Originally Posted by
Peter Griffin
I don't think we are allowed to post links but if you google clack ws-1 and check the first few listings you can find three companies selling them for under 5 bills with shipping.
Right off Clacks Web Site, Quoted below.
These procedures can be accessed in any order. Details on each of the procedures are provided on the following pages.
At the discretion of the manufacturer, the field technician can access all settings. To “lock out” access to diagnostic and valve
history displays and modifications to settings except hardness, day override, time of regeneration and time of day by anyone
but the manufacturer, press ▼, NEXT, ▲, and SET CLOCK in sequence after settings are made. To “unlock”, so other
displays can be viewed and changes can be made, press ▼, NEXT, ▲, and SET CLOCK in sequence.[/quote]
I just did that search and can not find a 1.5 cuft with a Clack WS-1 delivered, or without shipping, for the $500 you mentioned.
There is no mention of how to develop the data to program the dealer's side of the computer. There is no information in any Clack manual that explains how to develop the data to program a Clack to.
The valve does not come locked.
The cheapest I could find are $622 and that is only a 24,000 grain. Was it a 33,000 grain you saw for under $500?
The only one I could find for less than $500 was a HALF cuft. And that includes the link that was posted.