CheshireKhatz
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Hi guys, hopefully someone can help me here on my issue.
I am the chief engineer/maintenance tech/whatever, for a hotel that has a Culligan hi-flow 3 water softener (10-13 years old best guess?). Bigish commercial unit, holds 800 lbs of salt...
The unit is apparently designed to backwash the resin filter, typically every 3rd or 4th day depending on how the pins are set etc...
During one such session the pressure caused the backwash to drain hose to split, spraying water EVERYWHERE. This was a rather crappy situation being that this room is also where all 3 hot water heaters, the water main and the electrical main happen to be as well (I didn't design the place I swear!) Trust me I was pretty nervous wading in the 1/2" deep water to shut off the water to the softener while watching the water spraying directly onto the 2.5' long handled MAIN breaker for the whole hotel... but I digress, that isn't really relevant information... possibly entertaining for you DIY'ers tho...
I of course replaced the abs hose that ruptured with a much stronger clear heavy duty nylon reinforced hose, and put in an elbow so if somehow it does come apart again it will be shooting toward a blank wall and not the main main...
However after bringing the unit back online, the unit remains in backwash mode and the valve control unit appears to do nothing whatsoever.
If anyone is familiar with the unit and thinks they can help, I can supply photos of the control unit and whatnot. I'm not sure if the motor got wet and burned out, or if there is a fuse in the system that I'm not seeing... its all electro-mechanical so it has to be something pretty simple like a motor or a fuse... I just realized its also possibly the GFI electrical socket that its plugged into... water doesn't do those a lot of good ... I better go check that... but any advice would help, thanks.
I am the chief engineer/maintenance tech/whatever, for a hotel that has a Culligan hi-flow 3 water softener (10-13 years old best guess?). Bigish commercial unit, holds 800 lbs of salt...
The unit is apparently designed to backwash the resin filter, typically every 3rd or 4th day depending on how the pins are set etc...
During one such session the pressure caused the backwash to drain hose to split, spraying water EVERYWHERE. This was a rather crappy situation being that this room is also where all 3 hot water heaters, the water main and the electrical main happen to be as well (I didn't design the place I swear!) Trust me I was pretty nervous wading in the 1/2" deep water to shut off the water to the softener while watching the water spraying directly onto the 2.5' long handled MAIN breaker for the whole hotel... but I digress, that isn't really relevant information... possibly entertaining for you DIY'ers tho...
I of course replaced the abs hose that ruptured with a much stronger clear heavy duty nylon reinforced hose, and put in an elbow so if somehow it does come apart again it will be shooting toward a blank wall and not the main main...
However after bringing the unit back online, the unit remains in backwash mode and the valve control unit appears to do nothing whatsoever.
If anyone is familiar with the unit and thinks they can help, I can supply photos of the control unit and whatnot. I'm not sure if the motor got wet and burned out, or if there is a fuse in the system that I'm not seeing... its all electro-mechanical so it has to be something pretty simple like a motor or a fuse... I just realized its also possibly the GFI electrical socket that its plugged into... water doesn't do those a lot of good ... I better go check that... but any advice would help, thanks.