Picture this: you’re making coffee, and the water tastes like you’re sipping from a sea-salt caramel candle—only less pleasant. That’s what happens when your brine tank is overfilled with water. The softener can’t regenerate properly, so it just dumps extra salty water into your pipes, and suddenly your morning shower feels like you’re rinsing off in the Dead Sea. It’s not the spa experience you hoped for.
Too much water also means your salt dissolves too fast. That’s like buying a bag of chips and finding it half-empty before you even open it—disappointing and expensive. Plus, if the water level rises above the salt bed, you get “salt bridging,” where the top layer of salt hardens into a crust. You’ll be jabbing at it with a broom handle, convinced your softener is haunted. Pro tip: if you hear a dull thud instead of a splash, you’ve got a bridge.
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