What would be your recommendation of forms of salt, Tablet or fine?Ĭheck for a blocked brine tank drain line or a stuck brine tank float control that is causing the tank to overfill I have seen fine vacuum salt used in the brine tank. A finely-ground salt would not work properly in a water softener and risks over-salting and clogging or equipment damage. I don't know what "fine vacuum salt" is, but certainly salt tablets or crystals (certainly not fine) are what's recommended by water softener manufacturers. Note that the system does backwash properly (which is the first cycle in my regen process) I was under the impression during the brine cycle the salty water was sucked out of the brine tank and put into the resin tank to clean the resin.Īny thoughts about what might be going on? Is this type of issue ever caused by a pad piston or spacer? When the unit is in the regen cycle the brine tank actually gets filled up for the entire cycle! (Or until the safety float gets triggered). Took the opportunity to clean out the tank. Drained the brine tank, removed the salt. Took off all the various elbows and looked for blockages, found none. My system is (listing two models as they are identical):
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The salt man who brings the salt to our home filled our tank for us to the very top we have never filled it that full Will there be a problem now that it is too full of salt. Nope, not unless the salt is falling down into the brine tank float tube - there it could jam and block the brine tank float. Water keeps flowing into the Brinetank non stop.Īfter regeneration process the Water keeps flowing into the Brinetank non stop. That sounds like a stuck control head on the Fleck unit itself, but yes I'd start by pulling and inspecting and cleaning the float valve in the brine tank. On by (mod) - signs of a control head problem on a Fleck softener These questions and answers about the salt in water softener brine tanks were posted originally at BRINE TANK DIAGNOSIS & REPAIR - be sure to review that article. Water Softener Brine Tank Diagnostic FAQs - Too Much Water in the Brine Tank We also provide an ARTICLE INDEX for this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need.
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How to Diagnose & Fix Water Softener Problems: this article series describes procedures for diagnosing and repairing water softener or water conditioner problems including water conditioner control settings and adjustment or repair, brine tank and brine tank float cleaning and repair, and the proper amount of water softening or conditioning that is needed.
Problem diagnosis & repair with brine tank float control & other salt tank level controls.
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