Imagine a tiny knight living inside your water softener. His job? To catch hard minerals like calcium and magnesium.
Over time, these mineral villains fill up his bucket. When the bucket is full, the knight needs to dump them out. That process is the recharge.
It’s a full system flush. The softener uses salt brine to scrub the mineral-capturing beads clean. This magical brine bath makes the beads fresh and hungry again.
Why Does It Happen at Weird Hours?
Don’t be spooked by that 2:00 AM gurgle. Your softener is a night owl on purpose. It waits until no one is using water to do its dirty work.
You get a peaceful sleep. It gets a wild, salty party in the basement. Everyone wins!
This is usually a 30 to 90-minute cycle. If you flush a toilet during recharge, you might get hard water. Or, funny enough, a loud hissing sound that makes you jump.
