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Pour water into the brine tank—about four gallons. Add a bag of water softener salt. Do not use table salt; it’s like feeding your pet hamster a cheeseburger. The salt is the secret sauce. It cleans the resin beads inside the softener that actually trap the minerals. Without salt, you just have a very expensive water holder. Turn the water back on, and open a cold faucet outside or in the basement. Let it run for a few minutes to flush any air and pipe gloop. You’ll hear gurgling noises. That’s normal. It’s not a monster. Probably.

Step Five: Program the Beast

Your softener has a control panel that looks like a calculator from 1987. Set the current time, then set the hardness level you measured earlier. Most units also let you schedule regeneration. Do it at 2 a.m. so you don’t have to hear the water-sucking symphony. If you miss this step, your softener might regenerate while you’re in the shower, blasting you with cold brine water. That feels exactly like being slapped by a fish. Surprising fact: some modern softeners have Wi-Fi. Yes, your salt dispenser can now argue with your thermostat.