I've been researching and talking to water companies in the area and the one I want to use only installs softeners w/ GE Logix valves. I believe it is the "760" - sound right? I know this is essentially an Autotrol valve, which tend to have a good rep, but I wanted to get some feedback from you guys before I actually pulled the trigger on something. I think the softener also comes w/ a turbulator - is this for better performance during regeneration? For the record, city w/ hardness is around 10 gpg - almost all calcium No real issues w/ iron, ph, chlorine, etc Flow rate is 8-9 gpm Eventually will be 4 people in the house I plan on going w/ the 48k grain softener and an RO for kitchen thanks for any feedback

Since I am currently out of work I am trying to troubleshoot my softener. I have a Kinetico model 60 with a #4 disk, hardness at 10, Iron at 1.5, TDS? at 400. A week ago I stopped getting soft water and I put system into bypass for now. Here is what I've done: I disconnected the black feed hose between the softener and the brine tank. When rotating the disk I am able to pull a suction on the feed as well as water out of the feed hose depending on where disk is rotated (I also can get system to drain out of the softener to the drain). Therefore, I would think my valve(head) is ok. Correct? I blew through the opened feed line to the brine tank and this was open (water in the tank bubbled). But, when I took the salt out of the tank, there are four large holes in the bottom that have hard pack salt in them ( the small holes are open and there is a little water above this piece). Is this ok? I only use salt from the Kinetico dealer. My disk says Backwash, Brine (dot) Rinse and a small area that is blank. What does each of these do? What do I look for next? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks!