Recent content by Speedbump

A water softener might be a good idea.

I always have the pot in my hand, so that probably won't happen. As for filling post, I leave that to she who can cook. And/or "She who must be obeyed"

We just rebuilt our entire kitchen. My wife had to have a gas stove and of coarse, that had to have a pot filler. She loves it and I have to admit, being next to the coffee pot does make it handy for filling the coffee pot. There doesn't seem to be a water saver in it either. I can fill the...

I'm surrounded by them!

A gallon of water will dissolve approximately 2.5 lbs of salt. It doesn't take that long to do so. If your seeing wavy water going through the sight glass, it's working. Usually the sight glass after a few years can't be seen through, so your in luck.

Then my only guess would be a pinhole in the tubing between the sight glass and the float mechanism. I have never found a pinhole, but I have changed the tubing and made it like new again.

Yup, that's an autotrol part. It stops the unit from drawing air when the brine tank goes empty. Never seen that head before though. That tube your referring to: Is it grey and is the float device on the bottom of the 1/4" tube? If so, it's a J-tube and could be stuck not allowing the...

You mentioned a sight glass. Can you take a pic of that? Autotrol has a design unlike no other.

Do you have some kind of a float mechanism in your brine tank?

I have never seen one of those. That's a new one to me. Show me a picture of your potassium tank.

That's one I have never seen before. By looking at the large geared wheel on top I see the different functions it goes through. Backwash, brine and rinse etc. If you put it in brine and rinse and remove the plastic tubing from the head, you should be able to feel vacuum at the fitting you...

Can you post a picture of the head? I have never heard of Technetics. It could be anybody's head because there are a thousand names. Only half a dozen or so manufacturers. If it's not drawing brine, something is plugged up in the draw line or the nozzle is plugged up inside the head.

That makes it easier. What you need is a 6" X 1-1/4" Well Seal. The Well Seal fits inside the 6" casing. You might have to get a short nipple to screw into the coupling on top of the well to shrink it back down to 6". The 1-1/4" drop pipe under the pump then goes through the center of the...

Tell me more about your well or show some pictures of the install so we can see what you have to work with.

Do you want it to function or just look good?