rudhawk1
New Member
I’m helping out my 91 yr old neighbor. Some idiot replaced her old system with a used 5600 which wasn’t working correctly (brine tank overflowed and the plumbing was a hack job). We told him not to come back.
Anyway, I don’t know how old the control is nor the age of the resin.
My concern is the amount of water in the brine tank; it’s about 16 inches from the top – this is WITHOUT salt. I ran it through a regeneration cycle and it sucked out all but 3 inches of the brine water and refilled to that same high level. By my calculations that would be about 12.3 gallons of water. The problem is if I add much salt it will be at the overflow outlet.
here’s what I’ve done so far:
Removed the injector body and cleaned nozzles and screen (didn’t find any debris), lubed all o rings with silicone and installed new brine valve assembly. Replaced the brine line hose and installed a screen. DLFC button was clean.
Removed the piston assembly and cleaned and coated the seals, spacers, etc with silicone (the control knob had been hard to turn – and this helped).
The salt setting is at 6 lbs. The brine pickup tube is about 2 inches from the bottom of the 14 inch by 14 inch 35 inch tall tank (no float control).
So, here’s my question – how much brine solution does the 5600 use? If you agree it’s using too much brine water – what should I check/fix?
Thanks, all.
Anyway, I don’t know how old the control is nor the age of the resin.
My concern is the amount of water in the brine tank; it’s about 16 inches from the top – this is WITHOUT salt. I ran it through a regeneration cycle and it sucked out all but 3 inches of the brine water and refilled to that same high level. By my calculations that would be about 12.3 gallons of water. The problem is if I add much salt it will be at the overflow outlet.
here’s what I’ve done so far:
Removed the injector body and cleaned nozzles and screen (didn’t find any debris), lubed all o rings with silicone and installed new brine valve assembly. Replaced the brine line hose and installed a screen. DLFC button was clean.
Removed the piston assembly and cleaned and coated the seals, spacers, etc with silicone (the control knob had been hard to turn – and this helped).
The salt setting is at 6 lbs. The brine pickup tube is about 2 inches from the bottom of the 14 inch by 14 inch 35 inch tall tank (no float control).
So, here’s my question – how much brine solution does the 5600 use? If you agree it’s using too much brine water – what should I check/fix?
Thanks, all.