Above Left: Maple Raised End-Panel for a Base Cabinet. Above Center: Maple Raised End-Panel for a Wall Cabinet. Above Right: Dishwasher End Panel (view from top); Note: the Refrigerator End Panel looks the same except that there is no toe-kick area at the bottom. Products and Prices.
Water softeners are built to last for at least 10 years. When properly maintained, the softeners can last several years beyond that time.
The person who sets up the softener takes an educated guess at the capacity of the softener (how many gallons of water it can treat between regenerations) then another guess at how many days it will take for the inhabitants of the home to use that number of gallons. He then sets the timer accordingly. For example, if it seems that the softener can treat 1000 gallons of water between regenerations and that the family will use about 300 gallons of water per day, the softener might be set to regenerate every third day. That allows a little room for error.