MicoFish
New Member
I replaced the media in our water softener (Fleck 5600) and iron filter (Fleck ???) a week or so ago and cleaned the valves, injectors, etc.
This was the system already installed when we bought the house.
I identified the softener as a 5600 and have a replacement piston, seals and spacers, brine valve, and screen ready to swap in.
I want to replace the piston, seals, and spacers on the iron filter also, however once I got it apart, it doesn't appear that the seals and spacers can be removed from the valve head. Both the front and back openings are narrower than the spacers it seems. I was originally thinking it was a Fleck 1500 valve, but the manual I found for that one shows the spaces/seals able to fit out the front. Attached are two pictures of the valve. Any idea which this is and if the seals/spacers are replaceable? Maybe not even a Fleck?
Also, after replacing the media in both, it worked fine for about a week or so (until yesterday). The systems were running through their regen and backwash cycles (I think) around midnight, and in the morning there was a lot of the birm media from the iron filter on the floor and out the drain lines. A pressure fit coupling on the softener drain line had popped off and seems to be where the birm came out.
My question is how the birm got through the iron filter to it's output line. I pulled it back apart and there's no holes in the bottom distributor or other obvious holes anywhere. It's like it valve piston was maybe half open and it was flushing out the main output?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
PK
This was the system already installed when we bought the house.
I identified the softener as a 5600 and have a replacement piston, seals and spacers, brine valve, and screen ready to swap in.
I want to replace the piston, seals, and spacers on the iron filter also, however once I got it apart, it doesn't appear that the seals and spacers can be removed from the valve head. Both the front and back openings are narrower than the spacers it seems. I was originally thinking it was a Fleck 1500 valve, but the manual I found for that one shows the spaces/seals able to fit out the front. Attached are two pictures of the valve. Any idea which this is and if the seals/spacers are replaceable? Maybe not even a Fleck?
Also, after replacing the media in both, it worked fine for about a week or so (until yesterday). The systems were running through their regen and backwash cycles (I think) around midnight, and in the morning there was a lot of the birm media from the iron filter on the floor and out the drain lines. A pressure fit coupling on the softener drain line had popped off and seems to be where the birm came out.
My question is how the birm got through the iron filter to it's output line. I pulled it back apart and there's no holes in the bottom distributor or other obvious holes anywhere. It's like it valve piston was maybe half open and it was flushing out the main output?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
PK