Water Softener Repair Tips

Below is a common list of problems that will create hard water:

• The bypass valve is open.
• A leaking toilet or sink will waste many gallons of water that a demand unit water meter will not count.
• Salt bridged, break with broom handle.
• Very low water pressure.
• Valve drain hose too small or raised higher than 8 feet above floor level.
• Iron or sediment fouled resin.
• Demand unit programmed to wrong model code or hardness setting.
• Hot water used during regeneration time.
• Unit is in vacation setting.
• Too few regenerations are programmed on a solid state or mechanical unit.
• The fuse or circuit breaker has blown.
• The transformer is plugged into a switched outlet or basement light.
• The unit is plumbed in backwards.
• Water hardness is changing.
• The unit is losing resin, or resin is breaking down from too much chlorine contact over time.
• The Softener sized too small for application.
• Soft water plumbed to outside sill cocks.
• Water hardness is too high for the model size.
• No salt in the unit.
• Leak by riser pipe o-ring.

If you continue to have water softener issues in your home or business, give the professionals at Reynolds Water Company a call. We service a wide variety of water softener models, and we’ll get your unit back in order so you can enjoy great-tasting, quality water!