Does anyone in the neighborhood have a "do it yourself" style water softener?  (the whole house kind that uses salt)  Usually GE, Whirpool, Water Boss, etc.

 

We just put in a new one, and I'm not sure it's working.  I got a water hardness test kit, and it tells me the softener input (Mesa city water) is 11 grains per gallon, and the softener output is 4 grains per gallon.  I was expecting the output to be 2 grains per gallon at most.

 

Does anyone have one?   Have you measured the water hardness output?

 

Thanks,

Stan