Hello all. I have a rainsoft silver series softner. The drain hose that i guess flushes out system when doing a regen just keeps dripping. I had this issue a year or two back and cleaned out the valves where it opens and closes to let the water drain and it worked. I did this once again and it still continues to drip. I dont see anything out of the ordinary and an engineer by trade but this ones got me stumped. Anyone have any ideas? Gladly appreciated.
I would consider a whole house sediment filter. That should help your new rebuild kit from getting scratched up. Maybe just going through the motions of rebuilding would help. I have never done a rebuild on a piston valve unit. I have cleaned the flappers on an old Autotrol.
Also, I would consider flushing my water heater. The softener probably takes out most stuff, but maybe not. I had a lot of small rock and sand and crud in my WH when I flushed it. The gas valve for the WH had about 10 or so years on it. The whole water heater was probably replaced at that time, but I am not sure. So either the softener was in bypass a lot, or the softener was installed later. And I doubt that. Anyway, flushing is a DIY thing. There are suggestions if you want to consider that. Crud flushed out of the WH would be motivation for the whole-house filter I think.