Kelvin Rempel
New Member
Hey Everyone,
First time posting here. I have a Novo 465-100 Chem free iron filter in my house. I had the system installed 3 years ago. For the first year the system wasn't working well, every time it did a regeneration cycle we got air in our water lines. We contacted the manufacturer and were told we had a defective control head. A new one was installed and the water issues got a lot better but we still had slight staining in the sinks and toilet bowls. For the last year the system seemed to stop working altogether. I had the plumber back numerous times to fix the issue but he didn't have much success.. So I finally took the entire unit apart myself. I found all the ports in the control head were completed plugged with iron bacteria. Also the tubes in the media tank and air tank were clogged as well. There was also a fairly thick layer of iron bacteria built up on the sides of the tank. I took everything apart, cleaned all the bacteria out of the air tank and fave it a wash with a bleach and water solution. I also cleaned out as much of the iron bacteria I could from the resin tank but some fell into the resin and I couldn't get it out. Anyways the filter is now taking all the iron out of the water, but I have a slight iron odour in the water. I've tried injecting a bleach water solution in the the air Venturi to the tank and let it sit for a while then flushing it, but still have the odour. I've also used some Res Pro care chemical to clean the resin. Anything else I can do to remove the smell? Do I need to replace all the resin since the tank was so dirty or is there a way to flush the resin tank??
Thanks for any ideas you guys can come up with!
First time posting here. I have a Novo 465-100 Chem free iron filter in my house. I had the system installed 3 years ago. For the first year the system wasn't working well, every time it did a regeneration cycle we got air in our water lines. We contacted the manufacturer and were told we had a defective control head. A new one was installed and the water issues got a lot better but we still had slight staining in the sinks and toilet bowls. For the last year the system seemed to stop working altogether. I had the plumber back numerous times to fix the issue but he didn't have much success.. So I finally took the entire unit apart myself. I found all the ports in the control head were completed plugged with iron bacteria. Also the tubes in the media tank and air tank were clogged as well. There was also a fairly thick layer of iron bacteria built up on the sides of the tank. I took everything apart, cleaned all the bacteria out of the air tank and fave it a wash with a bleach and water solution. I also cleaned out as much of the iron bacteria I could from the resin tank but some fell into the resin and I couldn't get it out. Anyways the filter is now taking all the iron out of the water, but I have a slight iron odour in the water. I've tried injecting a bleach water solution in the the air Venturi to the tank and let it sit for a while then flushing it, but still have the odour. I've also used some Res Pro care chemical to clean the resin. Anything else I can do to remove the smell? Do I need to replace all the resin since the tank was so dirty or is there a way to flush the resin tank??
Thanks for any ideas you guys can come up with!