Recent content by SemiHandyRon

Many thanks for the due diligence!

There is indeed a split in the ferrule. Although it seems logical that the tapered end would go in first, does this split allow air leakage? I suppose I could hot-foot it down to Home Depot and buy a couple without a split.

I'm stunned...and annoyed! Thanks, Gary!!

Running a manual regeneration now. No air bubbles noted in Brine Draw tube. All is well! Thanks much.

I have a new 2510SXT myself. Only "settings complaint" thus far is that it doesn't keep clock-time very well. Seems to gain about a minute every two days.

Arrgh! I see what I did wrong: I removed those little open-ended brass sleeves, mistakenly thinking they were closed-end plugs. I just found where I had cast them aside, so can reinstall today. That's what I get for doing this part while fatigued.

I think I followed the directions correctly, but will reevaluate. Thanks. Those little brass plugs are supposed to be removed, right?

Well...there were no factory tightenings on these. The thing came as a four-box kit, and I attached both ends of the brine line according to directions (compression bushing correctly positioned, nut tightened slightly past hand-tight, etc.). Maybe I'll need to use some teflon tape, pipe dope for...

Air leak--hmmm. Any advice on how to track it down and fix?

I report--success! After several delays, I finally got it installed strictly DIY. Two people at work advised me to go the SharkBite route, but I decided to go the solder route instead so I watched all the YouTube videos I could on how to solder copper pipe. Being a first timer, the soldering was...

Same thing happened to my Culligan Medalist. I had no confidence with a DIY repair job, and the Culligan guy stuck me $300 to fix it (lamented elsewhere here). No more Culligan for me.

Good stuff! Proceeding. I might be back here in a panic when I mess things up. But I installed by own RO system and emergency backup sump pump OK, so I give myself a 78% chance of doing everything right.

Yep--things break down. I just object to a repair bill that amounts to almost half the cost of a new softener. Now investigating Fleck 2510SXT 40K units. Prices at qualitywaterforless.com and ohiopurewater.com are nearly identical. Anyone have good/bad experiences with either?

Yep--salt was being used up at the normal rate with each recharge. Something inside the valve body went wrong once before: the unit would reach the end of the recharge cycle, but water kept running down the drain. Eventually, a little "call service" light would illuminate. The first few times I...

<red face> Well...I don't have a pressure gauge. I have a Watts Pressure Regulator model N35B that came preset at 50 PSI, which I have cranked up to its limit of 75 PSI. Thus my conclusions about adequate pressure is subjective: it "seems" fine no mater what we're doing. I wondered if the...