Fleck 5600 Service Manual page 21

MODEL 5600 & 5600 ECONOMINDER
Trouble-Shooting (Cont'd.)
PROBLEM
8b. Salt water in service line
9. Softener fails to draw brine.
10. Control cycles continuous
11. 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 output by observing rotation of small gear on front of timer (Note - program wheel must not be
against regeneration stop for this check). Each tooth to tooth is approximately 30 gallons. If not performing properly,
replace meter.
CAUSE
A. Plugged injector system.
B. Timer not cycling.
C. Foreign material in brine valve.
D. Foreign material in brine line flow
control.
A. Drain line flow control is plugged.
B. Injector is plugged.
C. Injector screen plugged.
D. Line pressure is too low.
E. Internal control leak.
A. Faulty timer mechanism
A. Foreign material in control.
B. Internal control leak.
C. Control valve jammed in brine or
backwash position.
D. Timer motor stopped or jammed
General Service Hints
For Meter Control
Printed in U.S.A.
®
CORRECTION
A. Clean injector and replace screen.
B. Replace timer.
C. Clean or replace brine valve.
D. Clean brine line flow control.
A. Clean drain line flow control.
B. Clean or replace injectors.
C. Replace screen.
D. Increase line pressure. (Line
pressure must be at least 20 PSI
at all time.)
E. Change seals and spacers and/or
piston assembly.
A. Replace timer.
A. Remove piston assembly and
inspect bore, remove foreign
material & check control in various
regeneration positions.
B. Replace seals and/or piston
assembly.
C. Replace seals and/or piston
assembly.
D. Replace timer.
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