Help Needed: Water Softener Draining Constantly

Sep 16, 2005 2 Replies

Hi all, I'm a little green on this stuff.



The water softener was unplugged for about two days. After plugging it back in, two things seem to happen. (1) there is a hissing coming from the control top, and (2) the tank is always draining a steady stream of discharge.



Any thoughts as to what the problem is, and whether or not I can fix it myself?



The brand is Osmonics Autotrol 255/460i



Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help.


Sean,

You can find a manual with troubleshooting advice at

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. But first put the machine through a regenerate cycle and see if that clears up your problem. A regenerate cycle will take several hours.

Good luck, Dave M.

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