My house was built about 8 years ago on a shared well and the plumbers put in a Autotrol 268/440i (had to put in a logix 700 controller last year) potassium permanganate iron filter and a 255/400 water softener. The system has worked fine for the most part until about 3 months ago the water was brown for a little bit so I cleaned the filter and injector on the iron filter. The water was OK for a couple weeks after that but then we got some pink and some more brown. I ran the water until all the pink and brown were gone and the water was fine for another couple weeks and then the same thing happened again with pink and brown. I then cleaned the filter and injector again on the iron filter and changed the regen from every 3 days to every 2 days. About a week later we got brown but no pink.
I called my plumber and he thought the resin in the iron filter might be worn out as he has another unit like mine with the same problem. He is going to ask around and see what the best solution would be. He didn't think it would be worth it to replace the resin/tank in the iron filter as he says these potassium permanganate filters "are not what we thought they would be." I'm not crazy about having to monitor and add the potassium permanganate or getting pink in my water.
I talked to a couple neighbors and they both have a chemical free iron filter. One of them has a Chem-Free Iron Filter CF1047A. The other one didn't know the brand or model. I know a couple other neighbors have a paper filter system.
Here are my questions:
1) Do you think the problem is due to worn out resin in the iron filter or something else?
2) Assuming the resin is the problem, would it be worth replacing the resin or should I go with a different iron filter setup?
3) Assuming a different system is the way to go, what system is better? Paper filters or chemical free tank or something else? I did a little research and found some paper filter systems that touted filtering out lots of different stuff and not losing water pressure.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
I called my plumber and he thought the resin in the iron filter might be worn out as he has another unit like mine with the same problem. He is going to ask around and see what the best solution would be. He didn't think it would be worth it to replace the resin/tank in the iron filter as he says these potassium permanganate filters "are not what we thought they would be." I'm not crazy about having to monitor and add the potassium permanganate or getting pink in my water.
I talked to a couple neighbors and they both have a chemical free iron filter. One of them has a Chem-Free Iron Filter CF1047A. The other one didn't know the brand or model. I know a couple other neighbors have a paper filter system.
Here are my questions:
1) Do you think the problem is due to worn out resin in the iron filter or something else?
2) Assuming the resin is the problem, would it be worth replacing the resin or should I go with a different iron filter setup?
3) Assuming a different system is the way to go, what system is better? Paper filters or chemical free tank or something else? I did a little research and found some paper filter systems that touted filtering out lots of different stuff and not losing water pressure.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!