bkwood
New Member
I have an Aqua America, Nelson Corp. softener with I believe a Fleck 2510 control valve. Installed 2000, new seals 2006. The control valve appears to be working correctly. All the positions for the drive shaft as it goes through backwash, brine-slow rinse, rapid rinse, and brine tank fill are OK. I can observe the drain flow and the brine draw down and the fill up of the brine tank and all appear OK. The problem: when observing the backwash I do not see the rusty water that I have seen before and when regeneration is complete at first I get a nasty flow of very rusty water from my cold water faucets which clears gradually. Wait a couple of minutes turn faucet back on and another flow of rusty water. After many flushings I finally can get good water again. What do I do not understand about the operation of my softener for this to occur???