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I own a vacation home in Florida, and it came equipped with a Culligan Outdoor Medalist Series water softener system (Model 01014815). It has been installed for about six years now. Since I purchased the home three years ago, it has been used on and off about three months at a time. When it is not in use, the water has been shut off and the power to the water softener system has been unplugged. Lately, I have been experiencing a problem of very low water flow when the system has been placed in "soft water" mode. When I have bypassed the system, the water flow is normal.
Yesterday, I dismantled the system, removing the control head and adapter plate. I found a strainer in the inlet side of the head that was completely clogged with some sort of gritty residue. Upon removing the center tube from the resin tank, I found a strainer at the bottoom end of that tube to be clogged just as badly. I was able to clean out and flush both strainers, reassembled the unit, and ran the system through a manual regeneration. Everything seemed happy for a short while, and then the water flow in the house dwindled down to a trickle. Once again placing the system in bypass mode, the water flow returned to its normal rate.
Am I overlooking something here? There does not seem to be any other component that can be blocking the water flow. I've had a similar unit installed at my home in Pennsylvania for the past twenty years, and have never experienced the slightest reduction in flow. Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I own a vacation home in Florida, and it came equipped with a Culligan Outdoor Medalist Series water softener system (Model 01014815). It has been installed for about six years now. Since I purchased the home three years ago, it has been used on and off about three months at a time. When it is not in use, the water has been shut off and the power to the water softener system has been unplugged. Lately, I have been experiencing a problem of very low water flow when the system has been placed in "soft water" mode. When I have bypassed the system, the water flow is normal.
Yesterday, I dismantled the system, removing the control head and adapter plate. I found a strainer in the inlet side of the head that was completely clogged with some sort of gritty residue. Upon removing the center tube from the resin tank, I found a strainer at the bottoom end of that tube to be clogged just as badly. I was able to clean out and flush both strainers, reassembled the unit, and ran the system through a manual regeneration. Everything seemed happy for a short while, and then the water flow in the house dwindled down to a trickle. Once again placing the system in bypass mode, the water flow returned to its normal rate.
Am I overlooking something here? There does not seem to be any other component that can be blocking the water flow. I've had a similar unit installed at my home in Pennsylvania for the past twenty years, and have never experienced the slightest reduction in flow. Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.