My theory is that overnight our old shoddy softener kicked over and is now clogged so bad that its barely.
Clogged water softener.
The water softener is too old.
The water softener will regenerate and clean these beads at night.
I believe b2 is a bypass line in case we want to run water without going through the softener.
The injector in your water softener can get clogged with debris over time.
When you run water in a couple places in the house you have almost no flow.
Dirty filters most softeners have sediment filters that are used to filter out sediment before they reach the resin bed.
There are two parts of a water softener that prone to clogging sediment filters and resin bed.
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.
These systems have a life expectancy of around eight years.
Some softeners have a top basket that can colllect dirt but that causes water flow reduction not dirty water.
If the membrane that holds the resin beads were to break the beads are then free to travel throughout your plumbing system.
Without regular servicing the softener will likely have problems including low water pressure.
The result is the softener cannot regenerate properly and you will get hard water.
Clogged valves or water lines.
14 water softener keeps running.
A top basket that is clogged will prevent adequate backwashing and backwashing is the means the softener uses to clean itself the resin actually of dirt.
Have you noticed that your water pressure or flow is worse now than it used to be.
Areas that have a high mineral content in the water may need a water softener.
Troubleshooting your potentially clogged water softener or iron filter is very straight forward all you need to do is temporarily bypass it.
And dirt is rarely a sufficient reason to replace resin.
A typical way to know if you have a clogged injector is to check if the water in the brine tank is.
There are a few reasons why your water softener keeps running over and over again.
How to remove the salt clog from your water softener.
A common telltale sign that the membrane has broken is low water pressure and one of the common culprits for low water pressure is the water softener.