fleck 5600

I have a mechanical generic replacement control valve for the Fleck 5600 and the old riser tube is too narrow for the new control valve. Can I get a PVC pipe with the correct diameter, glue the lower basket to it and use that? Which glue is suitable to use in a water softener? Is the top basket...

Hi all - I bought my house 3 years ago and it came with an old softener with a Fleck 5600 L head (installed outside) that had been put into bypass mode. I don't know if it worked when we bought the house, and I was traveling for work too often to check it out. Now, I'm considering a rebuild and...

Noticed my softener wasn't using salt, figured it was a salt clog, but when I was emptying the salt, I noticed that the "people" dial that sets the capacity of the unit is spinning freely. Also after I ran a manual regen, the capacity setting was at zero. In every video I've seen on programming...

I have been trying to resolve issues with an Aqua Pure 3M NWS100 water softener that does not soften the water. I am on city water. The system uses a Fleck 5600 timed valve. I have done the following: Emptied and cleaned brine tank, refilled with 40 lbs of salt Checked float operation Cleaned...

Hello friends! Complete idiot here, and believe me I’ve tried everything before I reached out here. Basically I have hard water that is unresolved. My landlord is extremely unhelpful, unfriendly, etc..I have what I believe is an air injection DUAL tank fleck 5600se. That’s what’s printed on the...

I own a Fleck 5600 head coupled with an old Culligan Medallist salt container. Somehow the water does not flow into the salt container, never did ever since the installation of the head. The head delivers the water, I checked, but the floater and pipe that leads the water to the bottom of the...

I'm thinking about getting the Fleck 5600 or the Clack Ws1 Because I live in a starter house that i may move out of in a few years, I don't necessary want to throw away money at a temporary place.. Online, it says fleck 5600 is 8% but i'm not sure how retailers are claiming it's 10% cross-link...

Hi we have a Fleck 5600 its a couple of years old, it seemed to work ok but when it was 6-8 months it started to get water hammer towards end of cycle. The hammer got progressively worse so after reading some I tightened up metal nut on valve line that goes to brine tank then both line nuts...

First off, thank you for any help that you are able to provide! I have never paid much attention to our water softener before outside of filling it, but it is now having issues and I am looking for help. We bought our house approximately 10 years ago. It is on a shared well with a neighbor...

Had a problem with my Fleck 5600 softener getting stuck in the "Brine rinse" phase of regen. Took it apart. Cleaned. Greased. Could not find any issues, so put it back together. First regen went great, but noticed a bit of a leak at the brine tube connection (at the softener). When taking the...

Hi All- My 17 year-old, 12-day Fleck 5600 valve head died in the typical manner (stuck in backwash, timer not moving). It was manufactured and put into service when we built the house in 2001. We were told by the builder to simply push out the pins equal to the number of persons living in the...

First post from an inexperienced DIYer. Professional advice here in the post and in future ones is GREATLY appreciated. A Culligan Medalist control valve began leaking from a side seam where a top plate meets the bottom assembly. This leak is not at any connection point for any pipes or...

I'm looking at getting the fleck 5600 32,ooo grain system or possibly the 5600sxt but my closet it is going in only has 54.5" of clearance. Several sites list different heights. Some say 54" others say 56". Does anyone have this unit that can give me the exact height?

Good morning! So, I purchased a Fleck 5600 SXT online and just installed it two evenings ago. Got most of it done right. Shut off the water, drained it, cut out the old one, installed the new one. Where I realized I missed the directions was in the actual opening up of the new softener...