Wednesday, October 24, 2007

New System On The Way

I found what I needed at Quality Water Treatment - http://qualitywatertreatment.com.  It’s a Fleck2510SE control head on a 24,000 grain unit.

I ran through their calculator and ordered a 24,000 grain unit.

I also figured that it would need a “housing” as the RainSoft installation is outside this Florida house.  I shopped around and found a Suncast Tool Shed for $99 on line at Sears.com.  I was able to order it and pick it up at my local Sears for $106 and change.  Brought it home, assembled it and sat it in the Garage so I could set everything up, cut the appropriate holes, etc… and fit it all together prior to installation.

Because of the size of the shed this system would be placed in, I opted for the 11x11x48 Brine Tank.  Should all fit quite nicely in the shed, with a bit of room for an extra bag or two of salt.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Fed Up…

Well, I’ve decided to boot the RainSoft system and go with a system that I can understand myself, find tech data for, purchase parts for, and generally get myself out of the “$99 per visit” RainSoft loop…

I contacted H20_MAN off the “AbleToKnow.org” forums.  He was great help and advised me that my best bet would be a Fleck 2510SE system.

I’m shopping around to see what I can find. 

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Monday, October 15, 2007

New Transformer

My new transformer arrived today.  I unboxed it and plugged it into a power strip and measured between the poles and my multimeter gave a reading of 24VAC.

Anticipating nothing in particular - I opted to call the wife into the room and show her the measured output.

I hooked the new transformer up the the leads that go to the RainSoft unit, plugged it into the wall plug and went outside to check and set the unit for an immediate recharge cycle.

There were no power indications on the unit.

I went back inside, removed the transformer from the wall plug and confirmed that the wires were properly connected.

I plugged the transformer back into a power strip that would allow me to measure the output voltage again.

There was no output voltage coming from the transformer.

I suspect something inside the EC4 Head is shorting out or blowing out these transformers.

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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Hard Water

I noticed hard water in this morning’s shower… as did my wife.

I told her I’d check things out this evening.

After returning home from work approximately 6:30PM I checked the RainSoft system and the Power Head had no power.

I went to the bedroom and checked the new transformer.  It was warm. 

I checked its output with a multi-meter and found that it had no power output.

The transformer is a Basler Electric 24VAC 40VA transformer.

I found a replacement for sale from GV Engineering - http://www.gvengineeringstore.com/servlet/Detail?no=7

I ordered a replacement and am currently awaiting delivery.

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