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MAINTENANCE

Chapter 3 General Repairs

Water Softener

Solving the Problem

Salty Treated Water – Applies to the Softener ONLY
Problem Reason Solution
1. Restricted drain line  The drain is kinked or clogged  Clear any obstructions. Make sure
that the drain line flows smoothly
and unrestricted
2. Low water pressure  The unit should not see water  Test the outlet pressure with the
pressure drop below 15 PSI on the unit in backwash and one faucet at
outlet at any time. During the high flow. Measure the pressure by
backwash portion of the placing a gauge on the brine fitting.
regeneration cycle, it must hold at Raise pressure if below 15 PSI
least 15 PSI or the brine may not
rinse out completely
 The pre-filter cartridge is plugged  Replace pre-filter cartridge
3. The backwash flow control is  Without enough backwash flow to  Clean the backwash flow control
plugged the drain, the unit cannot wash all
the salt from the media tanks
4. The drain is extremely long or  Such drain runs can put back-  Locate a closer drain or use a
placed higher than 8 feet above pressure on the unit and restrict larger diameter drain line
the floor the drain flow. This causes the
same result as number 3 above
5. The upper distributors are  Foreign material that finds its way  Clean upper distributors. Install a
plugged. (This does not apply into the media tanks may be pre-filter
to High Efficiency softeners) collected around the upper
distributors during backwash,
clogging them
6. Water level in the brine drum is  The brine valve is set wrong or  Verify the brine valve setting. Re-
too high non-conforming place non-conforming brine valve

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