HudsonDIY
Member
Greetings All,
I haven't posted in a while but I've recently been having a problem with my Fleck 5600 so I figured I'd ask the experts before I throw parts at it.
Gradually I've gone from nice soft water to hard as a rock. I just dug into the unit today after noticing it wasn't using any salt. So I dug in and emptied the brine tank and started investigating. What I noticed was the float valve seems to operate fine but there is a small ball valve on the pick up which I assume should float. It seems to have lost some or most of its buoyancy or something is preventing the ball from clearing the pickup and isn't allowing brine to flow into the Fleck valve from the brine tank, out into the brine tank seems to work fine based on the position of the large float.
Just by means of reasonable deduction my guess is unless the tank runs dry the flow should never be impeded going into the Fleck valve.
Can someone please confirm my findings so I don't waste money on parts I don't need.
Thanks for your kind replies in advance.
I haven't posted in a while but I've recently been having a problem with my Fleck 5600 so I figured I'd ask the experts before I throw parts at it.
Gradually I've gone from nice soft water to hard as a rock. I just dug into the unit today after noticing it wasn't using any salt. So I dug in and emptied the brine tank and started investigating. What I noticed was the float valve seems to operate fine but there is a small ball valve on the pick up which I assume should float. It seems to have lost some or most of its buoyancy or something is preventing the ball from clearing the pickup and isn't allowing brine to flow into the Fleck valve from the brine tank, out into the brine tank seems to work fine based on the position of the large float.
Just by means of reasonable deduction my guess is unless the tank runs dry the flow should never be impeded going into the Fleck valve.
Can someone please confirm my findings so I don't waste money on parts I don't need.
Thanks for your kind replies in advance.