The area I live in is blessed with incredibly hard water. Lately Ive noticed a large build up of deposits on my shower head etc. My home has a (as far as I can tell) 8 year old water softener. Ive owned the home for about a year now and I have not seen the salt level in the tank drop AT ALL. Seeing as how my neighbor mentioned that he goes through many bags a year, I know this is a problem. I have next to no functional knowledge as to how this magical wizzbang works, so I did what I nearly never do, and took a look at the instruction manual.
It lists steps for cleaning the venturi. I did this and removed a considerable amount of goop from the innards of this thing. While I realize that this must have some effect on the system, the venturi is so small that I cant see how cleaning this small apparatus can have any major effect on the fact that my softener isnt functioning properly.
Can anyone gimme any pointers on a DIY fix or a common problem these things have? Its a Kenmore unit, and their helpdesk was essentially a forwarding agent to a retailer for a new machine. How does a softener work, and what kinda symptoms do I need to look for/ info do I need to provide? Please help
And a few weeks ago, I thought to myself...maybe the pellets are all stuck together, so I need to break em up...I used a 3/8 inch steel bar and was only able to stab an inch or so down. Perhaps my BFH will need to persuade the bar down deeper. Thanks for everyones help thus far.
but I think the plastic tank would disapprove.
