When I went to top up salt and run cleaner through our Kenmore Ultrasoft 150 yesterday I found that the tank was flooded. So I checked the float, made sure lines were clear, cleaned the injector and ran "Recharge Now."
It pumped out the excess water, but ran for a long time (much longer than the normal 2 hour regen time) then came up with "Err01" on the front panel. I unplugged the water softener for about 20 minutes, plugged it back in and now it goes right back into regeneration mode and the motor keeps spinning the valve continuously. I checked the control switch and it's working, and the little spring arm looks positioned correctly against the cam, so the controller should be able to detect the valve position. So for now what I did was wait until the valve was in a position where water was not flushing through and pulled the plug. (I have no idea what mode/position the valve is actually in, though.)
I'm stumped - troubleshooting instuctions in the user manual start with the unit not being in regen mode and there seems no obvious way to get it to stop.
How to proceed from here?
It pumped out the excess water, but ran for a long time (much longer than the normal 2 hour regen time) then came up with "Err01" on the front panel. I unplugged the water softener for about 20 minutes, plugged it back in and now it goes right back into regeneration mode and the motor keeps spinning the valve continuously. I checked the control switch and it's working, and the little spring arm looks positioned correctly against the cam, so the controller should be able to detect the valve position. So for now what I did was wait until the valve was in a position where water was not flushing through and pulled the plug. (I have no idea what mode/position the valve is actually in, though.)
I'm stumped - troubleshooting instuctions in the user manual start with the unit not being in regen mode and there seems no obvious way to get it to stop.
How to proceed from here?