Clogged Water Softener Filter

Troubleshooting your potentially clogged water softener or iron filter is very straight forward all you need to do is temporarily bypass it.

Clogged water softener filter. I called water dept. The injector in your water softener can get clogged with debris over time. Dirty filters most softeners have sediment filters that are used to filter out sediment before they reach the resin bed. Zero water filters are supposed to bring the tds level down to zero hence the name.

And they sent out the inspector. Water pressure has been seriously decreased and when turned on lots of sediments come out of all faucets in the house. The result is the softener cannot regenerate properly and you will get hard water. A typical way to know if you have a clogged injector is to check if the water in the brine tank is.

When you run water in a couple places in the house you have almost no flow. This can affect the water softener s ability to create suction for the brine cycle. There are two parts of a water softener that prone to clogging sediment filters and resin bed. The water softener will regenerate and clean these beads at night.

If there is no difference you ll need to check elsewhere. If you see that there is a noticeable difference with the water softener bypassed then the clog is in the water softener. Tap water can contain from 25 to 500mg per liter of water. His observation is that filter inside my water softner is probably clogged.

Test the tds level of the unfiltered water with the provided test meter if the filter is still clogged. If the membrane that holds the resin beads were to break the beads are then free to travel throughout your plumbing system.