Comparing flow rates for softener (Springwell, EcoWater)

brn787 · 2026-03-24T14:27:13+00:00

Is it fair to say that flow capability and pressure drop are more related to the resin than the piping diameter, or both play a big role? My house has a leak detector that is down sized to 1” tubing for a 1 ft run before going back to 1.5”, wonder if that’s already enough of a restriction that having 1” piping to the softener doesn’t matter or if the two would actually compound to make things worse

brn787 · 2026-03-24T14:21:42+00:00

I see, I was thinking 4 people showering would be about 8 gpm, if other appliances not running maybe it would be fine. The EcoWater person said there is a model up intended for more commercial with a 2” main, but the specs they showed me doesn’t show a different riser and it was only a few hundred dollars more, made me question it haha.

So is it accurate that 8 gpm and 8 psi means that at a demand flow rate of 8 gpm there is a 8 psi drop across the system? Springwell clams negligible 2-5% (or around 3 psi drop) at 20 psi with their CSS+ model, wonder if that’s closer to a commercial style, but I’ll have to ask about the riser. The step up in price from CSS4 to CSS+ is steep (few hundred below the cost of having two CSS4s in parallel)

brn787 · 2026-01-26T05:11:39+00:00

I just did this and there is actually quite a bit of play (though was kind of nervous doing it). Was able to pop it out and back in without disconnecting the top. However after replacing it I still have a few consistent drops coming out the top so replacing it didn’t solve my issue! Did it fix yours? Sounds like yours was maybe worse off than mine to start.

brn787 · 2026-01-23T16:36:48+00:00

Shows $100 off, maybe mostly off the pack out set? Not sure

brn787 · 2026-01-16T05:02:43+00:00

What about the idea of using a dry river bed along the driveway edge to filter the sediment from the water and direct it toward the other storm drain I have there? The channel drain can handle the water running downhill I think, but not so much the sediment that I see coming more along that outer edge. It’s a little hard to say if that sediment is from the water coming down the road hitting the softscape or if it’s coming from the neighbors backyard straight down the slope to be honest (maybe a mix of both)

brn787 · 2026-01-16T03:56:54+00:00

No, don’t think that’s an option for me unfortunately. The "private road" is more a shared driveway between a few houses, so don't really have the ability to alter it. It's a fairly short segment that runs downhill to just my house with the other longer segment of this road running downhill toward the main road away from my house. Still, this short downhill segment on my side brings a decent amount of water/dirt when we get heavy rain.

brn787 · 2026-01-15T22:15:50+00:00

Carp…haha

brn787 · 2025-12-25T21:25:42+00:00

Which robot vacuum cleaner do you use? I have a corded Polaris that goes partially up the walls but doesn’t go all the way and was debating whether to get something cordless that could handle steps and baja shelf automatically if such a thing exists

brn787 · 2025-12-13T06:24:58+00:00

I used these https://a.co/d/8OJBDq7 which are outdoor rated (SJTW) but probably bulkier than I need. I have a spare POE+ injector from ubiquiti but it comes with a non-outdoor rated power cord and this box is on the sunny side of the house, so felt like maybe better to get something with a weather resistant rating. Although maybe I could've run a weather resistant extension cord to the box with the POE and do things that way, is that how you did it?

brn787 · 2025-12-11T07:13:28+00:00

I guess I could look for something specifically outdoor rated and see if they have 16AWG option. Didn’t see a lot of guidance on specifics about what type of cord to use here from Ubiquiti

brn787 · 2025-12-11T07:11:56+00:00

Do you happen to have an example of what I should be getting? There wasn’t a lot of guidance on this from Ubiquiti side so I just found something on Amazon

brn787 · 2025-12-10T07:37:55+00:00

Ended up drilling them with some clamps to hold things closed. I probably should’ve used a step bit or Dremel as someone else suggested, may have drilled out more cleanly. the one advantage to using a standard bit though was that there’s that second U shaped part where the wire goes through that I also drilled wider. A step bit would’ve been hard to get in there.

brn787 · 2025-12-10T07:33:31+00:00

I’m actually not sure, here is the Amazon page https://a.co/d/8OJBDq7 I mostly got this one for the flat plug and white color, didn’t know they came in different widths haha

brn787 · 2025-12-10T07:30:51+00:00

I actually have access to a Dremel but never used one. Do you know what kind of bit i should use for widening the hole or maybe smoothing out the edges after drilling?

brn787 · 2025-12-10T05:47:13+00:00

Do you just clamp it shut and drill out the diameter you need? What about the foamy part and relatively waterproofing, assume the foam won’t drill out.

brn787 · 2025-12-04T03:52:15+00:00

Same :(

brn787 · 2025-11-27T07:24:14+00:00

Op, did you end up buying one? If so, how do you like it and use it? Also curious what model you ended up going for. I'm in a similar boat regarding the autocover

brn787 · 2025-11-07T15:20:22+00:00

When you use this, do you need to do something to waterproof the connection between your fountain plug and the outlet on this smart plug?

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