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Whole house Water softener size

Beepsis
10 years ago

After following many posts on this site regarding which type, size, etc of water softener to purchase, I thought I had finally made the decision for the Fleck 5600 sxt 25 grain capacity....
...then I saw a post that made it seem like the resin tank on the above system (.75) might be too small.
Here's the data I've based my needs on...

Well water tested at :
Lead neg
Bacteria neg
Nitrate/Nitrite less than 0.5
pH 7.5-8.5
Hardness 250ppm
No testig has been done on Iron, but surrounding wells test negligible

We are two ppl living in a two bath home. We have recently moved off a sailboat of 12 years and estimate our combined daily usage of maybe 100gals
I've figured that our needs would be met with the system as noted above.
We plan on using potassium vs sodium for health and environment reasons.
My question is...
Why would I need a larger Resin Tank than the one offered with this system?
(justalurker, I hope you're still out there!)
Thank you!

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