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Jul 2, 2004 | 07:04 PM

scionti 94

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Culligan water softner

I noticed a reduction in the water pressures in my house, kitchen and bathroom faucets, shower head, etc. When I pushed the valve into the by-pass position, the water flow returned to its normal pressure and flow. Is this a valve problem, or does the resin need to be replaced in the media tank?? I will probably be calling the Culligan repair service, but would like a heads-up on the possible cause before talking to the service rep.

Jul 2, 2004 | 07:21 PM

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You didn't say if it's a home softener unit, or the kind that gets replaced once a week. Every once in a while I notice a pressure drop in a replacement tank. I think they vary a lot in their back pressure because of varying ammounts of media fill. If you have a home unit, it may be the valve or mechanicals in the softener head. They are cam operated and not too reliable.

Oh, and I've found it's a total waste of time to try and troubleshoot the problem and then try and explain it to the girl that takes the service calls. She can never understand which one of the "thingies" I'm talking about. Or else she argue's that I don't know what I'm talking about!

Jul 2, 2004 | 08:00 PM

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It is a home water softner that also has a large tank in which salt is added. I clean that out twice a year. You mentioned the valve system being cam operated. I am able to handle most home repairs and would like to pick up the parts and replace myself. I need just a general location of the suspected problem. If it is in the control unit surrounding the by-pass valve, I don't mind disassembling those components. I did not know about the resin in the media tank. Does that ever clog up and have to be replaced. Thanks for the input.Trying to narrow down the problem area.

Jul 3, 2004 | 10:01 AM

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I did not know about the resin in the media tank. Does that ever clog up and have to be replaced.

i've owned 2 softners: Rainsoft and Hauge. liked both of them. i was told by the hauge guy that there is a way to clean the resin media. the hauge guys use some kind of additive and flush it through the tank. i would check with the culligan guys to see if they have something similar. they can be reached by yelling" HEY CULLIGAN MAN"

sorry, i couldn't resist

Jul 3, 2004 | 10:26 AM

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That woman's voice on the commerical still haunts me

Jul 3, 2004 | 10:27 AM

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Will check out cleaning of the resin material. Thanks for the information.

Jul 3, 2004 | 08:56 PM

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scointi, Culligan will probably just replace the head with a new one if that's where the problem lies. I used to have a Rayne home softener unit that would have something go wrong inside the head frequently. (Glad it was just a rental.) They never tried to fix it. It's a 7 day clock with all sorts of gears and cams inside. They just replaced it with a rebuild and sent the old one in to get fixed.

Have you tried initiating a manual regen to see if that changes anything?