The plumber installed the Fleck 5600 SXT based water softener without the bypass valve since he also installed 3 way bypass pipes with ball valve on incoming and outgoing pipes.
Is there always a need to install bypass valve. Will it affect the running of the softener.
I have 48000 grain Fleck 5600 SXT water softener about one year old. I see that after the BD cycle the float valve is stuck in up position. I also did not see water being drawn into softener during BD cycle since the water level in Brine tank never went down. During the BF cycle there is no...