Ternzer
New Member
Hi,
hoping one of you gurus can help me out with my culligan super S. This 10 yr old unit came with the house and has been by passed for the last year while i decided what to do. In the meantime i have temporarily bumped up my softener to remove the extra iron. (i only have about 3 mg/l and a trace of H2S) Well after reading about others here re-bedding their super S i decided to give it a shot. I ordered 30 lbs of garnet and 1.5 cf of Centuar carbon which will be here by the weekend.
The other day I took the head off and realized it was clogged with rusty goo. after a day of soaking in Iron out i was able to get the whole thing dissembled and cleaned. Now that it is apart i realized the seals were about shot. I have searched high and low and getting the seal pack kit for this unit is about impossible. I hate the local culligan crooks and refuse to buy from them and there is none on e*b*y at the moment.
So, my questions.
So rather than pay $100 for a kit I was thinking if I replace this head with a normal unit like clack or Fleck what would be a good replacement? My compressor still works fine. is there a head i could still use it with? Would the new head still use bleach to backwash the system? anything else i should consider?
thanks for the help.
Ternzer
hoping one of you gurus can help me out with my culligan super S. This 10 yr old unit came with the house and has been by passed for the last year while i decided what to do. In the meantime i have temporarily bumped up my softener to remove the extra iron. (i only have about 3 mg/l and a trace of H2S) Well after reading about others here re-bedding their super S i decided to give it a shot. I ordered 30 lbs of garnet and 1.5 cf of Centuar carbon which will be here by the weekend.
The other day I took the head off and realized it was clogged with rusty goo. after a day of soaking in Iron out i was able to get the whole thing dissembled and cleaned. Now that it is apart i realized the seals were about shot. I have searched high and low and getting the seal pack kit for this unit is about impossible. I hate the local culligan crooks and refuse to buy from them and there is none on e*b*y at the moment.
So, my questions.
So rather than pay $100 for a kit I was thinking if I replace this head with a normal unit like clack or Fleck what would be a good replacement? My compressor still works fine. is there a head i could still use it with? Would the new head still use bleach to backwash the system? anything else i should consider?
thanks for the help.
Ternzer