kevincw01
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Just bought a new fleck 5600sxt. I installed in on sunday and the installation instruction say to expect the first 40-50 gallons will be light red and then it will run clear. It did this and ran clear as expected. The water is soft as expected. However, whenever I use a faucet after being gone for 6-10 hours, I still get the light red water for 30 seconds before it runs clear. I noticed that the color is very similar to the color of the resin media. I have quadruple checked my plumbing connections as I know this is a common mistake but the arrows on the yoke match up e.g. main goes to input, house goes to output.
I also noticed another person on this forum had a very similar problem that was resolved by replacing the media but that was on an old softener that had sat in bypass for a long time. Only thing I can think of is that maybe the reseller sold me a softener with old dried out resin? ofcourse they're not answering my calls or emails.
Any ideas?
I also noticed another person on this forum had a very similar problem that was resolved by replacing the media but that was on an old softener that had sat in bypass for a long time. Only thing I can think of is that maybe the reseller sold me a softener with old dried out resin? ofcourse they're not answering my calls or emails.
Any ideas?
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