Water softeners are vital pieces of equipment for anybody with hard water.However, they are complex systems and as with any machine have the potential to go wrong. Although many water softener companies provide technical assistance for this eventuality, it can often prove expensive. However if there is any uncertainty, a technician should be called for safety reasons and to make sure any warranty is not invalidated. The following issue are most commonly prevalent in salt-based water softener systems, however, with proper care, usage and maintenance, they very rarely occur (plus you should have a warranty!) Blockages Any system that has something flowing through it always has the potential for blockages to occur. The same way that calcium and magnesium can accumulate and create deposits in your plumbing system, your water softener can also encounter such problem with the accumulation of minerals and salt from the brine solution that takes away the hardness of your water. These deposits block the line and thus mean that the path through to the tank is impeded.The two most commonplaces for blockages are the filter screen and the brine line. A sign of a line blockage is if there is a considerable difference in the degree that the water is being softened.

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Blockages are easily fixed and details of how to fix blockages on specific units can be found in the user manual. Salt Bridges In addition to forming within the lines, salt can also build up inside the tank. Inmost extreme cases,.

This occurs due to the sodium forming hard piles of deposits at the base of the tank. When the softener operates but does not soften the water that probably means that a salt bridge is preventing it from doing so. A salt bridge is ahard crusting of thesalt in the brine talk that covers the water. A salt bridge will also prevent thesystem from going through a regeneration cycle. Once identified, salt bridges are simple to fix. Although solutions canbe bought,a much simpler solution is to use something sturdy like a broomhandle to reachdown into the tank and break up the salt.

Any salt build up that has formed aroundthe edges should then be cleaned up. After you’ve rid the brine tank of salt bridges, soft water should start flowing into your plumbing system again after a day or two. It is typical for the resin beads within your appliance to last as long as the lifetime of the system. However, like anything, they can break or not work to their fullpotential. If your system requires more frequent recharging then it is likely to bean issue with the way in which the resin beads work.