jwedge
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I have a problem with an omnifilter OM34K-S-S06. I installed in a new house where we have a geothermal heat pump using well to well open loop.
when we first moved in to the house a couple of months ago the unit was using an excessive amount of salt and i discovered that it was running a regen ever other night.
when i looked at the water flow as measured by the console on the unit it was showing that we were using 600 gallons per day!!! I knew this was ridiculous for a family of 4.
When i started trying to drill down on the problem i noticed that the LED flow light was showing flow when i knew there was no flow.
Upstream from the softener we have a geothermal heat pump that pulls water from the supply line before the softner, ie: no water flow through the softener for the geothermal heat system.
It got warm enough that i could turn off the geothermal system and lo and behold the phantom water flow disappears and we're now using 100-120 gallons per day and the softener is now going 5-7 days between regen's
I think the flow meter in the softener control is registering flow with the pressure fluctuation in the water line when the geothermal unit is running.
The mfr is basically saying that the problem is in the plumbing.
Anyone have any insight on this?
when we first moved in to the house a couple of months ago the unit was using an excessive amount of salt and i discovered that it was running a regen ever other night.
when i looked at the water flow as measured by the console on the unit it was showing that we were using 600 gallons per day!!! I knew this was ridiculous for a family of 4.
When i started trying to drill down on the problem i noticed that the LED flow light was showing flow when i knew there was no flow.
Upstream from the softener we have a geothermal heat pump that pulls water from the supply line before the softner, ie: no water flow through the softener for the geothermal heat system.
It got warm enough that i could turn off the geothermal system and lo and behold the phantom water flow disappears and we're now using 100-120 gallons per day and the softener is now going 5-7 days between regen's
I think the flow meter in the softener control is registering flow with the pressure fluctuation in the water line when the geothermal unit is running.
The mfr is basically saying that the problem is in the plumbing.
Anyone have any insight on this?