Jelloalien
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Hello all, great informative forum!
So, we moved into a new home in July that had a kenmore water softener waiting for us.
I noted It had salt right to the top when we moved in.
Shortly after I noticed salt going down but then just stopped altogether....what I discovered was a salt bridge with lots of mushy salt on the bottom. I cleaned it all up, added fresh salt, and the tank started flooding with every regen. So I cleaned the Venturi, but thought I broke something else but unsure what....
So I did the kenmore troubleshooter and thought I again fixed it (cleaned the Venturi, etc) thought I had everything a-ok again...but I don't believe it's been working properly ever now.
http://www.kenmorewater.com
Essentially once I added the new salt I noticed the salt never was going down and I don't feel like our water is soft as it should be, or at all.
I investigated tonight again by doing a manual regen. Cleaned the Venturi again for good measure. I noted a few things.
When it's in the brine mode, am I wrong in thinking that this is when it should be sucking water out of the tank? I loosened the bring line connection at the Venturi and water is streaming out of the Venturi rather then suction back in (ie filling the tank in brine). Is this correct? (FYI I'm not an expert and learning as I go).
I also am confused at the float assembly. The t-rod seems to get stuck in the "up" position. When I have it in brine it appears to be sucking but I don't think it actually is. If I push the t-rod down however it gets noisier and starts filing the tank. For some reason I believe I have a faulty float/t-rod. Any ideas on that?
Anyway, I'm frustrated and out of ideas (other than buying a new one cause I'm not paying a service call).
Any help or advice would be most appreciated towards me getting this think back in action. Any questions, please ask
Anthony
So, we moved into a new home in July that had a kenmore water softener waiting for us.
I noted It had salt right to the top when we moved in.
Shortly after I noticed salt going down but then just stopped altogether....what I discovered was a salt bridge with lots of mushy salt on the bottom. I cleaned it all up, added fresh salt, and the tank started flooding with every regen. So I cleaned the Venturi, but thought I broke something else but unsure what....
So I did the kenmore troubleshooter and thought I again fixed it (cleaned the Venturi, etc) thought I had everything a-ok again...but I don't believe it's been working properly ever now.
http://www.kenmorewater.com
Essentially once I added the new salt I noticed the salt never was going down and I don't feel like our water is soft as it should be, or at all.
I investigated tonight again by doing a manual regen. Cleaned the Venturi again for good measure. I noted a few things.
When it's in the brine mode, am I wrong in thinking that this is when it should be sucking water out of the tank? I loosened the bring line connection at the Venturi and water is streaming out of the Venturi rather then suction back in (ie filling the tank in brine). Is this correct? (FYI I'm not an expert and learning as I go).
I also am confused at the float assembly. The t-rod seems to get stuck in the "up" position. When I have it in brine it appears to be sucking but I don't think it actually is. If I push the t-rod down however it gets noisier and starts filing the tank. For some reason I believe I have a faulty float/t-rod. Any ideas on that?
Anyway, I'm frustrated and out of ideas (other than buying a new one cause I'm not paying a service call).
Any help or advice would be most appreciated towards me getting this think back in action. Any questions, please ask
Anthony
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