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A water softening system is provided including a service step, a regenerating step and a rinse step. The service step includes introducing relatively hard water into the inlet, through an ion exchange resin and out the outlet to a service location. The regenerating step includes introducing a brine

A water softening system is provided including a service step, a regenerating step and a rinse step. The service step includes introducing relatively hard water into the inlet, through an ion exchange resin and out the outlet to a service location. The regenerating step includes introducing a brine solution into the inlet, through the resin and out the outlet to drain. Prior to the service step, an automatic rinse step is provided by which an amount of the relatively hard water is introduced into the inlet, through the softening medium and out of the outlet to drain.

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A water softening process, comprising the steps of: providing a water softener having an inlet, a softening medium, and an outlet; providing service by introducing fresh water into the inlet, through the softening medium and out the outlet to a service location; regenerating the softening medium at

A water softening process, comprising the steps of: providing a water softener having an inlet, a softening medium, and an outlet; providing service by introducing fresh water into the inlet, through the softening medium and out the outlet to a service location; regenerating the softening medium at various intervals by introducing a regenerating medium into the inlet, through the softening medium and out the outlet to drain; prior to the service step, providing a rinse step comprising the step of introducing an amount of the fresh water into the inlet, through the softening medium and out the outlet to drain; providing a flow switch and timer, and determining by the inactivity of the flow switch over a period of time that there has been no flow for a predetermined period of time, and providing the rinse step only if there has been no flow for a predetermined period of time.