Rocquestar
New Member
This is a question about a rhymes-with-Mulligan “Iron-Cleer” iron filter, I hope it’s in the right forum. New user here, and
The Mulligan folks kind of irked me several years ago when they did a minor service and charged me major bucks for it, and I realized that I was not going to be a Mulligan owner for much longer. Problem is, I ceased their maintenance, and didn’t replace it with my own program, and I didn’t replace the device with a less-proprietary one. So, let’s all agree that I am the primary cause of the problems I’m having.
Last night, our water slowed to a trickle, and I went into a panic, trying to figure out why. Then, when I narrowed it down to (likely) the Iron-Cleer, my panic increased, as I realized it had been almost 4 years without service.
There was a slow hissing sound that suggested that water or air under pressure was being hindered. After much gnawing and gnashing of teeth, I shut off the main (upstream) valve to the system, then re-opened it, and whatever was blocked became free, and the water resumed. Of course, now I’m anticipating how long until the problem recurs, and will I be smart enough to take action to prevent it.
I have a few questions:
First, I know it’s a proprietary device, but surely there is basic preventative maintenance that I can do on it with nothing more than vaseline and some new o-rings, and a cleaning, isn’t there? Put it on bypass, and I’m safe to disassemble and clean and lubricate. Which brings me to my second question…
Second, the Iron-Cleer device has two tanks, the aerator and the filter, but only one of them has a bypass. Is this normal? It appears that if there’s a problem with the aerator tank, my whole house water is kaput. Indeed, this is the tank that had the issue last night. I do have a water softener downstream, and there are bypasses on the softener as well as on the IronCleer filter tank, but not the aerator (first).
I’m reading other posts about the iron clear such as https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/culligan-iron-cleer-problems.34938 and how it works to see if I can figure out how to give it basic service, but without a bypass, I think I’m stuck. I also think that my install is similarly awful, not only from the lack of a bypass, but without any way to reasonably isolate the aerator tank from the system. In the picture, the inflow comes from the left after the blue tank , and goes to the right, where there is a softener.
Thanks for any advice, and not poking fun at the new guy.
The Mulligan folks kind of irked me several years ago when they did a minor service and charged me major bucks for it, and I realized that I was not going to be a Mulligan owner for much longer. Problem is, I ceased their maintenance, and didn’t replace it with my own program, and I didn’t replace the device with a less-proprietary one. So, let’s all agree that I am the primary cause of the problems I’m having.
Last night, our water slowed to a trickle, and I went into a panic, trying to figure out why. Then, when I narrowed it down to (likely) the Iron-Cleer, my panic increased, as I realized it had been almost 4 years without service.
There was a slow hissing sound that suggested that water or air under pressure was being hindered. After much gnawing and gnashing of teeth, I shut off the main (upstream) valve to the system, then re-opened it, and whatever was blocked became free, and the water resumed. Of course, now I’m anticipating how long until the problem recurs, and will I be smart enough to take action to prevent it.
I have a few questions:
First, I know it’s a proprietary device, but surely there is basic preventative maintenance that I can do on it with nothing more than vaseline and some new o-rings, and a cleaning, isn’t there? Put it on bypass, and I’m safe to disassemble and clean and lubricate. Which brings me to my second question…
Second, the Iron-Cleer device has two tanks, the aerator and the filter, but only one of them has a bypass. Is this normal? It appears that if there’s a problem with the aerator tank, my whole house water is kaput. Indeed, this is the tank that had the issue last night. I do have a water softener downstream, and there are bypasses on the softener as well as on the IronCleer filter tank, but not the aerator (first).
I’m reading other posts about the iron clear such as https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/culligan-iron-cleer-problems.34938 and how it works to see if I can figure out how to give it basic service, but without a bypass, I think I’m stuck. I also think that my install is similarly awful, not only from the lack of a bypass, but without any way to reasonably isolate the aerator tank from the system. In the picture, the inflow comes from the left after the blue tank , and goes to the right, where there is a softener.
Thanks for any advice, and not poking fun at the new guy.