I have a culligan iron cleer that's on the fritz. It started out with the compressor not shutting off. Not having the money for a service call I just unplugged the unit and put in bypass. Now I'm trying to get it going again and the compressor would not run at all. All I got was clicking noises from the relay. I pulled the relay and jumped the power and the compressor runs fine. Called culligan and they want $200 for a new relay. I guess I could choke that down if I knew the*rest*of the unit was in good shape. My main questions I guess is
1. There is a solenoid wired onto the relay also. What does this solenoid do and how do I check to see if its working properly?
2. Is the compressor suposed to pump air into the tank? Because it doesn't seem like it is. It seems like it just builds pressure inside the head. Is that what the solenoid is for?
I pulled the whole assembly out of the tank and can't feel any air coming out of the bottom of the unit with the pump running.
I'm sure I can get this thing running again if I understood how it was supposed to work a little better.
1. There is a solenoid wired onto the relay also. What does this solenoid do and how do I check to see if its working properly?
2. Is the compressor suposed to pump air into the tank? Because it doesn't seem like it is. It seems like it just builds pressure inside the head. Is that what the solenoid is for?
I pulled the whole assembly out of the tank and can't feel any air coming out of the bottom of the unit with the pump running.
I'm sure I can get this thing running again if I understood how it was supposed to work a little better.