Water Running To Drain; Taste, Color & Odor - Kinetico Commercial Plus Series Technical Manual

Water Running to Drain

Note: With softeners and filter/softeners, start by testing the drain water. If the drain water is hard, the tank
currently in service has a problem with its drain valve. If the drain water is soft, start with number 1 below.
Problem
1. The balance piston
O-ring is not seated
properly.
2. Bad control disc.
3. The drain or
control valve seals
are not seating
properly.
4. Low water
pressure.
5. The Main Valve
piston quad rings or
Level 4 internal quad
rings are not sealing.
Taste, Color & Odor
Problem
1. Treated water has
a metallic or iron
taste.
2. Treated water has
chlorine odor and/or
taste.
December 15, 2004
Rev. 3
Reason
Water will leak past an improperly seated
balance piston O-ring and out the drain.
A scored control disc will allow a fast drip
to a pencil sized stream to flow through
the drain.
Foreign matter under the seals will not
allow them to seat properly.
If the water pressure is less than 15 psi
(CP208-210) or 25 psi (CP213-216) at the
brine fitting the system may not operate
properly.
Test Backwashing Filters with the unit in
Backwash and 1 faucet (cold) running
water.
The quad rings may be rolled, pinched,
torn or just dirty.
The quad rings may be chloramine or
chlorine damaged if on a chlorine treated
water supply.
Reason
See the section entitled "Iron Bleed-
Through".
This is due to heavily chlorinated raw city
water.
General Information
CP Series Technical Manual
Solution
Depress the actuator several
times to seat the O-ring.
Replace worn or non-
conforming O-ring.
Replace the control disc.
Disassemble and remove the
foreign matter from seals.
Increase water pressure.
Replace and re-silicone the
quad rings.
Replace quad rings with
silicone seals. Order
chloramine kit, part number
10534.
Solution
Install a carbon filter.
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