Hard Water - Kinetico Commercial Plus Series Technical Manual

Hard Water

Problem
1. Water meter disc
is not turning.
2. The unit will not
go into automatic
regeneration.
3. No vacuum in
brine position.
4. Short salting.
5. Bridged salt in the
brine drum.
6. The bypass is
open.
December 15, 2004
Rev. 3
Reason
Non-conforming meter drive pawl.
Meter drive spring installed wrong.
No back pawl not installed.
Damaged tooth on the meter disc.
Damaged gear in the gearing stack.
Water meter disc is not turning.
Control disc will not automatically
advance out of service position.
Damaged teeth on control disc.
Check stems missing or not working
correctly.
Plugged venturi.
Plugged backwash flow control.
Plugged brine elbow screen.
The brine drum is not level. The grid
system allows a water level no more
than 1" above the grid. If the brine drum
is not level, it may exceed this.
Salt has solidified in the drum.
An open bypass allows water to flow
around the system without any
treatment at all.
General Information
CP Series Technical Manual
Solution
Replace meter drive pawl.
Reinstall meter drive spring.
Install no back pawl.
Replace meter disc.
Regear Level 1 Assembly and
check allowable flow rates.
See number 1 above.
Replace regeneration start
pawl.
Replace control disc.
Replace or add check stems.
Clean out Level 3 venturi throat
and molded venturi nozzle (Do
not use a paper clip!).
Clean out backwash flow
control.
Clean out brine elbow screen.
Level the brine drum.
Carefully move the salt around
to break up the mass of
solidified salt.
Close the bypass.
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