I have a Culligan softener that I suspect is silver or gold model. I'd like to confirm which model, and then get help programming the days between regen. It's currently set to 14 but I'd like it longer. (The manuals I found online don't seem to match the menu exactly and I can't figure out how to change it) Thanks.
This is a Culligan Gold series. The programming is the same as the Gold, Silver series model. The question is: Is this an Aqua Sensor model or Metered model? The 14 day setting is only the override days. Meaning if the unit does not regenerate in that time frame it will automatically override the sensor/meter and regenerate that night. Most digital water treatment systems have this override function now.
So adjusting the day override will probably not cause the softener to run less often. You need to know the water chemistry to program the system properly (hardness, iron). Every water softener has a certain amount of "capacity", 30k, 45k, 60k, etc. There is now way to adjust for "degrees" of softened water. It is either hard or soft and exhausting the softener resin of softened water between regenerations only causes hard water problems and shortens resin life.
The problem with many of these Culligan units is when they loose power the unit goes back to factory settings so it has to be re-programmed every time the power goes out.
Here is the link for your owners manual:
http://eculligan.com/service-manuals/GoldSeries2004-2006.pdf
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