The instructions below will assist with the proper way to clean a brine tank. This is recommended to do once a year when the salt levels are low.
- Put the unit in bypass. This way, water will bypass the softener for a short period so that cleaning can be done.
- Disconnect all lines/hoses between the water softener and brine tank.
- Siphon or dump water out of the brine tank (not on grass or plants as the high percentage of sodium in this water/salt mixture may hurt the lawn or plants).
- Take out any remaining salt and discard. (If the brine tank has a salt bridge (one big block of salt), you’ll need to use warm or hot water to loosen the salt bridge up and break it out.)
- Pour a few tablespoons of dish soap into 1-2 gallons of water to create a soapy mixture.
- Pour the soap/water mixture into the brine tank and scrub the inside with a long-handled brush. Dump and rinse with water.
- Now pour 2-3 gallons of clean water into the brine tank with a quarter cup of household bleach. Stir and let the bleach/water solution sit for 15 minutes. Scrub the inside of the tank with a brush and the mixture within.
- Dump and rinse the bleach water.
- Put the brine tank back in place and connect all lines back to the water softener. Take the system out of “Bypass Mode.”
- Lastly, add water softener salt to the brine tank (at least two 40-lb bags and max of four 40- lb bags).
- Run a regeneration on the unit using the SpringWell app. (During these 90 minutes it is highly recommended not to use water)