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MODEL 3150 UP-FLOW
Service Instructions
PROBLEM
7.
Excessive water in brine tank.
8.
Softener fails to draw brine.
9.
Control cycles continuously.
10. Drain flows continuously.
Problem: Softener Delivers Hard Water.
Cause could be that. . . Reserve Capacity Has Been Exceeded.
Correction: Check salt dosage requirements and reset program wheel to provide additional reserve.
Cause could be that . . . Program Wheel Is Not Rotating With Meter Output.
Correction: Pull cable out of meter cover and rotate manually. Program wheel must move without binding and clutch
must give positive "clicks" when program wheel strikes regeneration stop. If it does not, replace timer.
Cause could be that . . . Meter Is Not Measuring Flow.
Correction: Check meter with meter checker.
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CAUSE
A. Plugged drain line flow control.
B. Plugged injector system.
C. Timer not cycling.
D. Foreign material in brine valve.
E. Foreign material in brine line
flow control.
A. Drain line flow control is
plugged.
B. Injector is plugged.
C. Line Pressure Is Too Low.
D. Internal Control Leak.
A. Missadjusted, Broken or
shorted Switch.
A. Valve is not programming
correctly.
B. Foreign material in control.
C. Internal control leak.
General Service Hints For Meter Control
Printed in U.S.A.
CORRECTION
A. Check flow control.
B. Clean injector and screen.
C. Replace timer.
D. Replace brine valve seat and
clean valve.
E. Clean brine line flow control.
A. Clean drain line flow control.
B. Clean injector.
C. Increase Line Pressure To 25
P.S.I. Minimum.
D. Change Seals, Spacers and
piston Assembly.
A. Determine if switch or timer is
faulty and replace it, or replace
complete power head.
A. Check timer program and
positioning of control. Replace
power head assembly if not
positioning properly.
B. Remove power head assembly
and inspect bore, remove foreign
material and check control in
various regeneration positions.
C. Replace seals and piston
assembly.
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