cut in a drain stand-pipe in a space that was just 8 inches wide between the water heater and the wall. Among the many trips I made to the big box store were three trips to get the right size flexible tubing for the drain (I had such a mental block about this you wouldn’t believe.) The simple task of mounting a piece of plywood to a cinder block wall to support plumbing sent me into a mild rage. All of this resulted in a very neat, and clean install that I’m really rather proud of. Aside from the plumbing and placement of the system, the rest of the install went smoothly. I was working alone, so it was a bit tricky to pour the resin into the tank. I didn’t even attempt to pour it directly from the plastic bags it came in. I first poured some into a clean, dry mop bucket then lifted that up and poured it into the funnel (provided with the system). The resin had the consistency of damp sand, so it didn’t really “pour” into the tank. I had to fill up the funnel then sweep it into the tank with my hand. Once the system was installed, the start-up was easy, and this time I do mean easy. You have to carefully follow the directions so as not to have resin flow into your plumbing, but that’s not hard. Programming the controller was easy enough. You just have to know your system capacity, your water’s hardness expressed in grains per gallon, your water usage (the manufacturer suggest 80 gallons per person per day) and what time of day the system will regenerate. The controller takes these inputs and calculates when to regenerate based on the actual water use, WHY I CHOSE A SALT-BASED SOFTENER OVER A SALT-FREE CONDITIONER When I moved into my home last year, it was the first time I had lived in a place that had a well. I had never experienced really hard water before and I immediately considered installing a water softener. I just didn’t really know anything about them other than they used salt in some way. I thought it would require a contractor and it would cost at least a couple thousand dollars, so I put it pretty far down on my long list of things to do at my new home. Then late one night, I saw an infomercial about the NUVO salt-free water softener. That commercial placed softening my water near the top of my list. The system is so simple and looks so easy to install, I knew I could install it myself and it wouldn’t bust my budget. By the way, there is a tedious argument out there about whether the NUVO system should be called a water softener or a water conditioner. Technically, it should be called a water conditioner but because its purpose is to inhibit scale formation—the main problem caused by hard water—I think it’s fair to call it a softener. The NUVO system is available on Amazon so I was able to read a lot of reviews. I found a fair number of well-written and reasonable reviews that called into question the effectiveness of the system. That made me delve deeper and research both salt-free and salt based softeners. Let me summarize my conclusions: 1. Both systems work, but they each have different limitations. 2. It’s easier to objectively measure the salt-based system’s effectiveness 3. Both systems can be DIY projects (with a few caveats) The NUVO salt-free system works by using citric acid impregnated in a solid cylinder enclosed in a replaceable cartridge. As water passes through the cartridge, the citric acid enters the water and binds to the minerals that make water hard. This allows those minerals to wash through the plumbing system rather than binding to household appliances and pipes in the form of scale. Also, the minerals are already bound so soap won’t bind with them and that allows the soap to work more effectively. The main concerns I found with the salt-free system is determining its capacity and objectively measuring its effectiveness. NUVO rates their system’s capacity in terms of the square footage of the home in which it will be installed. That may be fine for most users, but it may also explain why some users’ systems don’t achieve the expected results. Logically speaking, the hardness of the home’s water must be taken into account. The harder the water the faster the system cartridge will be exhausted. So a user with very hard water (like me) may have to replace the expensive cartridge more frequently (and maybe a lot more frequently) than the recommended 6 month period. That raises the question: How does one know when the cartridge is exhausted? What objective test can be performed? A standard hardness test won’t do because the NUVO system is not removing the minerals from the water. I did some research and experimented with testing the PH and alkalinity but I couldn’t get consistent results with the untreated water I tested so I gave that up. In comparison, salt based softeners’ manufacturers will recommend a system capacity based on the number of people living in the home. Like the NUVO system, this is a ballpark expression of likely water usage and doesn’t really address water hardness. However, there is a difference. Salt based systems technically rate their capacity in grains. For example, the system in this review is rated at 48,000 grains. That means the system will remove (really exchange) 48,000 grains of hardness from water before it needs to regenerate. In order to choose the proper capacity system and set it up correctly, the user must accurately measure the total hardness of the water to be treated. This measurement can be easily and accurately done with a total hardness test kit like the HACH Model 5B ($20 on Amazon). The results will be in grains per gallon. My system capacity is 48,000 grains and my hardness is 19 grains per gallon, so my system will treat about 2400 gallons of water before needing to regenerate. That’s more than plenty for my household. So, in the end, the balance of my decision fell to the system that I was certain would work for me and I could objectively verify. Also, in doing research, I realized that I could install it myself. The total price including plumbing came to about $900. Now may be a good time to talk about do-it-yourself caveats. I am neither a plumber nor am I a water systems expert. However, I’m fortunate to work at a place that has both plumbers and water system experts and I asked them a lot of questions. The subject of water quality is more complicated than I can convey in this review, but you can do the research and decide whether to take on the project yourself. If you are planning to purchase this system, I recommend visiting the seller’s website and downloading the installation instructions before you order the system. At the very beginning of the instructions you will find the system requirements. Finally, I offer this advice. Salt-based systems have one negative in particular that may be a deal breaker for some. They use (some say waste) a lot of water in the regeneration cycle. If your area suffers from water shortages or your well sometimes runs low, you may want to consider a different solution. You may be a better candidate for a system like NUVO offers. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2015 by Spinner

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